If you share our belief in the importance of integration, tackling hate crimes and extremism and in developing cohesive communities, then we would like to hear from you.

You may also believe in the value of fostering inter-faith dialogue and if you want to volunteer, we have our opportunities in our London office.

We are currently accepting applications for office volunteers. You will have a passion for making a positive change, strong administrative and office skills, and be interested in gaining experience within the sector.

To apply, please send your CV and covering letter to Iman About-Atta, Deputy Director at iman@faith-matters.co.uk

Donate to Faith Matters and make a real difference in building bridges of understanding between communities in the UK and around the world, and in reducing hatred, intolerance and extremism.

We are a trusted not-for-profit organisation that for over twelve years has worked to build resilience, facilitate cohesion, and tackle extremism within diverse faith and other communities in the UK, Europe and the Middle East. 

We focus on interfaith work, community cohesion, preventing extremism, and enabling conflict resolution. Through our research and publications, such as into the far-right and mental health drivers of extremism, Faith Matters lobbies for appropriate policy change. 

Our ethos is to stand up for the rights of all those who are marginalised in society for whatever reason, be that religious, political, social, racial or sexual. We collaborate with central government departments, local authorities, police forces and civil society groups, representing all faiths and none. 

Specifically, we believe that the false narratives of Daesh-inspired extremism need to be tackled head on, including their underpinning rhetoric and discourses. Acknowledging the consequences of these, we also seek to rehabilitate and reintegrate offenders. 

Faith Matters also works to ensure that stereotypes about ‘others’ are challenged, which includes tackling hate crime, a challenge for many communities today. Our projects include the UK’s leading anti-Muslim hatred monitoring and reporting service, Tell MAMA, whose work has led to over 1,000 arrests, and the assistance of 15,000 people and the annual, national No2H8 Crime Awards, which honour those individuals and organisations who tirelessly stand up against hatred, prejudice and intolerance. This year our partners include the Community Security Trust, GALOP, Stonewall and the ‘No to Hate Crime’ campaign.

Our work safeguards peaceful communities and encourages mutual respect but can of course be complex and difficult. Our programmes range from a few months to several years in length; real positive change takes time to percolate. Investment is required in order for positive social change, over time, to be built up. We can only continue this important work through your vital support and assistance.

Faith Matters believes that all people of faith, or none, should be able to go about their lives with dignity, in peace, undergirded by mutual respect. If you share our vision, would you consider donating? Every pound you give will go towards promoting dialogue in society, and the integration of all people into both their respective communities and wider society. 

With your support, we can transform the ideals that we all share into a lived reality.

Please click the donate button to support us. Thank you.

Faith Matters launched in 2006 as a vehicle to enable faith communities to reduce conflict using conflict resolution tools. Faith Matters works on integration, cohesion, hate crime and countering extremism projects. 

Faith Matters has also influenced social policy at local, regional and governmental levels through its research reports.

Faith Matters has been ground-breaking and instrumental in developing new and innovative projects that bring faith communities together and in strengthening faith institutions. This has also involved strengthening the capacity of faith leadership, working on developing shared values that act as a glue between communities and in developing voices against extremism and extremist rhetoric. We have over a decade of experience on working in these areas and have worked with statutory, community and private sector partners. Our projects have also been referred to by Ministers in Her Majesty’s Government.

The organisation’s tried and tested methodology and programmes aim to develop strong relationships between all faith communities using historical and religious contexts and by identifying commonalities between communities. Faith Matters has also specialised in online campaigns, developing hate crime projects, working on safeguarding projects and in online safety and security with mothers taking key roles in ensuring the safeguarding of families. 

Faith Matters has also worked on countering extremism projects in Pakistan, Lebanon, Syria and Egypt. It has also worked on transparency and governance projects in these countries.