Over-Reactions on Prevent Are Causing Fears Within Muslim Students

Over the last few months, we have received a number of cases involving schools and where Muslim young people have been interviewed on the back of alleged comments that they have made within the school environment. A growing number of parents have reported into us that their children have been questioned on the back of

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“The 7/7 London Bombings: A Decade of Reflection,” a Joint Publication Between Faith Matters and the Centre for Trust, Peace & Social Relations.

This report is a set of reflections from key social activists, academics and civil society leaders who experienced the social impacts of 7/7 or who have worked with communities shaped by the experiences of 7/7 and scourge of extremism and terrorism. It is an insight into the private and public experiences of individuals and their […]

As Prevent Centralises, Community Engagement and Local Capacity To Implement Local Tailored Solutions Falls

This report argues that the current strategy’s centralised and top-down deployment markedly reduces local capacity to find tailored solutions that make sense for a given community. The Prevent strategy’s move away [As Prevent Centralises, Community Engagement and Local Capacity To Implement Local Tailored Solutions Falls] from community engagement to a centralised approach is not likely […]

Not In Our Name Website

This event was the key flagship event on the range of outreach events that Faith Matters held in 2009/2010 under the Not In Our Name Project. The event was held at the Royal Chace Hotel and was attended by staff from statutory agencies like Enfield Council and by community and voluntary sector bodies like ECEN […]

Prevent Peers Programme

The Prevent Peers programme was a series of Prevent training sessions which provided 15 hours of training per participant per local authority. It was delivered from October 2009 to March 2010 and involved 8 local authorities within the West Midlands region. Faith leaders, elected members and officers received training on a range of cohesion and […]

Prevent Peers Programme

Prevent Peers Programme – Training on Prevent Work with 8 Local Authorities in the West Midlands Area in England Faith leaders, elected members and officers in eight local authorities in the West Midlands were provided with support on what the Prevent strategy entailed, Al Qaeda social narratives that were used to pull in young disaffected people […]