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Faith New Deal and Love Southampton

On Monday 26th February, the All Party Parliamentary Group on Faith and Society held an event celebrating the Faith New Deal Pilot Fund, spotlighting Love Southampton at Portcullis House. Through the Faith New Deal Pilot Fund, Love Southampton supported local food aid and redistribution efforts and conducted a large-scale evaluation of its impact, discovering that 1.4 million meals were distributed in a year. Baroness Scott of Bybrook (Minister of Faith) spoke about how faith groups can solve local issues by working in partnership. Love Southampton weren’t...

West Midlands Combined Authority Signs the Faith Covenant

West Midlands Combined Authority Signs the Faith Covenant

On Thursday 14th September 2023, faith leaders and local authority representatives from across the West Midlands gathered in Walsall as they became the first combined authority to sign the Faith Covenant.   Andy Street, Mayor of the West Midlands, opened the night with a speech outlining the potential of what further partnership working could accomplish for the region, followed by speeches from Amrick Singh Ubhi, Chair of the West Midlands Faith Strategic Partnership Group, and Daniel Singleton, National Executive Director of FaithAction. Representatives from Walsall...

Faith Covenant Forum Meeting, 4 July 2023

Faith Covenant Forum Meeting, 4 July 2023

On 4th July 2023, the APPG on Faith and Society hosted its eighth Faith Covenant Forum, a virtual roundtable discussion providing an opportunity for faith and local authority representative from Covenant areas to hear about interesting topics relevant to them and share learning and best practice. This forum meeting was chaired by Daniel Singleton, National Executive Director of FaithAction, the secretariat to the APPG. We heard from Matthew Allen and Jeremy Simmons from FaithAction about the new Bloom Report, an independent review on how government...

Faith Covenant Forum Meeting, 23 February 2022

Faith Covenant Forum Meeting, 23 February 2022

On 23rd February 2022, the APPG hosted its fourth Faith Covenant Forum, a virtual roundtable discussion providing an opportunity for Covenant holders to share learning and best practice, and for prospective Covenant areas to hear and ask questions about how and why they should establish one. This Forum meeting was chaired by Rt Hon Stephen Timms MP, and had an update from Professor Chris Baker, William Temple Professor of Religion, Belief and Public Life at Goldsmiths, University of London on his follow-up research to the...

Recent Highlights of the APPG Faith & Society

Recent Highlights of the APPG Faith & Society

It has been a busy time for the APPG on Faith & Society.  Take a look at some of the recent highlights and developments. Inter Faith Week 2021 Celebrating Brent’s Faith Covenant Brent Council and Brent Multi Faith Forum (BMFF) came together during Inter Faith Week to mark the fourth anniversary of Brent’s accession to the Faith Covenant.  The event was celebration of all the Covenant had allowed the borough to achieve, and an opportunity for BMFF and the council to renew commitment to the...

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