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Faith Covenant Forum Meeting, 14th September 2026

On 14th September 2026, the APPG on Faith and Society hosted the latest 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, secretariat to the APPG.

As part of Faith in Partnership Week 2026, the Forum had a presentation from Jeremy Simmons, Policy and Programme Manager for FaithAction on new guidance for areas looking to sign up to or strengthen the work of their Faith Covenant, produced thanks to funding from the Sir Halley Stewart Trust.

Forum participants were also given an opportunity to share updates from their areas.

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