Daniel Singleton, FaithAction Welcomed everyone to the meeting. The last session was useful to connect with people, and it is great that people were able to join us again. Danny Kruger report has just been launched mentioning a new deal for faith and a consideration for community cohesion. People reporting to FaithAction have reported great interactions between different faith groups and between faith groups and local authorities, but it could go the other way, so we are at a time of crossroads. Rt Hon Stephen...

Rt Hon Stephen Timms MP, Chair of APPG Faith & Society Thanked people for joining the meeting. Faith groups play in important role but often tun into difficulties working with local councils and the Covenant provides ground rules for both sides in the hope of building trust and removing barriers. Covid 19 has forged new partnerships – councils are discovering that only faith groups have the potential to reach some communities – this is something that hasn’t happened before. Revd Canon Ivor Moody, Essex The...

Welcome ST welcomed those present, thanking them for attending and offering the apologies of those listed above. Election of officers Officers were elected as follows: Chair – Rt Hon Stephen Timms MP Vice Chair – Fiona Bruce MP Vice Chair – Gary Streeter MP Vice Chair – The Baroness Neuberger DBE Vice Chair – The Lord Singh of Wimbledon CBE Secretary – Rt Hon David Lammy MP Treasurer – Steve Double MP Officer – Jon Cruddas MP Officer – David Linden MP Aims of the...

Stephen Timms: Stephen Timms opened the event, introducing himself as the chair of APPG on Faith and Society and explained that MP Steve Double would take his role later on in the evening. He said he was delighted as a group to be able to host the launch of the new report by FaithAction; Right Up Your Street; faith-based reflections on responding to loneliness. He thanked everyone for joining them and noted particular pleasure in welcoming Mims Davies MP – Minister for Sports, Society and...

Stephen Timms (ST) asked does faith and politics mix? He explained that some faith and politics lead to trouble and that people give examples of global situations, but the truth is that people are drawing the wrong conclusions from these situations. The reality is that it is a good starting point because faith is the has exactly the kind of values that are needed to make politics work, for example compassion and truth: these are the values that make politics work. ST put forward that...

Welcome ST welcomed those present, thanking them for attending and offering the apologies of those listed above Election of officers Officers were elected as follows: Chair – Rt Hon Stephen Timms MP Vice Chair – Fiona Bruce MP Vice Chair – Gary Streeter MP Vice Chair – The Baroness Neuberger DBE Vice Chair – The Lord Singh of Wimbledon CBE Secretary – Rt Hon David Lammy MP Treasurer – Steve Double MP Aims of the APPG The aims of the group were confirmed as: To...

The Rt Hon Stephen Timms MP opened the meeting by saying that the purpose of the APPG is to draw attention to faith-based initiatives, which are very varied and not often well understood; and also to influence policy or legislative arrangements that might otherwise hold such initiatives back. He said he was delighted to host the event based on a piece of research that is very relevant, welcomed Therese O’ Toole and Katya Braginskaia, and thanked the Barrow Cadbury Trust whose funding made the research...

Election of officers Officers were elected as follows: Chair – Rt Hon Stephen Timms MP Vice Chair – Gary Streeter MP Vice Chair – Fiona Bruce MP Vice Chair – Baroness Neuberger Vice Chair – Rt Hon the Lord Tyler Secretary – David Lammy MP Treasurer – Steve Double MP Aims of the APPG The aims of the group were confirmed as: To promote understanding of faith-based organisations engaged in social action in the UK, and recognition of their value; To highlight the social, civic...