Category: Faith Covenant Forum

The Faith Covenant Forum brings all of the Covenant holders together (both local authority representatives and faith leaders) to share best practice during COVID-19 and beyond. It is also a space for prospective Covenant areas to hear about what the Covenant looks like in action.

If you’re interested in joining a Faith Covenant Forum meeting or would like more info, contact us at [email protected].

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

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Faith Covenant Forum Meeting, 9 March 2023

On 9th March 2023, the APPG on Faith and Society hosted its seventh Faith Covenant Forum, a virtual roundtable discussion providing an opportunity for faith and local authority representative from Covenant areas to hear about intersting topics relevant to them and share learning and best practice. This forum meeting was chaired by Sir Stephen Timms MP, Chair of the APPG. We were pleased to be joined by Paul Woodman from City Life Church, Southampton and Canon Hilary Barber, Vicar of Halifax Minster and former vice-chair

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Faith Covenant Forum Meeting, 10 November 2022

On 10th November 2022, the APPG on Faith and Society hosted its sixth Faith Covenant Forum, a virtual roundtable discussion providing an opportunity for faith and local authority representative from Covenant areas to hear about intersting topics relevant to them and share learning and best practice. This forum meeting was chaired by Sir Stephen Timms MP, Chair of the APPG. We were pleased to be joined by Prof Chris Baker, who reflected back on the findings of the recently published Keeping the Faith 2.0 report,

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Faith Covenant Forum Meeting, 5 July 2022

On 5th July 2022, the APPG hosted its fifth 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 Daniel Singleton, National Executive Director of FaithAction, who are the secretariat to the APPG for Faith and Society. We were pleased to be joined by Baroness Uddin, Officer of the APPG for Faith

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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

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Faith Covenant Forum Meeting, 10 March 2021

On 10th March 2021, the APPG hosted its third 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 featured updates from Brighton and Hove and Preston, as well as a discussion around the idea of a “new deal with faith communities”, as proposed in Danny

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Faith Covenant Forum Meeting, 5 October 2020

On Monday 5th October, the APPG on Faith and Society held the second Faith Covenant Forum meeting, a virtual roundtable discussion providing an opportunity for Covenant holders to share learning and best practice, particularly with regard to faith-council joint responses to COVID-19. For a full video recording of the meeting, see below. For minutes of the meeting, see here.

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Inaugural Faith Covenant Forum Meeting, 2 June 2020

In June 2020, the APPG hosted its first Faith Covenant Forum, a virtual roundtable discussion providing an opportunity for Covenant holders to share learning and best practice, particularly with regard to faith-council joint responses to COVID-19. For a full video recording of the meeting, see below. For minutes of the meeting, see here. If you are interested in learning more about the Faith Covenant or how you might set one up in your Local Authority Area, please contact [email protected] Relationships have had to form fast,

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