Faith Matters
Faith Matters (formally: FAITH MATTERS COMMUNITY INTEREST COMPANY Company number 06082225) was launched in 2006 "...to enable faith communities to reduce conflict using conflict resolution tools. Faith Matters works on integration, cohesion, hate crime and countering extremism projects." The oganisation aims to develop strong relationships between faith communities using historical and religious contexts and by identifying commonalities between communities. Faith Matters has worked on countering extremism projects in Pakistan, Lebanon, Syria and Egypt.[1]
Contents
History
According to an archived version of its website from 2009, Faith Matters 'was formed in early 2006 as a vehicle to facilitate faith communities to reduce conflict within local areas'. It 'was incorporated as a not for profit Community Interest Company in February 2007'.[2] In a Directors report for 2007 Fiyaz Mughal reported a project called the 'Bridging Beliefs Forums' that were undertaken in 5 cities across the UK, with 'attendees' 'primarily from Muslim and Jewish communities'. 'The project was conducted in partnership with the Three Faiths Forum, the Department for Communities and Local Government and the Sufi Muslim Council.'[3]
Fiyaz Mughal registered the domain name 'faith-matters.org' on 3 July 2008.
People
Board of Directors
- Asra Ayesha Sabir - Director (not listed on the Faith Matters website), appointed 14 April 2010.[4]
- Haifa Shhadeh - Director (not listed on the Faith Matters website), appointed 29 January 2013.[4]
- Fiyaz Mughal - former Secretary and Director, appointed to both positions on 5 February 2007. According to Companies House Mughal resigned from his position as Secretary and Director on 16 January 2020. However he is the only person currently listed on the official Faith Matters website as being on the Board of Directors.[5]
- Robert James Cooper - former Director, appointed 1 January 2017 and resigned 23 November 2018.[4]
- Zuber Ahemed Ibrahim - former Director, appointed 30 June 2008 and resigned 15 February 2012.[4]
- Michelle Anne Lawrence - former Director, appointed 5 February 2007 and resigned 25 July 2009.[4]
- Andrzej Warhaftig - former Director, appointed 1 January 2017 and resigned 23 November 2018.[4]
Staff
Fiyaz Mughal / Sarah (surname not given) / Iman Atta / Andrzej Warhaftig[6]
Patrons
Irfan Malik / Azeem Ibrahim / Varinder Singh Bola / Simon Hughes / Rana Youab Khan / Alex Carlile / Laurence Brass / Akbar Ahmed / Sally Becker / Julia Neuberger / Navnit Dholakia / Peter Tatchell / Filip Slipaczek[7]
Projects
Funding
This section gathers and presents data on the funding of Faith Matters and Tell MAMA.
| Faith Matters Funding | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Funding (£) | Source of Funding | Puropose of Funding | ||||||||||
| 2018-19 | 892,000 | Department for Communities and Local Government | To encourage people to report instances of anti-Muslim hatred via Tell MAMA and carry out community engagement to educate people about anti-Muslim hatred and improve the recognition and reach of Tell MAMA in communities.[8] | ||||||||||
| 2017-18 | 829,000 | Department for Communities and Local Government | To encourage people to report instances of anti-Muslim hatred and to carry out community engagement to educate people about anti-Muslim hatred.[9] | ||||||||||
| 2016-17 | 504,000 | Department for Communities and Local Government | To encourage people to report instances of anti-Muslim hatred and to carry out community engagement to educate people about anti-Muslim hatred.[10] | ||||||||||
| 2015-16 | 182,000 | Department for Communities and Local Government | To encourage people to report instances of anti-Muslim hatred and carry out community engagement to educate people about anti-Muslim hatred.[11] | ||||||||||
| 2014-15 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 2013-14 | 80,000 | Department for Communities and Local Government | To support Faith Matters who manage ‘Tell MAMA’ which is the first service to record incidents of anti-Muslim hatred and support victims.[12] | ||||||||||
| 2013-14 | 337,130 | National Lottery | Tell Mama (Measuring Anti-Muslim Attacks) grant.[13] | ||||||||||
| 2012-13 | 191,000 | Department for Communities and Local Government | Encourage recording of anti-Muslim hate crime and incidents on MAMA and offer victims advice.[14] | ||||||||||
| 2011-12 | 92,000 | Department for Communities and Local Government | MAMA (Measuring Anti-Muslim Attacks) collates and analyses anti-Muslim incidents in England and offers support to victims. This project will contribute to the tolerance and extremism pillar of integration and improve the evidence base and understanding of anti-Muslim hatred.[15] | ||||||||||
| 2010-11 | 22,000 | Department for Communities and Local Government | To provide leadership opportunities for Muslim young people.[16] | ||||||||||
| 2009-10 | 34,000 | Department for Communities and Local Government | Build relations between Muslim and Sikh communities through joint working.[17] | ||||||||||
| 2009-10 | 100,000 | Department for Communities and Local Government | Grant to deliver a support service for new converts to Islam.[17] | ||||||||||
| 2009-10 | 29,000 | Department for Communities and Local Government | Grant to deliver the 'Living Islam Out Loud' tour of England.[17] | ||||||||||
| 2009-10 | 38,000 | Department for Communities and Local Government | Grant to compile a case study guide of mosques that provide services to Muslim women.[17] | ||||||||||
| 2008-09 | 14,888 | Department for Communities and Local Government | Role model project for Muslim women.[18] | ||||||||||
| 2008-09 | 37,675 | Department for Communities and Local Government | Compilation of Mosques Directory for Muslim Women.[18] | ||||||||||
| Total | 3,382,693 | ||||||||||||
Faith Matters has received funding from the Home Office’s Building a Stronger Britain Together (BSBT) programme.[19] The Home Office Fact Sheet on Hate Crime states that it provided Tell MAMA with £2.5m of funding between 2017 and 2019 to support its work to encourage the reporting of anti-Muslim hatred and to provide support to victims. Between January and March 2018, Tell MAMA hosted 77 community events reaching over 7,500 people and since 2017 they have established 10 Regional Advisory Boards to support their work.[20] It is unclear whether the £2.5 million in Home Office funding was allocated via the Department for Communities and Local Government and is therefore included in the figures above, or whether it was additional direct funding from the Home Office.
Publications and Reports
2019
- Research by Rabbil Sikdar, Pegida, Faith Matters, May 2019.
- William Allchorn and Matthew Feldman The Democratic Football Lads Alliance - A Far Right Antechamber?, Faith Matters, May 2019.
- Research by Rabbil Sikdar, Generation Identity: Creating Racial & ‘Cultural’ Lines of Division in Europe, Faith Matters, April 2019.
- Research by Rabbil Sikdar,Rebel Media, Faith Matters, March 2019.
2018
- Tell MAMA Annual Report 2017: ‘Beyond the Incident’, Faith Matters, August 2018.
- Ian Acheson, Faith, Hope and Clarity, Faith Matters, May 2018.
- Bethany Elliott, Rethinking Links Between Mental Health Issues and Extremism: Towards a More Preventative Approach?, Faith Matters, April 2018.
2017
- Lead researcher: Steve Rose, From antisemitism to anti-Muslim racism: the evolving face of the far-right in Poland, Faith Matters, December 2017.
2016
- Lead researcher: Steve Rose, Sectarianism, Extremism and Hate Crime: The impacts on the Ahmadiyya Community, Faith Matters, October 2016.
2015
- Imran Awan and Irene Zempi, We Fear for our Lives:Offline and Online Experiencesof Anti-Muslim Hostility, Faith Matters, October 2015.
- Dr Serena Hussain, Professor Mike Hardy and Fiyaz Mughal, The 7/7 London Bombings: A Decade of Reflection, Faith Matters, July 2015.
- Bharath Ganesh Implementing Prevent - From a Community-led to a Government Centred Approach, Faith Matters, July 2015.
2014
- Building Our Futures Together – Bridging the Armed Forces with Diverse Communities, Faith Matters, April 2014.
2013
- H.S. Lane, The Innocence of Muslims: The People Behind the Movie, their Motives and the Drivers of their Hate, Faith Matters, Febraury 2013.
2012
- Dr Matthew Feldman, From Radical-Right Islamophobia to 'Cumulative Extremism:' A Paper on the Shifting Focus of Hatred, Faith Matters, December 2012.
- H.S. Lane, A Study of the English Defence League: The Faith Hate Report, Faith Matters, September 2012.
2011
- Ishtiaq Hussain, The Tanzimat: Secular Reforms in the Ottoman Empire, Faith Matters, October 2011.
- The 'Mosques in the Communities' Project: Understanding the Role of Mosques in Relation to Their Local Communities, Faith Matters, September 2011.
- The Our Faiths and Our Shared Futures, Faith Matters, April 2011.
2010
- Kevin Brice, A minority Within a Minority: A Report on Converts to Islam in the UK, Faith Matters, December 2010.
- Faith Leadership Through Chaplaincy: Experiences from Muslim Communities: Summary of Issues and Recommendations from Consultations with Chaplains, Sector Leaders and Communities, Faith Matters, December 2010.
- Nigel Copsey, The English Defence League: Challenging Our Country and Our Values of Social Inclusion, Fairness and Equality, Faith Matters, November 2010.
- Our Faiths and Our Shared Futures: Derby, Faith Matters, September 2010.
- The Role of Righteous Muslims, Faith Matters, July 2010.
- Developing Diversity Directory, Faith Matters, June 2010.
- The Prevent Peers Programme, Faith Matters, May 2010.
- Gurharpal Singh, The Adab 'Respect' Research Programme, Faith Matters, May 2010.
- The Role of Chaplains in Public Sector Institutions: Experiences from Muslim communities, Faith Matters, April 2010.
- Fiyaz Mughal, Cohesive Communities Programme, Working Towards Bridging Divides Between Sikh and Muslim Communities, Faith Matters, March 2010.
Affiliations
Contact, website
- Web: faith-matters.org
- Internet Archive holdings of faith-matters.org
- Youtube: Faithmatters100
- Facebook:FaithMattersUK
- Twitter: FaithMattersUK Joined January 2010
- Internet archive holdings of Twitter page: @FaithMattersUK
Notes
- ↑ About Us, Faith Matters. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
- ↑ Faith Matters About US. Retrieved from the Internet Archive of 26 January 2009 on 27 March 2020.
- ↑ Faith Matters Director's Report. Retrieved from the Internet Archive of 16 June 2009 on 27 March 2020.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 Faith Matters Companies House listing, Companies House. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
- ↑ Who We Are, Faith Matters website. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
- ↑ Faith Matters Staff, Faith Matters website. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
- ↑ Faith Matters Patrons, Faith Matters website. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
- ↑ Annual Report and Accounts: 2018-19, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
- ↑ Annual Report and Accounts: 2017-18, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
- ↑ Annual Report and Accounts: 2016-17, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
- ↑ Annual Report and Accounts: 2015-16, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
- ↑ Annual Report and Accounts: 2013-14, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
- ↑ Tell MAMA Grant, National Lottery. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
- ↑ Annual Report and Accounts: 2012-13, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
- ↑ Annual Report and Accounts: 2011-12, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
- ↑ Annual Report and Accounts: 2010-11, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 17.3 Annual Report and Accounts: 2009-10, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 Annual Report and Accounts: 2009-10, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
- ↑ Building a Stronger Britain Together supported groups – February 2019, www.gov.uk. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
- ↑ Home Office Fact Sheet - Hate Crime, Home Office. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
