Faith Matters is a flexible programme for understanding faiths and working together for equality, diversity and cohesion
Welcome to Faith Matters

Faith Matters in the Workplace, in Service Delivery and in Public Life

Faith Matters provides the first port of call for all organisations on Faith Diversity:

  • Learning and Development
  • Organisational Change
  • Community Engagement
  • Consultancy
  • Resources

Faith Matters offer a flexible package for understanding faiths and working together for equality and diversity, for integration and cohesion.

Annual Review 2008-9

The message that faith matters is increasingly accepted. Equalities legislation (Religion and Belief in the Workplace, 2003 and Equalities Act, 2006) recognises the central place of faith in the identity of many people. The inclusion of faith as a strand of identity in Equalities and Human Rights provision confirms this.

It has however become increasingly clear that meaningful engagement with this strand of identity requires a significant change in the awareness and practice of organisations and communities, both civic and religious.

 

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Understanding Faiths Workshops

An introductory, whole-day, workshop looking at the place of faith in every aspect of life.

No workshops are currently scheduled but we will be adversising our Summer 2009 programme in the near future. 

Understanding Faiths Workshop with Sajda

Backed up by census data and legislation around faith diversity, the workshop presents a practical and engaging introduction to Religious Literacy within the context of Equality, Diversity and Human Rights.

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Living Faiths

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Living Faiths events offer an opportunity to hear individual faith traditions speaking independently, creating space for dialogue alongside people of other faiths around the distinctive contributions of individual faiths towards a fuller understanding of Equalities and Human Rights and to explore how faith empowers us to serve our wider communities.


Living Faiths events have friendship and dialogue at their heart and offer an opportunity to hear two faith traditions speaking independently but in harmony.

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Let's Celebrate!

Let's Celebrate guideA bite-sized guide to festivals and faiths.

This guide has been created by members of the Yorkshire and Humber Faiths Forum as a simple introduction to the nine faith communities 
represented.

Funding for the guide was provided by Government Office Yorkshire and Humber.

The guide is absolutely free, but you are required to be logged in to our forum to download it.

Please register on our forum and then click on the Resources category.

 

 

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Nine faiths
Jainism
  • Originates in India and advocates a life of renunciation and seeking to do no harm (Ahimsa) against anything living
  • Jains observe an eight-day fast (Paryushana) and pilgrimage (Purnima)
  • Mahavira Jayanti celebrates the birthday of Mahavira, a 6th century BCE founder of Jain teachings
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