Building Back Better Conference: Faith During the Crisis

We’ll be commencing this session with an interview with Lord Stephen Greenhalgh, Minister for Faith, to hear his perspective on the role of faith during the COVID-19 crisis response.

From the very beginning of the outbreak through to the present, faith communities have been at the heart of the response to COVID-19 in the UK.

FaithAction know this well: they have heard stories from individuals on the ground through their Faith-Covid Response Project and membership base, from faith leaders through the Government’s Places of Worship Taskforce, from politicians through the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Faith and Society, from local councils through coordinating the Faith Covenant, and from many others through various roundtables and regular briefing sessions.

This faith-based response ought to be celebrated and recognised across British society – from the grassroots to the media to policymakers. For that reason, we’re convening this event to hear from the Minister for Faith, Lord Greenhalgh, and a host of other influential and insightful speakers from different sectors to shine a spotlight on how faith communities have contributed during the pandemic from their perspective.

Join us for:

• A view from Government – with Lord Stephen Greenhalgh, Minister for Faith
• A view from Parliament – with Rt Hon Steven Timms MP and Steve Double MP
• A view from local councils and regional leaders – with Chris Baker, the Faith and Civil Society Unit at Goldsmiths, University of London, and David Sollis, FaithAction (facilitated by Marcus Jones, Premier Christian Radio)
• A view from faith leaders – with members of the Places of Worship Taskforce

Additionally, in order to continue gathering and celebrating the stories of the faith-based response to COVID-19 there will be a virtual reception following this event, where attendees will have the opportunity to feed back their own experiences and share about the response of faith communities from their own perspectives.

*This event features as part one of FaithAction’s three-part conference – Building Back Better: The Role of Faith. See here for details of the rest of the day’s events.