Getting Started

Starting a local inter faith initiative

Since 2000, an increasing number of people have helped start local inter faith bodies in their areas.

For guidance on how to start a new local inter faith body, you can download free The Local Inter Faith Guide. This looks at the practical issues which people involved in developing new local inter faith initiatives will find themselves thinking about and these are illustrated with many examples from groups and forums around the UK. The guide can be downloaded free from this site. The Local Inter Faith Guide is also published as a book. It costs £6.95 plus postage and is available from the Network office.

Much of the material on the current site draws on the longer material in The Local Inter Faith Guide.

If you are working for a local authority or Local Strategic Partnership, look first at the booklet Partnership for the Common Good: Inter Faith Structures and Local Government

In this section

Find a local inter faith body
Getting started
    Checklist
    Aims and names
    Venues for meetings
Practical matters
   Membership patterns
   Groundrules
   Constitutions
   Calendar matters
   Catering for events
   Times for meetings
   Media
   Statements
   Web sites
   Financial issues
   Charitable status
   Volunteers and staff
   Premises
   Local Authorities
   Local Strategic Partnerships
Activities
   Awareness raising
   Charity fundraising
   Discussion meetings
   Diversity training
   Environmental projects
   Health and emergency services
   Joint events
   Special events
   Multi faith civic ceremonies
   Pilgrimages
   Prayer and worship
   Responding to tensions
   Social gatherings
   Trips and exchanges
   Visiting places of worship
   Women
   Working with schools
   Young people
Local Inter Faith Survey