Faith Associates founded

Faith Associates was set up in 2004 as a non-theological consultancy to meet the needs of faith based communities. We aimed to work in a culturally sensitive, multidisciplinary way to provide research, training, advice and guidance to support the challenges faced by such communities.

National Consultation & Launch of MINAB

Following a nationwide consultation in the United Kingdom, Faith Associates helped to established a national umbrella body for Mosque & Imams in the UK. Constituting almost 600+ organisation in a self governance model. The body established was called MINAB

Publication of the 1st Mosque Management Guide

A pioneering guide to help support in the management of Mosques and Islamic Centres, accompanied with a 16 hour training programme to support development and change in these centres.

Established experts in the field

Faith Associates had developed bespoke training courses for Mosque and madrassah management as well as having a dedicated certified safeguarding trainers that would help improve standards across the UK. Faith Associates, working with safeguarding boards established a unique and accredited Mosque and Madrassah Safeguarding course.

Publication of the 1st Madrassah management Guide within a safeguarding context.

Launch of Mosque Open day guide

Pioneered the development and the concept of how to open mosques to wider the society and to encourage the development of an open and transparent culture

ImamsOnline.com launched

Faith Associates created a dedicated portal for the promotion of Islamic leadership. Imams Online was also set up to provide advice, support and training to religious leaders globally.

Iftar 2012 - Working closely London Olympics 2012 team to facilitate Olympic teams to visit Ramadan iftar parties in their honour

Some of London's and wider UK's iconic mosques opened their doors to host Olympic teams from around the world during the London Olympics festival 2012, which coincided with Islamic month of Ramadan

Mosque Iftar

National campaign to open mosques during Ramadan, to share the Iftar feast with the wider community

Tech giant partnerships - Social awareness for faith leader

Delivering a national roadshow with twitter to high light the power of social media and the potential benefits to faith leaders

Women in Mosque Management guide - Developing and supporting service delivery

Following extensive research and consultations about how women can play a leading role in supporting the development of services from Mosques and Islamic centres. A guide was developed and launched to encourage greater involvement of women in service delivery from Mosques

Safeguarding youth and adult toolkit for faith institutions

Following extensive consultation with all faith communities and a toolkit was launched in the UK Midlands with the support of 6 local authorities to support safeguarding processes in faith institutions. The guide has now been reproduces in various parts of the UK and aspects of the toolkit have been shared in Asia and Africa during Faith Associates training in those territories

Consolidating our global reach

By the end of 2017 we had provided safeguarding training to over 1000 people across Mosques globally. We also started our project with the United Nations offering faith institutional development training across East Africa. Additionally, in official partnership with Facebook, we launched the ‘Keeping Muslims Safe Online’ guide for Muslim communities globally – the first of its kind, now on the facebook safety page.

Beacon Mosque Standards launched - Global bench mark for Mosques

Following 15 years of working closely with Mosques globally, Faith Associates launched a global bench mark of quality for Mosques and Islamic centres. The standards established through extensive engagement help mosques measure themselves against matrices of quality inorder to grade themselves.

British Beacon Mosque Awards (BBMA) launched

UK's best mosques identified and celebrated at the inaugural BBMA in London

2nd British Beacon Mosque Awards take place

For the 2nd year, 400 British Mosques attend the Gala Dinner in London celebrating and awarded the best Mosques of 2019.

International Partnerships & Consolidating Global Reach

Working with European, Middle Eastern and North American partners and bodies expanding the work of Faith Associates across different continents

COVID-19: Providing Guidance and Support to Mosques, Madrassah and Imams

Faith Associates have been at the forefront of the covid-19 pandemic providing constant support and guidance for Islamic Institutions across the UK.