At an Interfaith Week seminar organised by the British Humanist
Association, the Director of the Faith-based Regeneration Network
(FbRN), Dr Doreen Finneron, offered an explanation of how faith
communities' work fits 'within the wider strategy of Empowerment
and other community policy, such as involving local people in the
decisions that affect them and supporting voluntary
activity.'
She identified three main aspects of the faith role:
- Addressing need at local level, often by the delivery of
services, particularly to marginalised and isolated groups,
- Working together to build cohesion.
- Speaking out on current issues - this often leads them to a
critique and challenge of Government.
Read Dr Finneron's lecture
27 November 2009