Faith Forum

Welcome and Introduction

Welcome to the Preston Faith Forum website. The site contains information about the main faith groups in Preston, providing a brief overview of the main tenets of belief of each of the faiths, together with some of the cultural implications such as customs and daily living. Click on one of the faith group links on the left, to go directly to the page about that faith.

There is also a directory of all the meeting places and places of worship for the faith groups in Preston, which gives addresses and telephone numbers for each. Click on the Directory link to get to this page.

If you need any further information about any of the faiths in Preston, you will find a contact at the end of each of the faith group pages and there are links to other websites, both local and national, on the Links page.

And if you would like to know more about the Faith Forum, then look in the Gallery and News and Events pages.

About the Faith Forum
Mission
To improve the lives of the citizens of Preston by fostering interfaith dialogue, understanding, co-operation and joint working on a range of social, economic and environmental issues.


Objectives
To support the Preston Strategic Partnership in the development and delivery of a Common Strategy for Preston.
To work with and in other partnerships operating in Preston.
To influence public sector decision-makers.
To excercise Forum's consultation rights.
To share concerns between faith groups.
To increase the understanding of faiths and the positive role that they and their communities can play in society.

The Preston Faith Forum was established in May 2002 and has membership from the following faith groups: Christian, Bahá'í, Buddhist, Hindu, Islamic, Jewish and Sikh.

It exists to enable the voice of the people of various faiths in Preston to be heard in the formal decision-making community bodies of the Preston Strategic Partnership and the Preston Community Network.

No less important is the aim to encourage and facilitate constructive and positive dialogue between the various faith groups in Preston.

One of the first actions of the newly established forum was to develope a common statement expressing the aspirations belonging to the faith communities of Preston.

"Working towards PQASSO"

Practical Quality Assurance System for Small Organisations