Tony Blair Faith Foundation

Against the backdrop of the recent release of the Framework Agreement on the Bangsamoro, Muslim and Christian students from Mindanao and Manila took part in an historic moment as they came together for the first time to discuss ways to move the peace agenda forward and bridge the divide between the two faiths. Nine schools across the Philippines connected via video- conference to discuss peace building between the two faith communities, as part of our global education programme, Face to Faith. By building understanding between students of different faiths, Face to Faith improves religious

Read our Impact Report 2012 which details the main achievements and activities undertaken by the Faith Foundation in the last 12 months.You can also download our Impact Report for 2012 here.  

We are delighted to report that, through our malaria prevention work in Sierra Leone, we have now reached over one million people with live-saving messages on how to protect themselves from this deadly disease. Since September 2011, we have empowered Muslim and Christian faith communities to work together to fight malaria in Sierra Leone.

The latest annual accounts and Trustees’ report (year ended 30 April 2012) for the Tony Blair Faith Foundation have been submitted to Companies House and are published on this website today. The accounts relate to the income and operating costs of the charity. They have been produced in line with the relevant charity laws and have been fully audited independently. They are for the UK arm of the Tony Blair Faith Foundation; the Tony Blair Faith Foundation US will publish separately. The reporting period has seen a significant expansion of project spending; up by just under £1m.

In order to celebrate and participate in the annual United Nations World Interfaith Harmony Week, we are holding competitions in both our high school and universities programmes. We are inviting student blog entries on the theme of “My Friend of a Different Faith,” and giving students the opportunity to have their work featured on the Huffington Post. Last year, our innovative schools programme Face to Faith, which connects children around the world through moderated video conferences, ran this blog competition.

Our global network of universities, Faith and Globalisation Initiative (FGI), equips current and future leaders with the knowledge needed to better understand the impact of religion in the modern world. We do this through a number of ways, from ensuring our courses are multi-disciplinary, that they have solid and strong syllabi, and from time to time, hosting events with senior statesmen, policy makers and specialist academics so that the ideas and debate of the teaching are accessible to a wider audience. John Kerry and Tony Blair: The place of religion in liberal democracy The final ses

  Tea and biscuits are not always the setting for interfaith encounters. It was 9pm on Burns Night and not only Scots were off the street. The wind down the Mile End Road could have been used to train Arctic explorers. Stepney Green underground station in the east end of London looked a welcoming haven. But this was the Hammersmith and City Line from Barking. It passed well away from the Olympic village and had not benefitted from any Olympic upgrade. In truth, Stepney Green station had not benefitted from anything much since the Blitz.

To mark both UN Human Rights Day and UN Solidarity Day our global schools programme, Face to Faith, asked its schools around the world to hold “SolidariTEA” events encouraging students to take action on human rights violations.