Sheffield Faiths Forum - supporting faith groups:

• to be more effectively involved in decision-making in the City
• to work together within local communities
• to help the needs of excluded people be heard and met, and
• to improve faith awareness in Sheffield.

Sheffield Faiths Forum is a voluntary organisation launched in March 2007 and made up of volunteers drawn from the main faith communities represented in the city. 

The Forum is supported by OFFER [1](Sheffield's Community Empowerment Network) to enable faith communities to increase their impact on regeneration and community cohesion, and influence and representation on Sheffield First [2] and the Yorkshire & Humber Faiths Forum [3]. The appointed Faiths Forum works within a wide inclusive Faith Network and alongside the established Sheffield Faith Leaders Group. The Faiths Forum supports:

• an increase in faith group involvement in the regeneration of the city, harnessing their resources at the heart of local communities
• co-ordinated activities from grass roots to Faith Leaders that strengthen community relations and community cohesion
• increased understanding between and within faith communities and improved religious literacy within the city
• increased ability as faith communities to respond to emergencies and crises
• the ability to identify and explain the role of faith communities in contributing to benefits for wider society.

The Forum is currently funded through the Faith Communities Capacity Building Fund [4] and the Change Up Improving Reach Fund [5].

Background [6] - find out about our history and how Sheffield Faiths Forum was developed

SFF Members [7] - find out who are the current members of Sheffield Faiths Forum

Values and aims [8] - find out about our values, purpose, aims and characteristics

 Sheffield Faiths Forum open consultation Spring 2007 [9]

Draft work proposals 2008 - 2011 [10]

What is OFFER?

OFFER is the city-wide network for all of the voluntary, community and faith organizations in Sheffield (the VCF sector).

OFFER exists to support VCF organisations and networks to work in partnership and strategically influence the creation of successful, inclusive communities in Sheffield.