Independent Faith Engagement Review: call for evidence
Applies to England
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Colin Bloom was appointed by the former Prime Minister, The Rt Hon Boris Johnson MP to deliver the Independent Faith Engagement Review in September 2019. A call for evidence that posed a series of questions around how those of all faiths, or none, perceive the government’s engagement with faith organisations ran from November to December 2020.
The Bloom Review drawing on over 21,000 responses to the call for evidence, examines how government should engage with faith groups in England. It includes 22 recommendations to the Secretary of State for Levelling Up Housing and Communities on how engagement can be improved, both in terms of recognising the contribution of faith communities, ensuring fair treatment when using or working in public service, and addressing harmful practices linked to faith.
The Bloom Review was published on 26 April 2023.
Original call for evidence
Call for evidence description
Colin Bloom has been appointed as the Faith Engagement Adviser at the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) to lead a review into how best the government should engage with faith groups in England.
This call for evidence will pose a series of questions around how those of all faiths, or none, perceive the government’s engagement with faith organisations. Because the review is specifically about faith and religion, priority will be given to responses that fit within those parameters. However, space is given for respondents to share their views in a way that they feel is appropriate.
Colin Bloom will make recommendations to the Communities Secretary as part of his review.
Documents
Updates to this page
Last updated 26 April 2023 + show all updates
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Added The Bloom Review: An independent review into how government engages with faith.
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Edited chapter 6 – Privacy notice - this change highlights the use of an external data processor and how Data Subjects’ data will now be processed. The University of Birmingham will now act as a data processor to analyse the dataset emerging from the call for evidence to support the Review.
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First published.