FOUNDATION | INTERFAITH
Strengthening Faith Institutions
The Ostro Fayre Share Foundation has been partnering with the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) which was previously (MHCLG) from 2016 in rolling out a nationwide initiative called Strengthening Faith Institutions (SFI), which has provided training to 1658 religious institutions in England.
Stronger and active communities are a vital part of a well-integrated and cohesive nation. Like many local institutions, it’s a priority for faith institutions to strengthen community cohesion in our country, improve integration between people from different backgrounds, and share public services, neighbourhoods, and social networks.
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Council of Christians and Jews
The Ostro Fayre Share Foundation believes that positive interaction between people of different faiths is crucial both for social harmony and as a means of presenting shared solutions to common challenges. To this end, it works closely with the Council of Christians and Jews and the Faiths Forum for London, among others.
Founded in 1942, the Council of Christians and Jews (CCJ) is the UK’s longest-serving national interfaith organisation, with projects that emphasise and encourage dialogue between people of the Christian and Jewish faiths. The Ostro Fayre Share Foundation supports the CCJ as it continues to be a template for successful interfaith relations and shows how both minority and majority faith communities can positively engage and work together.
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Faith Forum for London
The Faiths Forum for London(FFL) was created by London’s faith communities with support from the Department for Communities and Local Government, and launched by the Mayor of London and Maurice Ostro in 2010. The FFL is a platform that enables nine of the Capital’s faith communities to work together for a better London. The Ostro Fayre Share Foundation supports the FFL’s multilateral approach to addressing London’s challenges, replacing competition with collaboration.
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Coronation Walk of Faith
On the weekend of the King’s Coronation, 5th to 7th May 2023, a unique collaboration was organised by the Foundation with dozens of groups of all faiths and none across England, Scotland and Wales; a series of Walks between places of worship and community hubs, beneath the Coronation Walk of Faith banner, uniting in a moment of positivity and social cohesion.
The Walks were a major interfaith initiative, befitting of His Majesty King Charles’ position as “defender of faiths”, and built on the success of 2022’s Jubilee Walk of Faith.
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Myanmar
In 2012 Maurice Ostro OBE returned to Myanmar for the first time in 30 years with a UK Government delegation to look at opportunities to help with political and economic development.
Following this, the Foundation used Ostro Minerals expertise to develop opportunities for women in Myanmar, mobilising industry partners to provide training and then well paid, dignified careers in jewellery manufacturing.
Our work in Myanmar is currently paused to protect our partners following the coup in February 2021. We remain deeply committed to the women in Myanmar, and our thoughts and wishes are with them. We hope to be able to resume work soon.
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Faiths United
Faiths United was established in the same spirit that underpins so much of the Foundation’s work: that our response to shared challenges is so much more effective when we work together.
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Jubilee Walk of Faith
On Friday 3rd June 2022 during the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee bank holiday, the Ostro Fayre Share Foundation led hundreds of people of different faiths on a series of walks through central London. These Walks of Faith all culminated at Westminster Abbey, where they were welcomed by the Cannon, Lord Mayor, and Deputy Lieutenant, before enjoying a Big Jubilee Lunch.
