Faith Watch can help you: it is based on the idea that formed Neighbourhood Watch and is an opportunity for faith communities in Bristol to work together to communicate any concerns. Faith watch is coordinated and supported by Avon and Somerset Police.

Neighbourhood watch began back in 1982 and is based in a street or number of streets. Faith communities are often dotted across the city.

Reports come and go. Launches are a moment in time. The lives behind them last and it the lasting effects of faith in action in Bristol which matter most.

The launch of any report is an ambiguous event. Reports are useful things to have. They set out in a semi-permanment fashion the discoveries and ideas, analyses and assessments of the surveyors, and help everyone find a way along what can be crowded or overgrown paths. The danger with surveys and their reports is that we can tend to think that they are the whole job, and we walk away from the launch, confident that we have transformed the world. Reality is vastly different.

Every year the forum organises an open doors event to give people the chance to visit and engage with faith communities across the city.

This year the event is being held on Sunday 26th February. Unlike previous years, this year's event is focused around 5 venues, each representing a different faith, and each hosting a short discussion about how that faith contributes to the life of the city.

We will be providing transport between each of these venues.

Click here to find out more.

The Annual Report of the BMFF is now available for download. Click here.

An annual report is always about looking backwards and putting that into context for the coming year. Recognising change comes with the territory, and this year is no different. The life of the Bristol Multi-Faith Forum has been the usual mixture of consolidation and growth, and I believe that consequently we are now on a firmer footing as a voice and vehicle for multi-faith dialogue than at the end of last year.