FACES Luton

Nigel talks with Melissa about her work with The Courtney Foundation, a social inclusion and anti-poverty charity in Luton. The discussion includes caring for mental and emotional wellbeing and meeting practical needs. You can find out more about The Courtney Foundation on their website: https://thecourtneyfoundation.org

Zaffar Iqbal meets with Nigel to discuss Inspire FM and its 25 year history. They discuss how it began, the relevance of faith within their work and how radio facilitates community voices on health and other topics. Inspire continues to spread positive messages and bring communities together in difficult times.

Nigel and Melissa meet with Tony Thompson to discuss his work with Hope Church Luton, founded by Tony as a 'church for people who don't go to church'. It serves the people of Luton in many ways as an active hub during the week for people from different communities.

You can find out more from their website www.hopechurch.co.uk.

Nigel, Melissa and Rehana Faisal discuss three news articles:

• Schools look at how to tackle influential misogynistic views from Andrew Tate
  

We look at the stories, the language used in these articles, the discrepancies in how narratives are portrayed, and elements of grooming and its impact on individuals.

If you think you may be affected by past or present grooming we encourage you to seek help. Find useful links on our website: here.

Nigel, Melissa and Peter discuss the recent arrest of Andrew Tate in Romania.

Nigel and Melissa talk through our podcast highlights of the year.

Nigel and Melissa discuss the recent visit by King Charles III to Luton, where he met with community organisations, visited the Town Hall, the Guru Nanak Gurdwara temple and saw the progress on the DART cable system at Luton Airport. Nigel and Melissa discuss the faith aspects of his visit and what this celebrates in the town. 

Founding members of FACES discuss its beginnings, focus and the deep friendships that underpin its success in grasping difficult subjects. The episode includes examples of how people agree to disagree on some issues yet come together to tackle child sexual exploitation (CSE) in our communities.

This episode was originally recorded for Inferfaith Week 2019.

You can find out more about us on our website.

Peter, Rehana, Tony, Melissa and Nigel discuss the UK 2021 census results and what they show us about Luton. Luton is found in the fastest growing region of England and is one of four authorities outside of London with the majority of the population being from ethnic minority groups. In this discussion we look at resources being matched to these figures and the disproportion of child poverty in different demographics.

You can find out more on the census here.

Melissa and Nigel discuss the work of Azalea with Ruth Robb, CEO and co-founder.

Azalea is a FACES partner. They are faith-based and 'empower men and women to choose to walk free from being caught up in trafficking.' On this episode we discuss CSA, CSE and human trafficking. Find out more about Azalea on their website.