Fellowship Of Faiths For One Race
Charity 1179855
Overview
Summary
Fellowship Of Faiths For One Race appears to use interfaith encounter as a practical response to later-life loneliness and racial division in Birmingham and surrounding areas. Its role is distinctive because it combines direct community-building activity with sector support and grant-making, suggesting it may operate partly as a connector and enabler rather than solely as a service provider. The available evidence points to an organisation focused on relationships across faith, ethnic and age boundaries, although its scale, current delivery model and partner network remain unclear.
Operational geography
Coverage: Regional
Operational areas:
Evidence and reasoning
Supporting evidence
Remaining uncertainties
- The latest detailed public annual report located, for the year ended 31 December 2023, says the charity supports grassroots community groups in the West Midlands, but does not identify the groups, grant recipients, service venues or Birmingham neighbourhoods involved.
- The charity's objects and future plans refer to Birmingham and surrounding areas, but these statements do not establish that services were currently delivered across Birmingham or in any particular ward.
- The supplied Birmingham registered address is not evidence of a service venue or operational base. The 2023 annual report instead lists a principal office in Wolverhampton and states that the charity was seeking a suitable venue for planned social activities.
- No current named partnerships were identified. Although the report describes support for grassroots groups and records grants to institutions, it does not name recipients or show where their activity took place.
- The organisation's website could not be retrieved, so it could not be used to verify current projects, venues or partners.
Additional evidence needed
- The 2024 trustees' annual report and accounts, including any grant-recipient schedule or narrative identifying supported organisations and locations.
- A current programme, newsletter or project calendar identifying where communal meals, visits to places of worship, social events or other activities have actually taken place.
- Confirmation from the charity of whether its Birmingham registered address is an operational site, correspondence address or trustee address, and of any current Birmingham venue.
- A list of current grant recipients and delivery partners, with the wards or places in which supported activity is delivered.
Areas of work
- Disability
- General Charitable Purposes
- Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
- The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who they help
- Elderly/old People
- Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
- People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
- People With Disabilities
How they help
- Other Charitable Activities
- Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- Provides Services
Discoveries involving this organisation
The Atlas has not published any Discoveries involving this organisation yet.
Observations
Interfaith activity appears to be its mechanism for reducing isolation
The organisation appears to treat visits to places of worship and opportunities to learn about different faiths not as standalone education, but as a way of helping older people form friendships and a sense of community.
Why it matters
This suggests its contribution may sit at the intersection of wellbeing and community cohesion: it seeks to reduce loneliness by creating meaningful contact across social boundaries.
Show evidence
“The charity relieves the needs of older people struggling with isolation and loneliness.”
Source:Charity Commission“It coordinates visits to places of worship and provides opportunities to learn about different faiths while developing friendships and building a sense of community.”
Source:Charity Commission
The organisation may function as civic infrastructure for smaller groups
Alongside its own activity, it appears to support minority ethnic groups, charities and faith organisations through coordination, information and grants. This may position it as an intermediary that strengthens other local organisations' ability to address isolation.
Why it matters
Understanding it as an enabler broadens the view of its potential influence beyond its direct participants and raises useful questions about which organisations and communities it connects.
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“It supports, co-ordinates and gives information to minority ethnic groups and charitable organisations.”
Source:Charity Commission“It makes grants to organisations, particularly faith organisations, which tackle loneliness among older people through social and leisure activities.”
Source:Charity Commission
Its remit links several forms of exclusion that are often addressed separately
The organisation appears to recognise later-life isolation, disability, ethnic minority needs and racial or religious harmony as overlapping concerns rather than separate service areas.
Why it matters
This may make it particularly relevant where people experience multiple barriers to participation, while also creating a need to understand how it balances these different constituencies in practice.
Show evidence
“The charity helps elderly or old people, people with disabilities, people of a particular ethnic or racial origin, and other charities or voluntary bodies.”
Source:Charity Commission“Promotion of religious toleration in Birmingham.”
Source:Organisation
- Whether the organisation currently delivers visits, advice, newsletters and grants itself, and at what scale.
- Which faith, ethnic and neighbourhood communities participate, and whether any groups remain underrepresented.
- Whether its primary impact is direct support for older people or capacity-building among partner organisations.
Remaining uncertainties
- Recent annual reports, accounts or activity reports showing programmes, grant recipients, participant numbers and outcomes.
- Information on current partnerships, referral routes and the geographic distribution of its work across Birmingham and surrounding areas.
Additional evidence needed
Charity Commission profile
Activities
Promotion of religious toleration in Birmingham.
Charity objects
The objects of the charity are, for the benefit of the public, to relieve the needs of older people who are struggling with isolation and loneliness and to promote racial harmony between them, in particular, but not exclusively, by: 1) coordinating visits to places of worship and providing other opportunities for individuals to learn about different faiths while developing friendships and building a sense of community; 2) supporting, co-ordinating and giving information to minority ethnic groups and charitable organisations, including the production of a newsletter; and 3) making grants to other organisations (in particular, faith organisations) which tackle loneliness among older people by organising social and leisure activities for them in each case, in Birmingham and the surrounding areas.