Julie Siddiqi

Julie Siddiqi is a mentor, consultant and gender equality campaigner with a focus on interfaith relations and applying that to social action work, together. She has a background in community grass roots work spanning 25 years and founded a local charity for Muslim women’s needs which she led for 10 years, gaining an acute knowledge of the personal challenges faced by women. She is Co-founder of The Big Iftar, which, during Ramadan, has seen hundreds of grassroots community events take place around the UK. Her activities in interfaith social action saw her awarded the Points of Light by then Prime Minister Theresa May.

Julie is a Steering Committee member for the Together Coalition chaired by Archbishop Justin Welby (together.org.uk). She was awarded an MBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List 2020 for Services to Promoting Interfaith Understanding