Luqman Ali
Luqman trained in the sciences of Islam and the languages (Arabic, Persian and Urdu) and cultures of the Middle East and the Subcontinent. In 1997, Luqman co-founded Khayaal, the first professional...
Christian-Muslim Storytelling: Stories of shared faith from history presented by Khayaal Theatre
Khayaal is an award-winning theatre company dedicated to the dramatic exploration of Muslim literature for the stage, film, and education. Strengthening and enriching interfaith and intercultural...
Vivian Woodell
Vivian Woodell is the Founder of The Phone Co-op, a consumer co-operative and the only telecoms provider in the UK that is owned and run by its customers. The Phone Co-op is a Living Wage...
Pete Westall
Pete Westall is Group General Manager for Colleague & Co-operative Services for the Society, with responsibility for the Society's Co-operative Social Responsibility commitment as well as all...
Nitasha Kaul
Dr. Nitasha Kaul is a Kashmiri novelist, academic, economist and poet. She writes, acts and speaks in various forms and forums that are in scholarly, media, and creative communities. She is...
A humanitarian crisis that needn’t be
A blog on the crisis in Gaza from our Associate, Embrace Stephen Tunstall, Embrace's Programmes and Partnerships Manager for Israel & Palestine, visits Gaza regularly and has been shocked by the...
John Wills
As a child of the 60's, John Wills grew up in the small East Northamptonshire town of Rushden, where he was able to witness the slow decline of the traditional town centre shopping. John was...
David Alcock
David Alcock is Head of Social Business at Birmingham law firm Anthony Collins Solicitors, where he works with community organisations, social enterprises, co-operatives, charities and faith groups....
Cliff Mills
Cliff is a solicitor who writes constitutions for co-operative, mutual and member-based organisations. These have included the leading retail co-operatives societies, NHS Foundation Trusts, tenant...
John Atherton
John works for Co-operatives UK in Manchester providing leadership and accountability for its membership and events functions. Cooperatives UK promotes, develops and unites the 7,000 co-ops in the...
Origami with Lisa-Raine Hunt
Lisa-Raine Hunt works in London with faith, race, disability, LGBT and gender focus groups, supporting the development of grass routes community activity that counters extremism in all its forms....
Zena Kazeme
Zena Kazeme is a Persian-Iraqi poet who draws on her experiences as a former refugee to create poetry that explores themes of exile, home, war and heritage. Her first published poem was as a result...
Hannah Martin
Hannah Martin is a trained dance and sports leader. A member of our Children's Team, her Zumba sessions are fun, easy to pick up and have repetitive dances so that you'll remember them, too....
Please bring a body
Greenbelt Festival Communion Service 2017 “Our whole nature, extending from the first to the last, is, so to speak, one image of Him Who is.” Gregory of Nyssa*, On the Making of Man XV :...
Rage is useless if vulnerable stay voiceless
A guest blog from Matthew Bolton, Deputy Director of our Associate Citizens UK ... In the aftermath of the Grenfell disaster we need resistance, not rage. Please don't misunderstand me – I'm...