News: Camden Faith & Belief Awards Winners & Recognised Projects

Last week [23 May], the winners of Camden’s first ever Faith & Belief Awards were announced during a ceremony at Camden Town Hall.

Camden’s Interfaith Network, in partnership with The Faith & Belief Forum, held the borough’s first ever Faith & Belief Awards ceremony last night to shine a light on the vital work of local voluntary, community and faith organisations.

Launched for the first time this year, the awards celebrated community and faith groups and organisations that go above and beyond to support local communities.

Faiths Forum for London won the category for ‘Building connected communities and neighbourhoods.’ Since 2023, Faiths Forum for London, a Camden based charity, have organised a series of interfaith iftars nationally and in London, bringing over 500 people together.

The winner of the ‘Tackling Poverty’ category was Lifeafterhummus, a community benefit society which provides essential support to families such as clothing, household items and other essentials. They also carry out community outreach sessions, cooking classes and waste prevention activities.

Hopscotch Women’s Centre won the award for ‘Welcoming and Supporting Refugees’. The Camden based organisation has helped settle over 1500 refugees from Afghanistan since 2021, train council staff on cultural understanding and helped people get into their own accommodation in the borough.

The category for ‘Inspiring Children and Young People’ was won by the King’s Cross Brunswick Neighbourhood Association who run the Youth and Sports Programme. The programme offers a huge range of activities to empower young people and create opportunities for young people to learn new skills, learn and get empowered reaching over 200 local young people so far.

Three people who have made a lasting contribution to Camden were also awarded ‘Outstanding individual’ awards. The winners were Stuart Diamond from Mitzvah Day a Jewish-led initiative that brings together people of all faiths to volunteer side by side. Matt Mahmood-Ogston founder of the Naz and Matt Foundation a local specialist charity providing a comprehensive range of trauma informed 1-2-1 and group support services to LGBTQI+ individuals, or their parents, from religious or culturally conservative backgrounds. Sharley Newitt the lead of the NW5 project which supports hundreds of local children in Kentish Town, and seeks to foster to cohesion through their work with families from over 20 different nationalities also won.

Download the Camden Faith & Belief Awards event brochure by clicking here.