About us
Our vision is of all Scotland’s communities being places of love, welcome, justice and sharing, where everyone can live their life to the full.
Our values and beliefs
Living hopefully: we believe in the gifts and potential of people and communities to overcome poverty
Building community: we believe that people participating in strong purposeful communities (geographic and interest-based) are best placed to bring about real change
Acting justly: we believe in the threads of justice and fairness woven through the world’s different faith tradit
Supporting compassionately: we believe in nurturing community leaders in body, mind and spirit in their work for justic
Investing fairly: we believe resources must be prioritised and used where they are most needed in Scotland’s economically poorest urban and rural communities.
Our purpose
We support local faith groups in their work to tackle poverty
We build connections between local faith groups themselves, and collectively with strategic partners
We build movements for change led by people and groups experiencing poverty
Our mission
To strengthen the ability of faith groups to tackle poverty.
To encourage and support faith groups to work with the most vulnerable people in their communities
To nurture, develop and support local leaders and activists
To support people and local groups to speak the truth about poverty
Faith in Community Scotland is a registered Scottish charity (SC036787). We’ve been working with faith groups since our establishment in 2005, and have developed a strong track record in asset-based community development. We hope this website gives you a flavour of what we do – and that you will want to find out more.