Religious Inclusion: Uniting Beliefs at Work Conference 2025
Past and Present Supporters Include
Overview
The current workplace landscape is witnessing a growing emphasis on religion and belief inclusion. This is crucial for creating a genuinely inclusive environment respecting a range of beliefs. Strides have been made to include various religious events and holidays, as well as reflection spaces for religious individuals. However, challenges persist, such as a lack of respect and tolerance towards different cultures and sometimes discrimination, whether intentional or unintentional. Companies need to engage effectively with employees to understand and meet their religious and belief-related needs. Religion and belief is one of the 9 ‘protected characteristics’ covered by discrimination law in the 2010 Equality Act, however:
Agenda
Registration
Chair’s Opening Remarks
Sughra Ahmed, Consultant, Co-Convenor, City of London Corporation (CONFIRMED)
Keynote: Building Friendly Inter-Faith Workplaces
- Examining why people feel uncomfortable disclosing their religion in the workplace
- Outlining the nature and significance of microaggressions and religious discrimination in the workplace
- Deconstructing unconscious bias, preconceived notions and stereotypes about religion in the workplace
- Considering the impacts of global events on workplace religious relations
- Taking a personalised approach that accommodates employee’s religious requirements
- Focusing on common values and goals to transcend workplace conflict
Binna Kandola, Co-Founder, Pearn Kandola (CONFIRMED)
Keynote: Celebrating Religious Visibility and Expression
- Identifying barriers to religious expression in the workplace
- Developing an open and inclusive culture that supports religious expression
- Providing prayer facilities in the workplace that are suitable and up-to-standard
- Accommodating staff by offering flexibility for religious observance, holidays and festivals by taking an individual and collaborative approach
Debbie Epstein, Principal Consultant, Inclusive Employers (CONFIRMED)
Case Study: Faith and Belief in the NHS: A National Study
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Overview of a national study on faith and belief in the NHS
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Key findings on staff experiences and perspectives
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Implications for workplace inclusion and wellbeing
Dr YingFei Héliot, Associate Professor, University of Surrey (CONFIRMED)
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Questions & Answers
Breakout Networking
An opportunity to network with professionals across the public, private and voluntary sector.
Comfort Break
Case Study: Faith in the City: Understanding Belief and Building Networks
- Exploring the current faith and belief needs of the City’s diverse workforce and residents
- Evaluating how existing places of worship and faith spaces serve the modern City community
- Discussing the role of corporate faith networks and how to improve leadership confidence in faith inclusion
- What does the future look like?
Sughra Ahmed, Consultant, Co-Convenor, City of London Corporation (CONFIRMED)
Lived Experience: Facilitating Open Discussions about Faith in the Workplace
- Creating a culture of open conversations where people feel confident discussing their religion
- Outlining the challenges of faith within the work environment
Phil Champain, Director, The Faith and Belief Forum (CONFIRMED)
Keynote: Building Beyond Tolerance: Mutual Understanding of Faith
- Celebrating religious diversity in the workplace by facilitating inclusive social events
- Promoting interfaith learning and collaboration where employees learn about other faiths in a positive and non-judgemental way
- Incorporating religious diversity into hiring practices
- Illustrating the problems that arise when comparing values with other people of other religions
- Taking a personalised approach that accommodates employee’s religious requirements
Julie Jones, Director, All-Party Parliamentary Group for Freedom of Religion or Belief (CONFIRMED)
Questions & Answers
Chair’s Closing Remarks
Sughra Ahmed, Consultant, Co-Convenor, City of London Corporation (CONFIRMED)
Conference Close
Get in Touch
Previous Speakers
Brad McLaughlin
Customer & Product Manager
Aviva
Dr. Brian Grim
President
Religious Freedom & Business Foundation
Rakesh Joshi
Engagement and Business Support Officer, Chair – Hindu Network
Department for Education
Dr. Joanne Bishton
Head of Equity, Inclusion and Wellbeing
University of Derby
Testimonials
A fantastic event with really informative and engaging sessions and speakers! I am going away from today’s conference with lots of new ideas, areas for consideration and new contacts, all of which will support us as we progress on our journey of developing an interfaith network
This was an enjoyable and informative event. Lots to take away and use to inform future developments.
Helpful session – informative.
Interesting session, gives a lot of food for thought
Why you Should Attend
Why Attend:
✓ Hear high-level keynotes on the latest initiatives in Religion and Belief Inclusion at Work from experts across a range of sectors
✓ Learn from case studies showcasing best practices in producing policies for religious diversity, support structures for employees, and celebrating such diversity
✓ Network with senior colleagues from a variety of sectors
✓ Gain 4 hours of CPD points towards your yearly quota
Who Should Attend
| Job Title Example | Organisation Example |
| HR Officers | Civil Service |
| Head’s of EDI | Schools |
| Culture and Engagement Officer | Universities |
| Recruitment Advisors | Charities |
| Line Managers | Private Business |
| Network Leads | Police |
| Diversity Leaders | Finance Services |
Pricing Options
PUBLIC SECTOR
Your delegate place at this leading conference gives you: Full access to the conference; E-guide; Networking opportunities during the day; Access to presentations post conference; 8 CPD Points.
VOLUNTARY SECTOR
Your delegate place at this leading conference gives you: Full access to the conference; E-guide; Networking opportunities during the day; Access to presentations post conference; 8 CPD Points.
PRIVATE SECTOR
Your delegate place at this leading conference gives you: Full access to the conference; E-guide; Networking opportunities during the day; Access to presentations post conference; 8 CPD Points.
Sponsorship
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Virtual vs F2F
Whilst F2F provide better options for networking, there are many distinct advantages of sponsoring our online conferences including:
- Wider geographical reach of delegates and a different audience who prefer online to f2f
- Lower sponsorship package costs
- No travel/accommodation
- Less time out of the office
- No stand materials required (lower costs)
- 1 of only 2 sponsors involved – less competition on the day
- Prime speaking slot in the morning of the conference including Q&A – less distractions and easier for delegates to hear/absorb information
- Receive all delegate data after the conference to follow-up directly with those who attend and don’t attend (small % but still key stakeholders)
- Ongoing exposure via OnDemand access (coming soon)
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