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A space where our researchers and supporters share their thoughts over what faith means to them in their daily lives, and how it supports and motivates them in facing life’s challenges.

Compared to October’s findings, the results from IIFL’s latest attitudes to faith tracker showed significant shifts in finding life purpose through faith, whether religion is a force for good in society, if it should be discussed at work, and the value of politicians being open about their faith. These differences were most pronounced amongst Hindu respondents.
The September round of IIFL's "Attitudes to Faith in British Life Survey" showed moderately high concern about the threat of religious extremism and an almost equally high sense of religious freedom of expression in the UK.
The Institute for the Impact of Faith in Life (IIFL)’s Monthly Tracker results over the past three months have consistently shown that compared to other faith groups, Muslims are most likely to support discussions around faith in the workspace. As a young female Muslim, and the only Muslim in my workplace, I agree. I want to speak about my faith in the workspace. Though I never do. Why?
IIFL’s monthly “Attitudes to Faith in British Life Survey” for August showed that public attitudes to politics and religious media coverage underwent the most significant shifts since July. This month’s survey included new questions on religious extremism, freedom of religious expression, and media reporting of faith. The survey of 2,279 UK adults was conducted by Whitestone Insight, a member of the British Polling Council, between the 31st of July and the 4th of August 2024.
Charlotte Littlewood's long-form essay on the perspective that faith brings to caring for the world.
The Attitudes to Faith in British Life survey for July 2024 commissioned by The Institute for the Impact of Faith in Life revealed marginal though significant changes from the June report. Attitudes to personal faith, media religious coverage and religious discourses in public life showed the most notable fluctuations. The survey of 2,075 UK adults was conducted by Whitestone Insight, a member of the British Polling Council, between the 26th and 27th of June 2024.
The UK is an ever-diversifying set of nations characterised by growing forms of religious heterogeneity.
They say it takes a village to raise a child. An entire ecosystem of parents, grandparents, siblings, uncles, aunties, teachers, neighbours and friends to create the dynamics necessary to help children interact, communicate and build relationships.
Between the 31st of May and the 2nd of June 2024, The Institute for the Impact of Faith in Life commissioned Whitestone Insight to conduct an online poll of 2,396 UK adults. The survey was part of a broader project designed through regular tracking to show how faith and religion influence life in the UK over time.
Our new research would suggest so.
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