Andrzej Warhaftig

Andrzej Warhaftig has a long record of working with "not for profit" organisations. In addition to his work with Faith Matters, he is a trustee of a Muslim Women's charity, and a director of a Community Development and Finance Institution. Previously he was a director of Business Link, a Chamber of Commerce, two Enterprise Agencies and a national sports association (all companies limited by guarantee).

He provides bid writing services, evaluations, research, project management (and delivery) for Government departments; including the Home Office, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Communities and Local Government, London Development Agency, Learning and Skills Council, Government Office for London, Local Authorities and the private sector.

Hasina has a BA (Hons) Upper Second Class degree in English Language and English Literature from the University of Westminster in London.

Before joining Faith Matters as Project Coordinator for the Developing Diversity Project, Hasina carried out volunteer work with local community groups organising events, workshops and activities for women and other service users from the London Borough of Camden. This enabled her to gain valuable experience of working with members of the community and carrying out development and outreach work listening to the voices of women in order to determine their needs and support, as well as encourage them to achieve their goals.

Hasina has also worked with children and young people in various settings such as schools and colleges providing tuition and support for English, Literacy and ESOL needs.

She has a passion for working with people - especially those from under-represented groups in order to empower them, whether it is providing a voice for Muslim women or motivating teenagers to aim high and aspire to achieve great things.

Hasina previously worked on the Directory of the Most Women Friendly Mosques in the UK and the Our Faiths and Our Shared Futures Programme. She currently works on the Sikh and Muslim Media Monitoring and Response Programme.

Iman Abou Atta

Iman Abou Atta is the Deputy Director of Faith Matters.

For over 10 years, Iman has built bridges between European and Middle Eastern communities through medical, community and charitable organizations in the Middle East.

She has been working with numerous interfaith projects within the region and has also travelled extensively to give lectures and deliver workshops to interfaith groups in countries such as Taiwan, the United Kingdom and The Netherlands.

Iman was instrumental in the development of a ground-breaking project looking at tensions in some localized areas in the UK between Muslim and Sikh communities and she helped to lead groups of British based Sikhs and Muslims to Corrymeela in Northern Ireland, which has been involved in facilitating conflict resolution programmes for over 30 years.

Iman has also been instrumental in the development of youth and women programmes with Faith Matters nationaly and internationally .These programmes will focus on issues such as human rights, citizenship, community cohesion and conflict resolution.

Sarah has a BA (Hons) in Politics and International Relations from Royal Holloway and also has an MA in War Studies from King’s College London.

Before joining Faith Matters as Project Coordinator, Sarah worked with teenagers in immigration removal centres and campaigned on behalf of human and refugee rights organisations, during which she gained experience of working with faith groups and building dialogue between communities.

Sarah has worked on numerous projects in Faith Matters that have included:

The Mosques in the Community Project,

The Role of Righteous Muslims Project,

The Developing Diversity Directory

And many other exchange programmes involving young people from the Middle East to the United Kingdom. Sarah also works on a not for profit Organisation called Social Change Through Education in the Middle East that Faith Matters supports.