One of the official events to mark the Queen's Golden Jubilee in 2002 was the Young People's Faith Forum. This event brought together forty young men and forty young women from the nine historic faith communities in the UK, the Baha'i, Buddhist, Christian, Hindu, Jain, Jewish, Muslim, Sikh and Zoroastrian faiths.

The young people engaged in a day of discussion and dialogue surrounding the issues of faith and service to the community. The discussions were conducted in small groups made up of young people of different faiths and everyone was encouraged to contribute their thoughts and opinions. In addition nine older participants gave presentations on their thoughts on growing up as a young person of faith in Britain today.

It was chaired by James Naughtie of the BBC and culminated in a special Golden Jubilee Reception at Buckingham Palace, hosted by HM The Queen and HRH The Duke of Edinburgh for over 700 members of faith communities in the UK. The event was hugely successful and is an excellent model for interfaith dialogue and discussion.

Project type

• Interfaith

Region

• London