Awareness Foundation

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Awareness Foundation
Founded1 January 2003;
21 years ago
 (2003-01-01)
FounderThe Revd Nadim Nassar
TypeCharity registered in England & Wales
FocusChristian adult education, bridge-building between East and West, and interfaith projects
Location
OriginsConstituted in the UK; [1]
Area served
UK, Middle East, North America, Hong Kong
Executive Director
Nadim Nassar
Royal Patron
The Countess of Wessex GCVO
Revenue
GBP 189k in 2010/11; GBP 227,781 in 2017
Employees
6
Volunteers
6
Website awareness-foundation.com
Formerly called
Trinity Foundation for Christianity and Culture

The Awareness Foundation, formerly the Trinity Foundation for Christianity and Culture, is a Christian charity that was established in England in 2003 for the purpose of peace-building between the Middle East and West. [2]

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Overview

The Awareness Foundation is based in London, the UK, with supporters in North America, the Middle East, and Hong Kong.

The Foundation states that it works to build, "peace through empowering people in the Middle East and the West to use their faith as a means to bring reconciliation and understanding, driving out mistrust and hostility.". [3]

Their Royal Patron is the Duchess of Edinburgh GCVO is their Royal Patron. Their Founding Patron was Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury. They now have a College of Patrons, including Williams, Charles Cadogan, 8th Earl Cadogan, Anba Angaelos, Christopher Cocksworth, Paul Kwong and Kevin McDonald. Leslie Griffiths is a former Patron.

History

The Trinity Foundation for Christianity and Culture (TFCC) was launched in September 2003 by Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury, at a service at Holy Trinity, Sloane Street church. There were two co-founders; Bishop Michael Marshall was rector of Holy Trinity from 1997 to 2007, and Nadim Nassar was an assistant curate in the parish. The charity was later renamed the Awareness Foundation. [4] [5]

Programmes

Work in the Middle East: Awareness Foundation Middle East is headed by Huda Nassar. It has two main missions: it "builds up understanding between the East and the West" and "strengthens and sustains Christians in the Middle East". Core projects include:

Rest of the World:

Awareness Sunday

The foundation held an Awareness Sunday event in September for several years up to 2020. [13]

On Sunday 11 September 2011, a special public service of remembrance and reconciliation for Awareness Sunday took place at Westminster Abbey. [14]

Denominations

The Awareness Foundation is ecumenical, with board members from the Roman Catholic Church, the Church of England, the Episcopal Church in the US and the Middle East, the Greek Orthodox Church, Presbyterian, Methodist and Baptist Churches and several charismatic evangelical churches.

Personnel

Michael Marshall was the first Executive Director of the Foundation. As of 2023, Nadim Nasser is the current Director. [15] Nassar's first book, The Culture of God, was published by Hodder in 2018. [16] He has been a guest blogger on the UK website of The Daily Telegraph , [17] and both Nassar and Marshall have spoken around the world. [18] [19] Charles Longbottom was the Founding Chair of Trustees.

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