Fara is Head of Regional Development for Working Links - a unique public-private-voluntary partnership established in 2000 to support long-term unemployed and disadvantaged people living in the UK’s most deprived communities to find and sustain employment.

He has 7 years multi sector board level experience in operations, development, strategy and change management and holds a variety of Execuitve and Non-Executive positions within the charitable, public and private sectors.

Faraz is a Non Executive Director for a public health organisation in a severely disadvantaged community and was the former head of a ground breaking NGO that won national acclaim for its work to promote civic and political participation amongst young people.

A Director of the Reflection Network UK, Faraz also works with a range of employers to provide bespoke diversity solutions on Islam and Muslim communities.

For the last 2 years, Faraz has been the Chair of Community Urban Rennaisance Enterprise (CURE) which provides support services for young people from excluded minority ethnic communities in Birmingham, UK.

A freelance writer, he is also a columnist with the Trinity Mirror Group and is a regular broadcaster on community issues for the BBC.

Faraz is very interested in using new media channels to promote art and culture from accross the world, particularly to Muslim communities in Europe and the Middle East as a way of shifting the debate away from faith and politics and towards creativity, art, and our shared humanity.