Tony Blair Faith Foundation

Just a few years after the two charities were set up, the Tony Blair Faith Foundation and the Tony Blair Africa Governance Initiative (AGI) are relocating their London headquarters into new premises to accommodate their continued growth. Ruth Turner, Chief Executive of the Tony Blair Faith Foundation, said: “We and AGI need more space to accommodate our operations; something this move will give us.

Tony Blair spoke to 4,000 people at the Royal Albert Hall in London at a conference on leadership organised by Holy Trinity Brompton. Below is the transcript from his interview with HTB's Nicky Gumbel at the event. Nicky Gumbel: Tell us about the journey of your faith. How did you come to the very strong faith that you have today. Well first of all let me say thank you very much for having me. It’s a great pleasure to be here in such a remarkable gathering.

Former prime minister Tony Blair has defended religion, warning that a world without faith would be one on a path to "tragedy and disaster". The ex-PM, who converted to Catholicism after he left office in 2007, said he believed that the sense of something "bigger and more important" than you was "deeply important" for the health of society. "For a long period of time, what people thought was that as society became more developed and as we became more prosperous, that faith would be relegated, that it would become a kind of relic of the past - what kind of

The local and global contribution of faith communities in tackling poverty and injustice is increasingly recognised at the highest levels.

Hard Rock Cafe, in collaboration with Tony Blair Faith Foundation, held a fashion show for awareness about a waterborne disease. Ila Sankrityayan spoke to students of the JD Institute of Fashion Technology who designed garments from white and blue bednets on World Malaria Day The fashion show began the usual way, with lights and sound effects. Models were walking the ramp at Hard Rock Cafe, showcasing designer wear. Just one thing was unusual. The material used was mosquito net. Be it in the spiral net dress. Or a net outfit that had wings fixed wings to it.

The significance of World Malaria Day on 25th April is likely to be different if you live in London or Freetown. For those who live in Sierra Leone it will be a reminder again that malaria is the number one killer of young children. In the UK there may not even be the memory that in the Kent marshes malaria killed whole families in the 18th century.  It may not seem relevant. But it is. The names on gravestones in Kent, like the names of children buried in Sierra Leone, each represent a tragic waste of a life.

The globally recognised house of music and fashion memorabilia, and of course beer, Hard Rock Café, New Delhi plays its CSR part by joining hands with the Tony Blair Faith Foundation to kick start a campaign called ‘The City is Ours’ with a fashion show. The campaign which aims to raise awareness about the health and sanitation issues in Savda Ghera, a slum resettlement colony in Delhi saw a fashion show being organised at the café in collaboration with designers from the J.D Institute – Prachi Rastogi, Priyanka, Ankita, Vaibhav Joshi garments constructed fro

Malaria Day is important both for those inside malaria infected countries and those outside. “For those outside, it draws attention to the catastrophe that this disease can cause. For those inside the country, it highlights the fact malaria can be controlled and shows people how they can protect themselves from it.