The ‘York: City of Faiths’ initiative was launched in March 2006 to demonstrate a commitment to working together between the local faith communities, learning institutions, City of York Council and several non-governmental organizations.

In the last two years many celebratory, educational and spiritual events have been organized by the local faith communities. These include the dedication of a plaque to St Margaret Clitherow on the Ouse Bridge, the celebration in York Minster of the 400th anniversary of Mary Ward’s founding vision, and Walk of Witness which took place on Good Friday.

As part of the ‘York: City of Faiths’ initiative a five year plan has been agreed for how the faith communities of York and their supporters can work together to help increase awareness of the religions represented among York citizens.

One part of that plan is to undertake a faiths survey in York. The York Faiths Survey was launched on 26 March 2009 and will run for four months. Citizens of York and the city’s religious organizations will be invited to complete the online survey if they want to put on the record what activities they are involved with.

Details of the project and the survey can be found at www.york.gov.uk/community/faiths/