Our work

BMN brings together diverse networks and perspectives whose voices are respected due to their expertise and experience, to help grapple with and solve our biggest challenges both within Muslim communities and in wider British society. We work to empower voices, enrich public debate and create impact for positive social change.

There are three core pillars to how we will do our work:

Convening Muslim leaders and experiences

• Convening cross community expert panels and working groups on specific topics of interest and need. 
• Proactively harnessing expertise across British Muslim communities to develop and nurture a spectrum of voices and skills, celebrating and harnessing our diversity.
• Working closely and in collaboration with existing groups and organisations to develop constructive relationships. Our aim is to increase the capacity of existing Muslim civil society organisations to create positive impact, not replace them. We also want to help build stronger networks across existing civil society.
• Drawing on the experience, research, insight and data from British Muslims and civil society augmented by working with partners to provide accurate information about British Muslims.
• Developing positive relationships across diverse communities by building allies and mutual understanding.

Engaging with and advocating to policy makers

• Developing impactful relationships with policymakers and decision-makers in the public and private sector. 
• Responding to requests for advice and engagement.
• Conducting ourselves and building a reputation as professional, authoritative, robust, inclusive, and forthright.

Advocating to the media

• Providing access to British Muslim voices to talk on different areas of media interest and concern.
• Promoting British Muslim expertise into relevant media and other forums on everyday issues.
• Proactively demonstrating the positive contributions to British society of British Muslims.

Structure and approach

We engaged in a process of outreach, consultation and convening over a period of a year to form an initial group of Founding Members. They include British Muslims from a diverse spectrum of sectors, experiences  and schools of thought. Their insight, experience and wisdom has proved to be invaluable in guiding and steering the British Muslim Network to be ready to officially launch. 

Through our consultations we have identified strategic priority areas which include:

• Business and the economy 
• Education
• Health and Wellbeing
• Criminal Justice and Reform
• Islamophobia, Racism and Extremism
• Arts and Culture 
• Young people
• Infrastructure and Leadership Development​

​We aim to create working groups for these priority areas. We will work with British Muslims up and down the country to feed into conversations and pieces of work around these areas.