A Sense of Respect arose from work carried out by the National Youth Agency's Partners in Innovation programme, which sought to encourage and then spread innovative youth work practice. It requested that a resource be developed that youth workers, and others working with young people, could use with them to help increase inter-faith dialogue, respect and understanding.
Bishop Roger Sainsbury, then chair of the agency, writes in the foreword: "Religious faith today, both globally and locally, is often seen as divisive and the source of conflict. But many young people I have met are not prepared to accept this. I saw this as an Anglican bishop in east London in youth projects we sponsored, in Jerusalem in the Kids for Peace movement and in Pakistan, during a World Council of Churches pastoral visit. We saw it as important to explore the issue of faith-based youth work and community cohesion, and this activity pack is one of the outcomes of this important piece of work."
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