Shaukat Warraich

Shaukat Warraich is a multi-award winning social entrepreneur and is currently the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Faith Associates and the founder of Faith Associates Academy. Faith Associates is a pioneering enterprise, developing strategies, organisational and operational capacity for 3rd sector and commercial entities in the UK and abroad. He has held a number of leadership positions in the commercial and charitable sectors helping to increase performance and sustainability. He has been responsible for producing a number of key pieces of literature and community interventions in the UK and abroad.

He has authored several publications, in particular the Mosque and Islamic Centre management guide (2007), the Mosque Open day guide (2008) and the Madrassah management, safeguarding guide (2009). He has pioneered safeguarding protocols in Mosques and Madrassah and his literature and training is in use by various local authorities and offered as good practices for all faith communities 2016.

A key are of his work has also focused on safety and security of faith institutions, he was commissioned by Birmingham City council to devise an incident management guide 2016 supported by the UK Minister of Security. Guide has resulted  in many workshops and the development of www.mosquesecurity.com

He has established a global bench mark of standards for Mosques and Madrassah under the Beacon Mosques standards kite mark (2017).  In 2018 he also launched the inaugural and much acclaim British Beacon Mosque Awards showcasing the Best in British Mosque and the 1st accredited 5 STAR mosques in the UK.