An exploration of the positive contributions of faith & belief communities and civil society organisations during the Covid pandemic and in tackling the infodemic ➢ To celebrate what faith & belief communities and CSOs have contributed to community solidarity, mutual aid support and individual wellbeing; and continue to contribute to the long-running pandemic and associated infodemic situation ➢ To examine the extent of the infodemic challenge and what faith & belief communities and CSOs have done to over-come distrust, misinformation, vaccine hesitancy, conspiracy theories and anti-vax perspectives; how they have contributed across Europe and in highlighted individual countries – Finland, Italy, Belgium & UK; to consider impacts of the pandemic on particular disadvantaged communities (people from diverse ethnic backgrounds including Roma) across Europe ➢ To explore what additional actions faith & belief communities and more generally, civil society, can do to over-come anti-vax misinformation, conspiracy theories and distrust; consider emerging perspectives in relation to mandatory vaccination and Covid passes/passports. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/european-faith-belief-communities-tackling-covid-19-and-the-infodemic-tickets-238185448087?utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-term=listing&utm-source=cp&aff=escb