The East of England Faiths Council (EEFC) brings together representatives of the nine major faiths in membership of the Inter Faith Network UK: Baha'i, Buddhism, Christianity, Hindu, Islam, Jain, Judaism, Sikhism, and Zoroastrian.

EEFC was established in April 2002, when the East of England Church Leaders – Bishops and their equivalents - as representatives of the largest faith group in the region, invited people of comparable standing in other major faith traditions to meet with them and form a multi-faith organisation. The remit of EEFC is to provide a clear point of contact for public, private and voluntary bodies; and to support local faith-based social action and local inter faith organisations. Its objective is to ensure that faith communities are an effective stakeholder in the region, by supporting action at local level, making strategic input to development, and facilitating dialogue with senior decision makers.

The Council holds regular quarterly meetings. These are always chaired by two people drawn from the five co-chairs: Ellis Weinberger (of the Jewish community in Cambridge), Paul Hills (Area Minister in the Eastern Baptist Association, Christian), Mirza Baig (Muslim), Anil Soni (Hindu) and Richard Inwood (Bishop of Bedford, Christian).

Quarterly meetings attract a wide range of external speakers such as elected politicians, Chairs of PCTs, Directors of public bodies (Offender Management, EHCR, etc), voluntary sector umbrella bodies (COVER, MENTER) and senior government officers. This ensures good two-way communication between faiths and policy makers.

The EEFC scope of activity has extended considerably over the years, and now includes commissioning research, holding conferences, supporting faith-based community activity and regular maintenance of a public database of faith groups in the region.