ELCOME to the second edition of UK Baha'i Review. The UK summer may not been too bright so far, but the Baha'i community has been infused with fresh energy in its work now that the gardens and terraces at the Baha'i World Centre in Haifa, Israel, have been opened with due ceremony.

Of course, buildings, no matter how beautiful, are not everything. A faith: community is its people and the lives, they lead in response to its foundational teachings. In this UK Baha'i Review, we've highlighted Baha'is in the arts academia, and humanitarian service, as well some of the community's Work on governance, international justice and urban regeneration.

People the world over draw inspiration from sacred texts, from their communities from stories about what others are doing, from a sense that something must be done to improve the world in which we live.

Their effort gain in significance by being part of the vision of a global community.

If the Baha'i community has something distinctive to offer to the peoples of the world, it must surely be of being part of a single human family for whose spiritual and material health we all have responsibility.

Barnabas Leith,
Secretary General
Baha'i Community of the UK