Author Archives: Andrew Welsby
Why Starbucks reminds us that we need faith
Starbucks North America have announced that they are changing their policy which currently allows people to use their facilities even if they haven’t purchased anything. Citing the challenging economic conditions, a fall in sales and concerns about staff safety, the coffee chain will be implementing […]
Faith Leaders Network launches next phase
This month, a diverse group of faith leaders in Barking and Dagenham gathered together to hear about an exciting new programme that will see faith groups getting involved in running vital health-focused projects for their communities. The Faith Leaders Network is a network of leaders […]
Welcoming Rishi Sunak as Britain’s First Hindu Prime Minister
On Tuesday morning, Rishi Sunak was appointed as Prime Minister. In doing so, he becomes both the first person of Asian origin and the first person of faith from a non-Christian tradition to do so.1 As many have pointed out over the last few days, […]
A summer of turning points: sport, politics…and faith ?
On Sunday, I sat to watch, as did 17.4 million others, the second England national football team to reach a European Championship final in two years. This time, it was the turn of the England Women’s team, emulating what the men’s team had done the […]
Café Connect: Welcoming new arrivals from Hong Kong
FaithAction are very pleased to announce we have been awarded three contracts as part of the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities’ Hong Kong British National (Overseas) Welcome Programme from the Regional VCSE Grant Scheme. The programme will be run through partner organisations in […]
FaithAction awarded contract to support Barking & Dagenham Faith Forum
In October, the team here at FaithAction were delighted to learn that we had secured an 18-month contract to support the Faith Forum in Barking & Dagenham, one of Greater London’s most eastern boroughs, and FaithAction’s home turf (our office is located in the borough […]
Community Champions Programme – What did we learn?
For the last four months, FaithAction were commissioned by Strengthening Faith Institutions to run our Community Champions programme, to encourage people within certain high-risk communities to get themselves vaccinated against COVID-19 and to keep themselves COVID safe, and to gather insight on the major issues […]
A year of COVID campaigns – which ones made you think?
We’ve all got used to seeing them. Over the last year, campaigns encouraging us to think about COVID-19 and how we can keep ourselves and others safe have been everywhere. From TV adverts to lampposts (whenever we’ve managed to venture outside), these messages are a […]
What does the Second National Lockdown Mean for Places of Worship?
On Saturday, the Prime Minister announced that as of 5th November, England has entered a second national lockdown. As with the first, this will have a profound effect not just on the country and the things that we are able to do, but specifically on […]
What we’ve found: regional roundtables on community cohesion
After three weeks of travelling the country virtually, the FaithAction team has currently spoken to members of faith communities in six of the nine English regions, with the final three taking place this week. Our goal was to talk about the role faith communities around […]
