Author Archives: Emily Yillah
Featured member: Barking and Dagenham Somali Women’s Association
Barking and Dagenham Somali Women’s Association (B&D SWA) is a registered charity that empowers and enables women both in the London borough and surrounding areas. It offers services to women from a variety of backgrounds – all women in the area are welcome. As well as running FaithAction’s Creative English classes, […]
Department of Health Voluntary Sector Update and News
The November 2017 edition of this monthly newsletter from the Department of Health, NHS England and Public Health England is now available here. If you are interested in health and care news and would like to subscribe to the newsletter, please email [email protected].
Improving Understanding of Service User Involvement and Identity
This report from our partners Shaping Our Lives aims to improve understanding of service user involvement in the commissioning, design, delivery and evaluation of public sector services. It also looks at the challenges faced by service users in negotiating their dual role of both being […]
Want a better chance of winning funding?
On a number of occasions recently we have been looking for partners for funding bids. This means we often search the FaithAction database to find members in a particular geographical area, or who work in a particular field. If your membership information isn’t up to […]
FUNDING: The Peter Cruddas Foundation
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FUNDING: GLL Community Foundation Fund
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Do you work with offenders or their families?
If so, you are probably already a member of Clinks, which supports voluntary organisations working in the sector. Clinks is running a photography competition and the team are keen to hear about the good work your organisation is doing. Enter and you could win tickets to […]
Identifying signs of anxiety and depression in older people
NHS England has published new guidance to help identify the tell-tale signs of anxiety and depression in people aged 55 and older. Mental health in older people has been published to support research from Age UK which has shown nearly half of adults aged 55 […]
Reviewing the Mental Health Act – tell us about its impact on minority groups
The Mental Health Act is being reviewed in the light of a number of issues, including the rising numbers of people detained under it, and the disproportionate numbers of those who are from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds. The VCSE Health and Wellbeing Alliance, […]
Children and young people’s hospital experiences mostly positive
The Care Quality Commission has published the results of its latest Children and Young People’s Survey. This found that children and young people’s experiences of hospital inpatient and day case care were mostly positive. The majority of children and young people said they were well looked […]
