Author Archives: Emily Yillah
Brent signs the Faith Covenant
Brent last night became the 10th local area to adopt the Faith Covenant, meaning that over five million people now live in areas covered by a Covenant in one form or another. At a celebration as part of Inter Faith Week, faith leaders and representatives […]
Faith and Health Survey
The Royal Society for Public Health – a leading UK health charity – is undertaking some research to better understand the role of faith and religion in health and wellbeing. To support them, please share your views in this survey. Your responses will go towards […]
FUNDING: The Henry Smith Charity
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Resource: revised charity governance code
The national Charity Governance Code was revised in 2017, and the new version has been recommended by the Charity Commission as good practice for charities. St Joseph’s Hospice has produced some guidance to accompany the code, and a self-assessment tool. While these are particularly focused […]
Keep Antibiotics Working
Public Health England (PHE) has launched a national campaign, Keep Antibiotics Working, to highlight that taking antibiotics when you don’t need them puts you and your family at risk. This is a crucial health message and faith groups can help ensure that it gets heard. […]
E-learning resource: Community-centred approaches to health
Public Health England (PHE) and Health Education England (HEE) have produced a new e-Learning for Health programme on community-centred approaches to health improvement. These two new e-learning modules are suitable for practitioners, managers and commissioners who want: an update on evidence and guidance on community-centred […]
‘Cancer doesn’t care who you are – but the NHS does’
The NHS is keen to ensure that the experiences of patients from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds receiving cancer treatment are improved. It wants to get the message out to community groups that it can only meet the diverse needs of NHS patients […]
What is Community?
FaithAction has been researching the core ‘ingredients’ that make community. We undertook case studies of ten community ‘hubs’, with backgrounds in a variety of faiths and no faith, and analysed them to identify the core themes that make up community. We characterised these themes as: […]
FUNDING: Place Based Social Action (PBSA)
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Calling organisations supporting pregnant women and new mothers
Across the UK, there are innumerable local grassroots organisations doing brilliant work with pregnant women and new mothers. Often known only in their local area, these organisations have unmatched inside knowledge about the challenges faced by the women they work with, many of whom are […]
