Author Archives: FaithAction
Partnership Manager: Goodbyes and Hellos
After an exciting and memorable year, we are bidding farewell to Lis Gutteridge, the Partnership Manager for the Creative English programme. Lis has decided to move on from FaithAction to other ventures. While we will miss her positive energy and mischievous sense of humour, we […]
FUNDING: Community Business Fund – Power to Change
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Government and Shadow Cabinets, April 2018
Following the resignation of Amber Rudd as Home Secretary last night, and the resulting new appointments, we’ve put together an at-a-glance guide to who’s who in Theresa May’s current line-up, as well as their counterparts in Jeremy Corbyn’s Shadow cabinet. Also available to download as […]
Civil Society Strategy: have your say
The Civil Society Strategy (CSS) engagement exercise has now been running for over a month, giving people a say on how government can work with and for civil society to build a stronger society now and in the future. The Office for Civil Society has […]
FUNDING: Mama Cash
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Opportunities for people with personal health budgets to give their views
If you, or people you work with, receive a personal health budget (PHB) or integrated personal budget (IPB, combining health and social care funding), NHS England would like to hear about your/their experiences. It is running a survey which is open until Monday 30 April, […]
Over-the-counter medicines: update
You may remember that the Government recently ran a consultation about the future of which medicines should be available on prescription. NHS England has now published its guidance on this, and a letter explaining the changes is available here. National Voices, our partners in the […]
Age UK report on social care: ‘Why call it care when nobody cares?’
As part of its Care in Crisis campaign, Age UK, our partner in the VCSE Health and Wellbeing Alliance, has published a new report, Why call it care when nobody cares? The report is built on the stories of 127 older people and their families who were involved […]
Events to mark the NHS’s 70th birthday
The NHS has a website where anyone can find out about events to celebrate the NHS’s 70th birthday close to where they live – from hospital open days and exhibitions to tea parties. If you are holding an event, you can also ask for it […]
MPA and MA degrees from Coventry University – discount for FaithAction members
FaithAction is pleased to announce that we are now eligible to offer our members a 20% bursary discount for selected post-graduate degrees at Coventry University. The indicative cost for September 2019 currently stands at £7900. With our 20% bursary discount (£1580), this fee will reduce […]