Author Archives: FaithAction

NCVO have published their key findings from the latest Time Well Spent report. New data has shown the impact of COVID-19 and the Cost-of-Living crisis on volunteering and the experiences of those involved. Headline findings included: Volunteering levels in some key activities have decreased. The […]

The Emergencies Partnership is currently compiling the experiences of the VCSE sector in a Cost-of-Living – Lessons from the Voluntary Sector report. The Partnership would like to sense check themes and topics that have arisen and are holding a drop in session to ensure that their […]

This month, the Government published draft legislation for Martyn’s Law, setting out the requirements that, under the new law, venues and other organisations will have to meet to ensure public safety. The draft bill, named in tribute to Martyn Hett, who was one of 22 […]

The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) have set out the government’s plans to fundamentally reform the private rented sector (PRS) and level up housing quality. The proposed reforms, the Renters (Reform) Bill, commit to “bring in a better deal for renters” and […]

NHS England commissioned Dr Bill Kirkup CBE to undertake an independent review into maternity and neonatal services at East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust (NHSFT) in February 2020, following concerns about the quality and outcomes of care. His findings detail the poor maternity care […]

Members of the VCSE Health & Wellbeing Alliance’s Suicide Prevention Consortium, the National Suicide Prevention Alliance (NSPA) and Support After Suicide Partnership (SASP), have published a resource which provides introductory guidance for professionals and organisations on involving people with lived experience in suicide prevention and bereavement support, […]

The Sands and Tommy’s Joint Policy Unit is focussed on achieving policy change so that fewer babies die, and inequalities in baby loss eliminated. Their new report, Saving babies’ lives 2023: A report on progress, brings together data from different sources for the first time […]

Race Equality Foundation are leading on an innovative project to address health inequalities in high blood pressure among Black African and Caribbean communities. Together with Smart Health Solutions, Younger Lives and Blood Pressure UK, the project will be working to address high blood pressure amongst […]

Nacro have published a new report highlighting the barriers faced by people coming out of prison in registering with a GP and accessing healthcare. The research examined responses from more than 50 GP surgeries and found that 66% require proof of address and therefore couldn’t […]

Sheffield Hallam University, along with UCL, Innovations in Dementia and NHS Leeds CCG are working on a research project, Living Alone with Dementia: Managing without informal support to contact and navigate services. Are you living alone with no informal support? The project is about understanding […]