Author Archives: FaithAction

Fellow VCSE Health & Wellbeing Alliance members, Friends, Families and Travellers (FFT) recently released a research summary offering insights into the experiences of death-by-suicide in Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities using responses from community members who had experienced the death of a friend or loved-one. The […]

The Department of Health & Social Care (DHSC) have published a new consultation into pre-employment checks for health and care volunteers Pre-employment checks for health and care volunteers. This consultation sets out our proposal to change the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations […]

Expressions of interest are now open for a Community Resilience Faith Training courses in London, run by the London Boroughs Faiths Network. Two cohorts are taking place over the next few months, in collaboration with the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea and Tower Hamlets […]

Challenge Poverty Week (England & Wales) 2023 is taking place between 16th and 22nd October. The Week is supported and made possible by a number of national partner organisations and networks, and is an opportunity to speak up collectively about issues that are impacting your […]

Unique events bringing together local religious groups and media professionals in six cities in England will take place this autumn. They are part of the innovative Creating Connections project led by the Religion Media Centre, an independent organisation seeking to help the media be better […]

The Greater London Authority (GLA) and Shout Out UK have launched phase two of an unprecedented campaign to help under-represented and under-registered Londoners access their right to vote. Boroughs, civil society groups and education institutions are supporting the campaign which is raising awareness of changes […]

From late 2022 to early 2023, Love Southampton, a collaborative initiative made up of churches and charities in Southampton which plays a central role in supporting the local Faith Covenant, led one of a handful of cross-sector projects funded by the government’s Faith New Deal […]

NHS England have launched the new Chaplaincy Guidelines. The new Guidelines replace those previously published in 2015 and they set the ambition for inclusive chaplaincy services in all NHS settings and recognise the invaluable contribution that Chaplains make to health and care. The guidelines have […]

The Good Faith Partnership, in collaboration with the Jubilee Centre for Character and Virtues at the University of Birmingham, has been undertaking a research project on the role of virtues in the life of the UK’s religious communities, surveying over 3,000 people in the UK […]

The UK COVID-19 Inquiry is “the independent public inquiry set up to examine the UK’s response to and impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, and learn lessons for the future”. In order to fully understand the impact of the pandemic on the UK population, the Inquiry […]