Author Archives: FaithAction
Mental health, school absence and mentoring: Supporting young people
Many children have struggled to return to school since the pandemic, and MPs on the Commons education committee suggest that mental health difficulties should be a valid reason for children to miss school while fines aimed at parents should be kept as a “last resort”. […]
FUNDING: Foyle Foundation Small Grants Scheme
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Adult Carer Survey Report 2023
Carers Trust, one of our partners in the VCSE Health & Wellbeing Alliance have released their Adult Carer Survey Report based on a survey of 3,430 adult carers. The survey found that unpaid carers are exhausted, the time they spend on caring has soared, almost […]
Mitzvah Day 2023
Mitzvah Day takes place on 19th November and the theme this year is ‘Repairing the World’. The theme aims to remind us that we can all play a part, however big or small, in helping to heal our increasingly damaged world and to reconsider the […]
Join the GLA Eid Community Advisory Group
The Greater London Authority (GLA) are looking for new members to join existing members of their Eid Community Advisory Group (ECAG), to support and steer the GLA to deliver Eid in the Square successfully for London and its communities over the next two years. They […]
FUNDING: Crowdfunder: Cost of Living Crisis Emergency Fund
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FUNDING: National Churches Trust: Medium Grants Programme
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FUNDING: Benefact Trust: Building Improvement Grants
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Experiences of Suicide in Gypsy, Roma and Traveller Communities
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 […]
DHSC Consultation: Pre-employment checks for health and care volunteers
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 […]