Author Archives: FaithAction
Congratulations to Sternberg Interfaith Gold Medallion Recipients
Trustees of the Sigmund Sternberg Charitable Foundation were delighted to award the prestigious and unique Sternberg Interfaith Gold Medallion to The Rt. Hon. Baron Richard Chartres, Dr Harriet Crabtree OBE, of the Inter Faith Network, and The Rt. Hon. Sir Stephen Timms, Chair of the […]
New Clinks report published exploring gendered experiences of Black, minoritised, and migrant women in contact with the criminal justice system
Clinks, fellow members of the VCSE Health & Wellbeing Alliance, commissioned the charity Hibiscus to conduct research exploring the gendered experiences of Black, minoritised, and migrant women in contact with the criminal justice system. Based on focus groups and analyses of existing literature, evidence, and […]
Age UK: Tackling the cost of living crisis for older people: What the Government must do
Age UK have published a new report this week on the impact of the cost of living on older people: Tackling the cost of living crisis for older people: What the Government must do. They report that it’s clear that for millions of older people […]
Happy 75th Birthday to the NHS!
Yesterday marked 75 years of the National Health Service. Founded in 1948, the NHS was the first universal health system to be available to all, free at the point of delivery. The NHS report that “nine in 10 people agree that healthcare should be free […]
Green Social Prescribing Toolkit
The National Academy of Social Prescribing (NASP), along with other partners including NHS England, have published a new toolkit, following the Green Social Prescribing Test and Learn Programme launched in April 2021. This toolkit is designed to help communities, organisations and health professionals who are […]
Inter Faith Network: Responding together to tackle hate crime
The Inter Faith Network (IFN) has recently updated the resource section of its document Looking after one another: The safety and security of our faith communities. This document was originally created in consultation with the Crown Prosecution Service, the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and […]
Clinks: The State of the Sector Survey
Clinks, part of the VCSE Health & Wellbeing Alliance, have published ‘The State of the Sector Survey’, which aims to get a picture of the current challenges facing voluntary sector organisations and some independent practitioners working with people in contact with the criminal justice system […]
The Lullaby Trust Young Parent Project
The Maternity Consortium, part of the VCSE Health & Wellbeing Alliance, are working to coproduce resources to help healthcare professionals work with young parents on safer sleep for babies. The Lullaby Trust have developed two surveys to gather input into the development of the resources. Survey for […]
Protective security schemes for places of worship
In 2023 and 2024, the Home Office is continuing to provide protective security measures to places of worship in England and Wales under two schemes: Places of Worship Protective Security Funding Scheme Protective Security for Mosques Scheme The schemes provide funding for places of worship […]
Carers Trust: Time Away from Caring: Good Practice in carer breaks
Carers Trust has published Time Away from Caring: Good Practice in carer breaks – a case study led report which highlights good practice in providing carer breaks. Carers Trust developed this report and resources as part of the VSCE Health and Wellbeing Alliance, alongside Carers […]
