Author Archives: FaithAction
NHS Parliamentary Awards: nominations closing soon
These awards recognise the contribution of staff, partners, volunteers and the public to making the NHS a better service. If you know of worthy nominees, please encourage your MPs to put them forward before midnight on 1st September. Nominations for the NHS Parliamentary Awards close […]
National Academy for Social Prescribing receives £5 million funding
The National Academy for Social Prescribing (NASP) has received £5 million funding from Government to help people stay connected, feel supported, and maintain their health and wellbeing. Working with partners, including Arts Council England, Natural England, Money and Pensions Service, NHS Charities Together, Sport England […]
New suicide prevention report from Friends, Families and Travellers
Friends, Families and Travellers have published a report on actions taken on a local level to address suicide inequalities in Gypsy and Traveller communities, in light of the fact that members of Traveller communities are 6-7 times more likely than the general population to die […]
Mental Health Homelessness Response Workshops
MHFA England have developed a training programme in conjunction with NHS England’s Homeless Health Team and Homeless Link, through which they have trained over 275 delegates to date in mental health awareness and skills They have four workshops planned for upcoming Thursday afternoons from 3rd […]
Faith COVID Response Project Update
At FaithAction, we have been working very hard during the last three months to reach faith communities up and down the country and feed their ideas, needs, and opinions back to government as the situation changes; as restrictions have been lifted, as different religious festivals […]
FUNDING: The Phoenix Fund
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Shaping Our Lives – Survey for d/Deaf and Disabled People
Shaping Our Lives has been given some money from the National Lottery Community Fund to do research about the impacts of the Covid19 pandemic. This, their second survey, is about using technology for keeping in touch, having meetings and appointments during the Covid19 pandemic and […]
£5 million for social prescribing to tackle the impact of COVID-19
The National Academy for Social Prescribing (NASP) has been awarded £5 million in funding to support people to stay connected and maintain their health and wellbeing following the COVID-19 pandemic. Working with partners, including the Arts Council England, Natural England, Money and Pensions Service, NHS […]
The Big Thank You to Volunteers
When it comes to volunteers in the NHS saying “Thank you” is a very important way to celebrate their work. Which is why they want to shout from the rooftops about the amazing work volunteers in our NHS do every single day. With your help, […]
VCS Emergencies Partnership Fortnightly Bulletin
The latest VCS Emergencies Partnership Fortnightly Bulletin is now available to read. Please click here to view the bulletin