Author Archives: Felicity Smith

I’m not alone in the group of people who are solution focused. Actually, I work with quite a few of those people here at FaithAction. However, I experienced something recently, got involved and I’m now working on the solution. This isn’t just in FaithAction – […]

On Friday, I was talking to one of our members who works with Domestic Abuse victims… it has been a series of discussions I’ve been having with her over the past while regarding the amount of funding they have had cut from their vital services. […]

Felicity gives us a brief glimpse into her week as National Co-ordinator of FaithAction… Firstly, let me say that my job is so diverse, that I never have the same week or day as the next. This is an insight into what my job is […]

Baroness Warsi’s resignation today has shocked a number of people around the country… however, I am not surprised. I currently follow Baroness Warsi on Twitter (@SayeedaWarsi) and she has been open and outspoken about the need for policy and action in Gaza.  She has never […]

This week, I found myself using a phrase that Daniel Singleton often uses… and it has never hit me so hard about what it means. Daniel Singleton often says that faith communities are there to help the widow and the orphan – those that are […]

You may have noticed that over the past few months that there have been a number of changes to FaithAction!  Well, this is your one stop guide to what’s changed! New staff… For many years, FaithAction was only a small team.  Well, now we have […]

Last week, we held our first Fast Track to Funding session in Birmingham, and it was great to have such an amazing group to kick off with. The Fast Track sessions were first run a number of years ago, when we became aware that quite […]

You may have noticed that FaithAction has been on a bit of a journey recently and we have grown! For years, FaithAction was quite a small operation with only a few staff…well, owing to our two new programmes – Together in Service and Creative English […]

Last night, my husband and I had a few friends over for dinner.  He works in the banking industry and she is a teaching assistant.  After dinner, we got chatting about work and how it’s going and I shared a little bit of what FaithAction […]

This weekend I was stunned when my nan, at the good age of 92, presented me and my sister with a copy each of the Great British Bake Off book as a thank you.  Now, we hadn’t done anything amazing and we certainly felt it […]