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This week is Inter Faith Week 2024, a special week providing a focal point for the fantastic work that is being done across the country by faith communities and others, helping to open inter faith activity up to a wider audience so that more people […]

In recent years, maternal vaccines have become essential tools to protect both mothers and their newborns from serious illnesses. Pregnancy places unique demands on a woman’s immune system, making both her and her unborn child more vulnerable to infections. With new and improved maternal vaccines […]

Everyone is looking for signs of what impact the new government will have on their work, perhaps none more so than the voluntary sector and the faith organisations within it. One early pre-election indicator was in a speech by Sir Keir Starmer where he set […]

When you have mental health struggles, and you also belong to a faith community, life can seem complicated.

Recently, it seems as though the newspapers have been full of stories of freebies, fashion, and football matches. This is in relation to some donations and gifts that the Prime Minister and his family have enjoyed. Then there have been accusatory articles about the salary of […]

FaithAction, in collaboration with faith and health leaders, is developing a national maternity inequalities campaign! This campaign, Faith for a Safe Start, will encourage collaboration with faith leaders, faith communities, and the health system in supporting projects to tackle these inequalities, recognising the role of […]

A Whistlestop Tour to #FaithinPartnership Week … Monday 9th September: Faith for a Safe Start. Download Press Release On the evening of Monday 9th September we introduced Faith for a Safe Start, a toolkit which will help faith organisations to work together with the NHS […]

In the weeks leading up to the General Election, through a series of weekly surveys, we asked our members what they would like a future government to focus on. Coming out prominently from the early results were the Cost of Living, Housing, and far beyond […]

Data and case studies are now in, from the hubs that delivered our Creative English for Infant Health programme. Across the board, it is becoming clear that we need to respond to the issue of infant mortality by including a range of family members in […]

A response to recent events by Daniel Singleton Our hearts go out to the victims of the original tragedy in Southport. Words are inadequate when people are faced with such loss and tragedy, and our prayers are with the victims’ families. I am very concerned […]