Belonging

Supporting children’s mental health, making healthy lifestyle changes, going for vaccinations, and understanding the importance of folic acid during pregnancy: we share some of the human stories behind our incredible Creative English for Health stats. Across our Creative English for Health projects, we measure impact […]

This week is the first in a series of blogs about the diverse Creative English for Health programme which aims to reduce health inequalities and improve health outcomes for speakers of English as a second language. Creative English for Health is a range of community-based […]

There are many metaphors for life. I wish mine was the map, that well-planned journey with a clear destination, avoiding steep hills and dark valleys. But my metaphor for life is more like a child’s dot-to-dot puzzle: I can’t see the full picture yet, all […]

Having recently moved back to the UK after living in the US for the last 2 and a half years and several countries before that, I found the transition back to British life more difficult than I anticipated. Reflecting on my journey over the last […]

Here is a quick rundown of what we’ve achieved in the past three months, and a look ahead to a series of new projects and events that are just getting going.   See something of interest? Get in touch to find out more!  Faith in Partnership […]

Creative English for Health has been delivered over the past year in Birmingham, funded by Birmingham City Council. We are looking forward to the imminent publication of the final evaluation report on the first year of delivery, which will show the progression against all 16 […]

It was my birthday recently and, strangely, I was looking forward to the day. Growing up, birthdays were not a big thing. The Singletons made more of Christmas, which of course is a birthday of sorts but at Christmas everybody gets to exchange gifts. Christmas […]

Last week, the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities announced which VCSE organisations would be funded as part of Year 2 of the Hong Kong British National (Overseas) Welcome Programme VCSE Regional Grant Scheme. The FaithAction team were delighted to hear that we were […]

FaithAction have recently been awarded funding by Birmingham City Council to deliver our community-based ESOL programme, Creative English, with places of worship, faith-based and community organisations within Birmingham. Designed through Dr Anne Smith’s PhD research into belonging, Creative English carries the tagline ‘laugh your way […]

My household is bracing itself for a major change. After an intense two year period of GCSE and post-16 study, we will soon have two teenagers without an occupation. They, I’m sure, have all kinds of plans to kick back and relax, binge on Netflix […]