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Starbucks North America have announced that they are changing their policy which currently allows people to use their facilities even if they haven’t purchased anything. Citing the challenging economic conditions, a fall in sales and concerns about staff safety, the coffee chain will be implementing […]

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 […]

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 […]

How do we measure the impact of a project that is based in the arts? It’s not easy. From 2023-2024, we delivered our Creative English for Cardiovascular Health programme with 586 individuals in 10 different community locations across Birmingham, funded by the local Public Health […]

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 […]

It isn’t often that, at FaithAction, we get a chance to comment on the news whilst delivering a survey report. As we’re keeping the surveys open for a while longer after today’s election, it gives everyone a chance to keep responding to the survey. Here […]

At the present time, with the cost of living causing significant issues for many people in our communities, it has become evident that faith groups provide a crucial link between the hard-to-reach and public services. Case study One very small faith-based team working on the […]

In this guest blog, we hear from Emma Heath, Founder of Steps To Active Recovery (STAR), an Christian organisation promoting awareness, providing support, and empowering individuals affected by addiction, compulsive behaviors, and harmful habits. What can we say about addiction? What message can we give […]

I wrote a blog in 2015 at the time of the Paris attacks, when extremists attacked the offices of a magazine called Charlie Hebdo. As a means of standing in solidarity with those in Paris, many people took up the #JeSuisCharlie hashtag. But there was […]

This month, a diverse group of faith leaders in Barking and Dagenham gathered together to hear about an exciting new programme that will see faith groups getting involved in running vital health-focused projects for their communities. The Faith Leaders Network is a network of leaders […]