Health and Care

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Several themes have come out of last week’s survey on health and social care. A predominant one is the way in which the NHS can be helped by local faith providers coming alongside people to help them live healthy lives, and help them to navigate […]

Following the recent success of the Creative English for Health programmes which were delivered in Birmingham and Greater Manchester, the team have recently begun training volunteers in three Birmingham hubs, who are taking part in a limited pilot programme which focuses on Infant Health. 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 […]

London has recently surpassed the West Midlands in reporting the highest number of measles cases, raising concerns that the capital could become a focal point for the disease. Over the past six months, there has been a significant uptick in infections, with 62 out of […]

Looking ahead to Black Maternal Health Awareness Week (22nd-28th April), we’re giving an update at our own programme of work around reducing maternal health inequalities, and how you can follow its progress and get involved. The maternity journey is a beautiful experience for prospective parents, […]