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Vaccinations have been a controversial topic since Edward Jenner created the first smallpox vaccine in 1796. If you are navigating the world of vaccines in a country where the main language spoken is not one you feel confident in, this can be especially overwhelming. Speakers […]

On this week’s blog, we hear from the team at Healthwatch Barking and Dagenham on what they’ve heard from local young people accessing health and care services. As one of FaithAction’s local projects, Healthwatch Barking and Dagenham works within FaithAction’s home borough as a health […]

With the NHS in a critical time for change, the new government is aiming to transform the NHS for the next decade, and they need your voice to help shape its future. Through its open online consultation portal, change.nhs.uk, the NHS wants to hear from […]

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 […]