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Last week, FaithAction held a Creative English Summit in Birmingham where we invited all the current delivery Hubs to come and hear about the national progress, share stories and celebrate success. We celebrated the impact of the programme, which has now reached over 1,300 learners and […]

Last week I went on a trip to Birmingham to see some of our projects in action along with Martin. We visited 3 Innovation Fund projects, and also the Nishkam Civic Association, where I got to observe their Creative English class. The Innovation Fund projects […]

Right now in over 50 towns and cities, faith communities are participating in an audit of social action across their town/region. Similar audits undertaken previously have been extremely valuable in demonstrating what faith communities are doing, and where. Local authorities and the police have taken […]

Over the last few months, I have met with a variety of different groups of people: friends, students, arts professionals, academics and educationalists and I have found myself arguing against the prevailing mood.  As people of faith, we have to recognise that we are uniquely […]

Faith. That word has not appeared to bring about any positive connotations lately in view of what is happening in the world around us. Faith is being blamed for some awful atrocities that we have seen, especially in the last few weeks. Working for FaithAction, […]

Pendle Women’s Forum’s second blog describes how their Creative English Innovation Project has reached out to the wider community.  I really enjoyed visiting the staff, volunteers and learners for their “Big Afternoon Tea” (and not just because of the cakes!) it is great to see the difference […]

On Wednesday 19th November, we held our national conference, Faith Too Significant to Ignore. Here are some responses to Faith Too Significant to Ignore from around the web. Amy Pether of the Caritas Social Action Network (CSAN) writes that faith definitely is too significant to […]

11 December 2014 was a great day for FaithAction and the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Faith and Society. Birmingham City Council and faith communities signed the Covenant which the APPG has proposed for faith and local commissioners.  Birmingham is the first civil authority […]

I’m not alone in the group of people who are solution focused. Actually, I work with quite a few of those people here at FaithAction. However, I experienced something recently, got involved and I’m now working on the solution. This isn’t just in FaithAction – […]

Last week I attended the House of Lords for the Launch of the Men’s Health Manifesto, published by the Men’s Health Forum. Generally, its bad news for men: 20% of men never reach retirement age. That’s 1 in 5. Look at your friends. Lifestyle, drinking […]