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What is it and what should I do? Healthwatch is one of the new structures being put into place in April 2013 in the Health and Social Care Landscape. Local Healthwatch organisations will be designed to be the local consumer champion, to strengthen the voice […]

Often when I’m talking to members, either at an event or during one of our advice sessions, I ask them a question: “Who do you want to meet?” Often members want to meet someone famous. One of our volunteers recently exclaimed she wanted to meet […]

On 29th February 2012, ‘Delivering Dignity: Securing Dignity in care for older people in hospitals and care homes.  A report for consultation’ was released by NHS confederation, Local Government Association (LGA) and Age UK. Jenny Byrne, one of FaithAction’s interns, shares with us her views […]

Council prayers, fanatical secularism and the PM making statements about the UK being a Christian country… faith is certainly in the news again. I am tempted to say for all the wrong reasons – I don’t mean that, as all these things are important and […]

Over the past couple of weeks my wife has quite often been out of an evening; I have been putting the kids to bed and (in theory) reading them a bedtime story. The other night I suddenly realised my seven-year-old son was jumping up and […]

Part of our role as FaithAction is to try to predict the future. What will a new government want to fund? What types of programme best fit new department priorities? How can faith and community groups shape their work to fit new opportunities, new challenges […]

While the news is full of comment on the state of the European Union and the single currency, it may be unpopular to call for us to learn from our European neighbours, but I am daring to do so. In fact it is not the […]

Health and Social Care Reform Since the coalition government came into power in May 2010, the Department of Health has been churning out different consultations and white papers to help meet the Secretary of State for Health’s 5 main priorities.  These are: That patients are […]

To become a member of FaithAction is currently free.  If you become a member you can expect: Weekly e-news straight to your inbox with news, funding and event information Discount on event fees Invitations to events To join with other FaithAction members on bids (previous […]

Because Faith reaches the parts that no-one else can… Faith based organisations are prominent fixtures in many communities around the UK.  Faith based organisations access those who statutory organisations or the private sector struggle to access – those termed as ‘hard to engage’ or ‘hard […]