Policy and Government

2024 has been another hectic year for the FaithAction team. Here’s some highlights of our 2024. See something of interest? Get in touch to find out more!  #FaithinPartnership Week The third annual #FaithinPartnership week took place between 9th and 13th September. Coming after an election […]

We currently have the biggest opportunity for a decade to influence the direction of the NHS in England. In November we posted a blog highlighting the open consultation for the NHS 10 Year plan which allowed individuals, organisations and charities to give suggestions about how […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

In the weeks leading up to the General Election, through a series of weekly surveys, we asked our members what they would like a future government to focus on. Coming out prominently from the early results were the Cost of Living, Housing, and far beyond […]

Change is in the air. Could this be due to the change of personnel in the Commons? Perhaps because England is actually winning football matches these days? (The men at least; the women are already champions!) Or is it because summer seems to have come […]

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 […]