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We would like to invite you to participate in a survey about your involvement in work around anti-human trafficking and anti-modern slavery. This is part of a research project that FaithAction is involved in with the Universities of Sheffield and Leeds. It is funded by the […]

The Cinnamon Network has released research into the effectiveness of church-led programmes to alleviate pressures on the health system. Cinnamon highlights that there are over 3,500 churches and 200,000 volunteers working to support health and social care in their communities, at a time when the […]

This week, we’re excited to catch up with some of the team from the Inspirational Training Institute (ITI) in Bradford, one of our new hubs delivering Creative English with funding from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. I had the opportunity to speak […]

FaithAction has responded to the consultation on the Government’s new integration strategy, based on our experience of delivering our Creative English programme. We very much see learning English as a first step in the process of integration, and we gave examples of Creative English ‘hubs’ […]

For Ramadan, the Charity Commission is running a Safer Giving campaign, to ensure that anyone giving zakat first checks that they’re giving money to a legitimate charity registered with the Commission. You can check for registered charities at www.gov.uk/checkcharity An animation has been created to […]

The Office for Civil Society has been running a ‘listening exercise’ in advance of developing a new strategy for how government should engage with civil society (that is, the parts of society that are not government or business organisations). FaithAction has responded to the consultation […]

FaithAction’s latest report, What works in prisons? Contributions of the Faith and Voluntary Sector to Prisoners and their Families, was launched this week at an event in Parliament with the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Faith and Society and the APPG on Penal Affairs. The […]

After an exciting and memorable year, we are bidding farewell to Lis Gutteridge, the Partnership Manager for the Creative English programme. Lis has decided to move on from FaithAction to other ventures. While we will miss her positive energy and mischievous sense of humour, we […]

This month marks 10 years since the first ever Creative English session, which took place in a Lifeline venue in Goodmayes, Essex. Charlie briefly interviewed our Lead Trainer and founder of the programme, Dr Anne Smith, about where it all started. Charlie: How did Creative […]

Following the resignation of Amber Rudd as Home Secretary last night, and the resulting new appointments, we’ve put together an at-a-glance guide to who’s who in Theresa May’s current line-up, as well as their counterparts in Jeremy Corbyn’s Shadow cabinet. Also available to download as […]