Blog

Sound familiar? Rodie Garland looks at why organisations tend not to look at their impact – and why they definitely should. If you’re anything like me, most of the time you don’t have time to even do your work, let alone evaluate it. And it […] Read more…

When it comes to advertising your event or programme, it’s important not to overlook the classics – a flyer or poster out on the street can be much more useful in reaching local people that care about what you’re doing than all the Tweets or […] Read more…

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 […] Read more…

I am hugely proud and privileged to have the opportunity to work with amazing volunteers across the country who are delivering the Creative English programme in their communities. In this role, I’ve been lucky enough to travel round the country, seeing the amazing work that […] Read more…

This week, we witnessed Mamoudou Gassama, a migrant from Mali, hit the headlines – with an extraordinary video of him scaling four stories up the side of a building in Paris to rescue a four-year-old child dangling from a balcony. This remarkable feat of resourcefulness […] Read more…

This is Dementia Action Week, so we thought we’d take the opportunity to highlight some of the great resources that are available on dementia and are particularly suitable for faith groups to make use of. With dementia being a growing social issue, it’s likely that […] Read more…

At FaithAction we are always keen to hear of examples of mental health services and faith groups working together: something that connects with our Friendly Places initiative and our work with mental health charity Mind. In this guest blog, Don de Silva, a Buddhist university […] Read more…

Next week is Mental Health Awareness Week. What has this got to do with faith communities? Well, more than you might think. If one in four people experience some kind of difficulty with their mental health in any given year, then there’s no way that […] Read more…

There are local elections taking place this week and, with the comings and goings at the Home Office, politics at home is very much the focus of the news media – but what does it have to do with those of us on the frontline […] Read more…

A website is your own little space on the Internet – in this piece, we’ll look at the options available to you for setting up your own site.