Author Archives: Daniel Singleton
‘Religious’ devotion belongs to the realm of faith
How the NHS could be killed by kindness Although this is a blog for FaithAction and has religion and faith in the title, the focus of this piece is the concept of ‘religious’ devotion as a universal behaviour, in the sense that is probably […]
A Covenant for Engagement
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 […]
#MyManifesto- Power brokers and activators reporting for duty!
Now is the time to start making a noise ahead of the general election. The battle lines have not been drawn quite yet: the parties are still trying out sound bites – just listen to how any Tory MP answering questions pivots back to economic […]
A Treasure Hunt on the Side
Words, when spoken out loud for the sake of performance, are music. They have rhythm, and pitch, and timbre, and volume. These are the properties of music and music has the ability to find us, and move us, and lift us up in ways that […]
What We’ve Been Doing: A Video from Daniel
Daniel and the team have been singing your praises at a number of significant meetings recently, including 10 Downing Street. Check out his video blog below. In the blog, Daniel makes mention of:[wp-members status=”in”] MyManifesto – tweet us your suggestion with #mymanifesto The Friendly Places […]
If you’re not counted, you don’t count!
FaithAction is pleased to be supporting the Cinnamon Network’s ‘Cinnamon Faith Action Audits’ programme, alongside our partners at Lambeth Palace today! (Find out more here) This exciting new programme will involve local established networks, working across faiths to see how much faith-based social action is […]
Intervention is not always bad
Do you ever find yourself shouting at the TV? I find that ‘Question Time’ makes me do this, or would do if I wasn’t watching in bed and trying not to disturb the rest of the house. Maybe we don’t do it so much now […]
Don’t Pitchfork Tragedy
Recently I found myself in a radio studio recording a news commentary programme. There were a number of interesting things to discuss and to wrestle with regarding how the issues raised reflected on faith and what faith communities might want to do in response, or […]
Keeping Our Feet Dirty
As a teacher and practitioner at heart, there are times when I want to get away from policy, theory and strategy and get cracking on the ground. That’s why, in the FaithAction team, we are keen to get out and see members in their own […]
You like austerity!
“You like austerity!” This was the essence of a charge put to me recently. I was flabbergasted; then my accuser quoted one of my oft-used phrases: ‘faith is the first in and the last out’. I could see what was being said, but context is […]
