Author Archives: FaithAction

A Refuge for All is a project led by disabled women with experience of violence and abuse, from Shaping Our Lives, our partners in the Health and Wellbeing Alliance. This Findings Report and the Best Practice Toolkit provide a user-led approach to improving access for […] Read more…

Our partners in the Health and Wellbeing Alliance, the UK Health Forum, with the Association of Mental Health Providers, Race Equality Foundation and the National LGB&T Partnership, have published VCSE Organisations: Framework for Building Consensus on Health and Work – Supporting disabled people and people with […] Read more…

The National Express Foundation are offering grants of up to £20,000 to community organisations which are working to ensure that young people have access to positive activities within their local communities and the means to continue with their education. The grants are targeted at organisations […] Read more…

The Shared Ground Fund supports organisations to explore opportunities and address challenges in the area of migration and integration. They provide funding to organisations that contribute to one of the following aims: Staying safe – ensuring that young people who have migrated can address the […] Read more…

The Societe Generale UK Foundation Fund has been established to support young people aged 13-25 on their journey into the world of work by improving their educational development, especially through sports, arts and cultural activities and improving their literacy. The Fund will support quality projects […] Read more…

The LaingBuisson Awards are the Oscars of health and social care. In their 14th year of recognising excellence, they are judged independently and objectively and focus on the people providing the care as well as their advisors. Last year, they received more than 375 nominations, […] Read more…

Alzheimer’s Society has produced a new series of booklets that aim to support people with dementia to continue to practise their faith – and they would like your feedback! The booklets include a brief introduction to dementia, information on the challenges that people with dementia […] Read more…

The Paul Hamlyn Foundation’s Act for Change Fund is now open for applications. The Fund provides resources for young people to challenge social injustice, find ways of overcoming inequality, and give voice to issues they are experiencing. It is offering funding of £20,000 – £100,000 […] Read more…

Power to Change and Community-led Homes are offering funding of around £50,000 to community-led housing projects that will create schemes that deliver a majority of permanently affordable homes for rent or sale to locally connected people. Organisations applying should have identified a site or buildings […] Read more…

The Centre for Ageing Better has released Raising the bar on strength and balance, a report exploring the importance of community provision, including from faith-based organisations, in preventing falls for older people. The findings highlight the various ways in which community organisations are contributing, from […] Read more…