Author Archives: FaithAction

The Network for Pastoral, Spiritual, and Religious Care in Health (formerly the Healthcare Chaplaincy Faith & Belief Group) has published guidance on the authorisation, registration, and endorsement procedures of the mainstream chaplaincy religion and belief organisations in the NHS and a practical toolkit for NHS […] Read more…

The VCSE Health and Wellbeing Alliance, together with Healthwatch and Versus Arthritis, have developed a set of Health and Wellbeing Resources packs – producing one for each local health and care system in England to give you access to locally specific information that can help you engage with […] Read more…

Public Health England has published a review of Health Inequalities in Older Populations in Rural and Coastal Areas, together with a blog article supporting the launch. The research provides evidence on the nature of health inequalities experienced by older populations in coastal and rural areas, together with […] Read more…

In July, the Government published the Green Paper, Advancing our health: prevention in the 2020s , inviting the public to give their views on a series of proposals to tackle preventable ill health. The paper covers areas such as: new technologies in health care; challenges […] Read more…

The Polden-Puckham Charitable Foundation (PPCF) is a grant-giving trust with Quaker family roots in the United Kingdom. They aim to contribute to the development of a just society based on a commitment to non-violence and environmental sustainability. They fund organisations in the UK that are […] Read more…

A significant new free training course for faith leaders, which FaithAction was involved in shaping, is being rolled out around the country. The Faith Leaders Training Initiative is provided by the Edward Cadbury Centre for the Public Understanding of Religion and funded by the Ministry […] Read more…

On Friday the 20th September NHS England will be providing a webinar on Sustainability and Transformation Partnerships (STP)/Integrated Care Systems (ICS) – an update from the Voluntary Partnership team (10:30am – 11:30am). On this webinar, Voluntary and Community organisations will give an update on some […] Read more…

You can nominate an Upstander against hate and there are a range of award categories which include: Young Upstander Award, Media Upstander Award, Community Upstander Award, Parliamentary Upstander Award, Local Authority Upstander Award, Law Enforcement Upstander Award, Social Research Upstander Award, Lifetime Achievement Upstander Award, […] Read more…

NCVO, which supports the voluntary sector, has a new blog post outlining key learning from  nine Sustainability and Transformation Partnership sites that they followed in relation to how charities can influence health service transformation. They will also be presenting and discussing this in detail in […] Read more…

The 2020 GSK IMPACT Awards funded by GSK and managed in partnership with The King’s Fund are now open for applications! The Awards provide funding, training and development for charities doing excellent work to improve people’s health and wellbeing. They are open to registered charities […] Read more…