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Over the last 6 weeks, the FaithAction team has welcomed a number of Year 10 and Year 12 students taking part in work experience schemes from local schools. We asked one of our Year 12 students, Tyra, to share her reflections of her week with […]

On Wednesday 15th July, as Parliament was enjoying Sir Keir Starmer’s final Prime Minister’s Questions and starting to wind down before the summer recess, the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Faith and Society held its annual general meeting. The APPG, supported by FaithAction as its secretariat, […]

This September, we’re bringing back Faith in Partnership Week! Running from 7th to 11th September, Faith in Partnership Week is a dedicated moment to recognise and celebrate what becomes possible when faith communities and government bodies work side by side. These collaborations show up in […]

Over the past few months, the FaithAction team has had many opportunities to be out and about, either directly supporting and encouraging the work of faith groups in different communities, or advocating for and raising up the voice of faith, drawing attention to the work […]

Creative Wellness Wonder, a Muslim-led community group in Barking and Dagenham, were one of the projects delivering support for their communities as part of the Barking and Dagenham Faith Leaders Network Health Inequalities programme. in this blog, founder and Managing Director Khushnood Ahmed shares what […]

On Tuesday afternoon this week, we gathered in Westminster with faith leaders, local authorities, charity leaders and national government partners to launch the anticipated new research into the effectiveness of the Faith Covenant: Ten Years of the Faith Covenant: An Independent Evaluation. The Faith Covenant, […]

I want to start this blog by recognising that we were wrong! And it’s important that we must also apologise for being wrong. Alas, I’m sorry to disappoint—this is not actually an apology. This has all been prompted by my recent appearance before the COVID […]

Following on from our recent blog about our work on health inequalities around the country, this week we reflect upon a recent event in Barking and Dagenham to celebrate the achievements of the Barking and Dagenham Faith Leader Network (BDFLN), and their work on supporting […]

As a group of faith communities from across the borough, the members of the Barking and Dagenham Faith Leaders Network are united by a desire to meet local needs through practical acts of service. Barking and Dagenham is one of London’s most deprived boroughs, so […]

As hubs complete their final sessions and we gather up the last of the end-of-project questionnaires, we are looking back over the last year and celebrating the impact of Creative English for Infant Health in Birmingham. Creative English is an innovative, co-designed and evidenced-based approach to […]