Health and Care

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 […]

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 […]

This week, we are highlighting our work on suicide prevention, a topic once again in the headlines as concerns are raised around autistic people, farmers, and emergency service personnel. Community-specific suicide prevention is essential because risk factors vary across groups. Tailored approaches make interventions more […]

This week, Georgina Colton, Commemorative Events Project Lead at Department for Culture, Media and Sport, writes about the upcoming COVID-19 Day of Reflection. The COVID-19 Day of Reflection will take place on Sunday, 8th March 2026. This national moment offers an opportunity for communities across […]

FaithAction is proud to be a member of the Health and Wellbeing Alliance, bringing the perspective and expertise of faith and community organisations to help shape more inclusive, accessible, and equitable health services. Through this partnership, we work to ensure that community voices inform policy […]

The UK is in the midst of its coldest nights yet this winter. Temperatures have fallen as low as -12C in Norfolk, parts of Scotland have reached-11C and parts of London have seen temperatures of -5C. The Met Office has issued Amber snow warnings in […]

For the past year FaithAction have been funded by Birmingham Public Health to work with the Christian and Sikh community, as part of a wider project aiming to reduce health inequalities. Through the programme we worked directly with diverse communities to improve health awareness, trust, […]

We’re working with NHS England to understand what it’s like for patients to wait for elective care — and how these experiences could be improved for everyone. As part of our work with the VCSE Health and Wellbeing Alliance, we want to hear your views, […]