Health and Care
Community Champions and A Better Chance training
FaithAction is working in partnership with Strengthening Faith Institutions as part of MHCLG’s Community Champions scheme, a £23.75 million scheme to help those communities most badly affected by COVID and boost vaccine uptake within these communities. Our Community Champions Our 30 Community Champions, from organisations […]
Keeping the Faith: six months on
On 5th November 2020, the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Faith and Society launched their latest report. Almost six months on, we wanted to remind you of the findings from this important report and give you an update on the activity that has occurred since […]
Our role in the Faith COVID Assistance Partnership
FaithAction have partnered with East London Mosque on a London Borough of Tower Hamlets faith engagement project – the Faith COVID Assistance Partnership, or FCAP for short! With support from the local Inter Faith Forum, we are supplying faith settings in the borough of Tower […]
Getting the vaccine in perspective: The “Big Four” challenges
I often have colleagues say to me that, six months ago, everyone was asking why the COVID-19 vaccine was taking so long. Yet here we are, with nearly fifteen million people given their first dose, and now people are asking, “Why it was developed so […]
Faithful Leaders: Prof. Jim McManus
On this episode of Faithful Leaders, Daniel once again speaks with Prof. Jim McManus, Director of Public Health for Hertfordshire on lockdown, vaccines, government and faith.
The COVID-19 vaccine: early data, hesitancy and faith
With the COVID-19 vaccine rollout well underway—two approved vaccines are currently in circulation, with another to join in the Spring—we feel we can finally see a light at the end of the tunnel of this crisis. But, as we are reminded daily by our news […]
Cancer and COVID-19: How can you help?
Within health and care this past year, there has been one pressing issue on most of our minds, as well our news feeds. But amidst all the upheaval and tragedy of the current pandemic, it’s clear that the long-term impact of COVID-19 on the health […]
Building Back Better: FaithAction’s Conference
On 26th November, FaithAction hosted an inspiring three-part conference, Building Back Better. It examined the themes of faith and social cohesion, the role of faith during the current crisis and looked forward to the role of faith in the future. In the first session, Madeleine […]
What we’ve found: regional roundtables on community cohesion
After three weeks of travelling the country virtually, the FaithAction team has currently spoken to members of faith communities in six of the nine English regions, with the final three taking place this week. Our goal was to talk about the role faith communities around […]
The dangers of obesity and COVID-19
Last week, a Public Health England (PHE) report confirmed that being excessively overweight or obese increases the risk of severe illness and death from COVID-19. Almost two-thirds of adults in England are overweight or obese, with older people, people living in deprived areas, and certain […]