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In the light of the recent terror attacks in Paris, it might not seem the best time for this blog about the positive nature of faith; I did pen it before the most recent incidents. On the other hand maybe this is just the right […]

Paul Bickley, Director of Political Programme at Theos, has written for us a companion piece to their report, The Problem of Proselytism, which was launched at an event at the House of Commons in October, and was co-hosted by FaithAction and the All-Party Parliamentary Group […]

This week, I visited the GP, and while I was in the waiting room, a conversation between a mum and her young daughter made me think! The child asked her mum, ‘Who pays for them? How do they make their money?’ while pointing at the […]

Today, the Government released their Counter-Extremism Strategy, looking at how the Government, particularly the Home Office, is going to address extremism in the UK. Here at FaithAction, we’ve already had a look and come up with some thoughts that we wanted to share with you! […]

It’s Wednesday Morning, the end was in sight, my team and I had were coming to the end of our stint at the party conferences. I was just about to pack up our displays in Manchester, when a Party Official said to me “Daniel you’re […]

By Derek Markie I’m sure you agree that alienation is a bad thing. For Christians, alienation from God is where our journey as humans begin, for Jews and Muslims, I understand, it is where any breach of God’s law lands us. For Buddhists and Hindus […]

FaithAction has been at another party conference this week, and it’s been another great opportunity to highlight the difference that faith makes. Being at a party conference is interesting… especially this week’s one! You have probably seen a lot of news coverage around the protests, […]

This week was my first opportunity to spend an extended time at one of the major party conferences. What struck me most was how many people are passionately committed, not only to their party, but to grappling with the challenge of how to change our […]

We have had many MPs and councillors come by the FaithAction stand and sign the Friendly Places Pledge. When they hear what we are promoting, they often respond with “How can I  refuse?”. We certainly believe that the community and place of belonging that faith […]

Some of the FaithAction team have been at the Labour Party conference in Brighton. It has been rewarding to have a fair amount of interest in the work of faith organisations in the UK, with many doing our quiz on the facts of the faith […]