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There is one thing that strikes me most when I visit the Creative English hubs. It doesn’t matter whether the hub is in Bradford or Bristol or Luton or Lancashire – the thing is just how much fun the learners have. The learners and the […]

There’s a building I know in Dagenham. It belongs to a faith-based organisation, who’ve had it for a number of years. And it’s a brilliant example of why faith centres are the best places to connect with people. Faith centres are always about people. And […]

We know that faith-based organisations are involved in a huge variety of social action work up and down our country. The Cinnamon Faith Action Audit report calculates that the time invested by faith groups into their communities through social action projects is worth over £3 […]

Away from the battle ground of health policy, faith communities are involved in improving well-being by just being themselves. This last week I was part of a FaithAction team that headed up to sunny Dudley to do a workshop for Friendly Places. The journey gave […]

One of our FaithAction members launched a new initiative today, and I wanted to take some time to explain it and why it’s exciting! Community Resources, based in East London, founded the CommunityConnect initiative – developed to tackle the lack of connection between organisations that […]

This week is Volunteers’ Week – a week where we can focus on the input and support that volunteers give our communities across the country.  This morning, I heard on the radio a result of some research done by the Royal Voluntary Service which said […]

The following is a message from the Office of the Public Guardian. Planning ahead is important – Can you help us reach more people with this important message?   We never know for sure what the future holds for us. One day many of us will […]

It’s the day after the launch of the Cinnamon Faith Action Audit report, and I am looking at the figures that have been gathered from over 50 local areas. I am struck by the thought that this is just a part of the total picture. […]

Sonia Douek is Head of volunteering and community development at Jewish Care and has developed a strategy for the organisation that has seen the growth of volunteers in the organisation reach 3,000 people. Reposted with permission. Original: https://www.jewishcare.org/news/blog/295-personal-responsibility So our new government believes that we […]

An outside hope for a leadership that is more morally superior, less economically expedient Amid the shuffling of political leaders, which leaves David Cameron pretty much on his own among the Westminster parties, there is a greater shift that is due in our politics. In […]