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Faith in Partnership Week is entering it’s fourth year. Over the previous 3 years, the week has seen faith groups, statutory organisations, and even a Faith Minister or two, coming together to celebrate the value and success of faith groups working together with their local […]

Faith in Partnership Week 2025 is coming! From 8th-12th September join us as we celebrate cross-sector work taking place in the UK at a local and national level and encourage its expansion. Here at FaithAction, we believe that strong cross-sector partnerships between faith groups and […]

  It’s election season. Across the world, a number of countries including Canada, Australia and Romania have been making decisions about who will govern them, what policy positions are important to their citizens, and what direction they want their country to head in. As these […]

BD_Collective in Barking and Dagenham, a network of voluntary and community sector organisations,  was commissioned by North East London ICB to co-design and test new solutions to improve diabetes and health literacy outcomes in the borough. As one of London’s most deprived areas, and one […]

The All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Faith and Society has officially relaunched, marking a renewed commitment to showcasing and strengthening the vital work of faith-based organisations across the UK. Zöe Franklin MP now serves as Chair of the group, supported by a strong team of […]

Do you feel a change since the last general election? This is a genuine question. Of course, there has been some change in style of leadership and different faces in key positions, but has there been a material change? As I am writing the local […]

FaithAction has responded to the Call for Evidence from the Independent Commission on Community & Cohesion, on the topic ‘What interventions promote building community, community cohesion and shared stories?’ The Independent Commission on Community and Cohesion is a non-partisan, time-limited commission tasked with answering questions […]

Last month, Anne and Martin were delighted to be invited to present about our Creative English for Health work in Barking and Dagenham at the Creative Health in North-East London Symposium to multidisciplinary stakeholders.  It was a great event aimed at promoting Creative Health work […]

The FaithAction team have been delighted to welcome an intern for the last 3 months to provide support for our work in Parliament in getting the All Party Parliamentary Group for Faith and Society reconstituted. We asked Sabtayn to describe his experience working with the […]

The FaithAction team were in parliament this week to meet with the new members and officers of the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Faith and Society. The APPG on Faith and Society was established in 2012 to highlight the valuable contributions of faith-based organisations across […]