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In this blog, Jane Gould of Clean Sheet talks about the Olympics and the work of Clean Sheet.  For further information, please visit www.cleansheet.org.uk. Working with prisoners and ex offenders, I can’t help but draw impressions and lessons from the awesome experience of London 2012. […]

The ONS published its Well-being survey this week, but there has been little fanfare about it. This is due the focus on the Olympics, which in itself, could contribute to a more positive feeling about life. I am no expert in these thing, but I […]

I was recently doing some kids work with a group of fifteen 7- and 8-year-olds. The group leader decided to play an icebreaker game for my benefit, where each child would impersonate an animal through sound and action; a good opportunity for me to learn […]

On January 21st 2012, in London, the Race Equality Foundation held their After the Riots conference, discussing the riots of August 2011 and their implications for race equality. More information on the conference can be found here. This week, the Race Equality Foundation announced the […]

What is it and what should I do? Healthwatch is one of the new structures being put into place in April 2013 in the Health and Social Care Landscape. Local Healthwatch organisations will be designed to be the local consumer champion, to strengthen the voice […]

Often when I’m talking to members, either at an event or during one of our advice sessions, I ask them a question: “Who do you want to meet?” Often members want to meet someone famous. One of our volunteers recently exclaimed she wanted to meet […]

On 29th February 2012, ‘Delivering Dignity: Securing Dignity in care for older people in hospitals and care homes.  A report for consultation’ was released by NHS confederation, Local Government Association (LGA) and Age UK. Jenny Byrne, one of FaithAction’s interns, shares with us her views […]

Council prayers, fanatical secularism and the PM making statements about the UK being a Christian country… faith is certainly in the news again. I am tempted to say for all the wrong reasons – I don’t mean that, as all these things are important and […]

Over the past couple of weeks my wife has quite often been out of an evening; I have been putting the kids to bed and (in theory) reading them a bedtime story. The other night I suddenly realised my seven-year-old son was jumping up and […]

Part of our role as FaithAction is to try to predict the future. What will a new government want to fund? What types of programme best fit new department priorities? How can faith and community groups shape their work to fit new opportunities, new challenges […]