FaithAction
We want to double down and provide more support in London
Last month, I shared some thoughts I had whilst on sabbatical. I hope you didn’t mind the excessive sharing or personal photos. I expected that, on my sabbatical, I might reconsider LifeLine’s vision, mission, and activities. I thought visiting other
Introducing Jeremy Simmons, Policy and Programme Officer at FaithAction
This month, we’re talking with Jeremy, who has been a member of our FaithAction team as Policy and Programme Officer since 2019. Jeremy has been leading on the team’s engagement with government policy, including feeding back to Westminster on the
Wellbeing, integration, and partnership: updates from the FaithAction team
The FaithAction team have been very busy recently, with Faith in Partnership Week just gone and numerous projects launching. The team have provided us with an update on what they’ve been getting up to.
A righteous cause
My team at FaithAction have developed a great way of working together. They’re able to able to focus on working hard, support one another, and enjoy each other’s company. Some of us may take a job because we’re impassioned to
Creative English focuses on cardiovascular health in Birmingham
Following the successful pilot of Creative English: Caring for my Family last year, Birmingham City Council have given FaithAction a further opportunity to run Creative English for Health with places of worship, faith-based and community organisations within Birmingham, this time
Do they know it’s Christmas?
But say a prayer, pray for the other ones. —’Do They Know It’s Christmas?’, Band Aid (1984) A little over six months ago, I was reflecting on the unpredictable period of events we were going through—the food shortages, lockdowns, demonstrations
LifeLine’s FaithAction wins contract to support local Faith Forum
We’re delighted that, in October this year, our FaithAction team was awarded an 18-month contract to provide support to the Faith Forum here in Barking and Dagenham. Andrew, from the FaithAction team, who will be working closely with the Forum,
What does community mean to you?
The greatness of a community is most accurately measured by the compassionate actions of its members. Coretta Scott King Ibn Khaldun, the Arab philosopher, popularised the concept of asabiyyah عصبيّة. The idea that a community has a sense of shared
Joined-up services create community
The word ‘ubuntu’ expresses the African philosophy of wholeness – it presupposes that one’s humanity is bound up with nature and with other people in the community. A popular idiom in many African communities is ‘one is an animal but
COVID-19 and the vaccine: Community Champions
Building on their previous work supporting faith and community groups during the COVID-19 pandemic, LifeLine’s FaithAction team are now working in partnership with Strengthening Faith Institutions as part of the Government’s Community Champions scheme.
FaithAction: Loneliness and the power of relationships
Our FaithAction team—a network supporting faith-based and community organisations across the country, hosted by LifeLine Projects—have produced a lot of research around loneliness and isolation in the past year. With the current lockdown situation bringing this issue to the forefront,
What we’re doing: FaithAction
FaithAction is the national network of faith-based organisations, hosted by LifeLine Projects. The FaithAction team have been active in a number of ways responding to the current health crisis. As well as working alongside other LifeLine colleagues locally in Dagenham