This year our year 6 children will be taking part in the Faith in Action award.
What is the Faith in action award?
The CYMFed Faith in Action Award rewards young people's active service in helping
to build the Kingdom of God on Earth. Many young people are doing so much to
follow Jesus' example in serving others in their schools and parishes. The Faith in
Action Award encourages young people to take that service into their wider
community and accept greater responsibility for their faith in action.
The programme facilitates an exploration of scripture and Church teaching, with an
emphasis on translating this into action. It encourages young people to shine the
light of faith upon their experience of service through guided and personal reflection.
The CYMFed Faith in Action Award was launched in 2016.
How does it work?
There are four levels of award: Pin, Bronze, Silver and Gold. Participants accrue
credits of service in their school and the wider community. The Faith in Action Award
builds on what young people already experience in serving others, asking them to
reflect upon it so that they may find new ways of living out and exploring their faith.
There is an opportunity for both guided reflections, through group reflection points
and personal reflection, through journaling. At the end of the scheme, participants
submit a final piece of work for moderation before being awarded their Faith in Action
Award.
Who is the award for?
The Faith in Action Award is for young people from Year 6 to Year 13.
Find out more about the Faith in Action Award via the link below:
https://faithinactionaward.co.uk/
Faith in Action 2025/2026
Our Mini Vinnies and Faith in Action team visited St Matthew’s Church Hall to spend time with the Happy at Home Community. Happy at Home is an organisation which supports the elderly and lonely in South Tyneside and helps to improve the lives of older people with compassion and kindness. Our children made Christmas Crafts with the Happy at Home Community.
As you know this year as part of our CAFOD pledge the Mini Vinnies and FIA collected non-perishable foods for the Justice and Peace Refugee Centre in Newcastle. Thanks to the generosity of all of our families we collected a huge amount of donations.
Our Faith in Action team delivered the Harvest Donations to the centre. This was a fantastic opportunity for our children to learn about the wonderful things the centre does.
Faith in Action 2024/2025
Our Faith in Action team planned and delivered our Pledge Day celebrations. Pledge Day is part of the Year of Hope where staff and children make promises to make God’s world a better place.
Faith in Action and SVP worked together to create a remembrance garden to honour the lives of all of the people who served in the great wars.
The Faith in Action team planned and delivered a whole school assembly on the Doors of Hope. Every 25 years during the Jubilee Years the Doors of Hope are traditionally opened in the Basilicas in Rome. Our FIA team asked each class to design a Door of Hope to be displayed on all class doors throughout the school.
