Community

HELP IS AT hand for Tower Hamlets residents who want to stop smoking over Ramadan. The Council began its intensive campaign at the end of last month, hoping to help tobacco users wean themselves off the habit before the holy ...

Emdad Rahman SCINTILLA CC cricket star Ashraful Islam’s extraordinary achievements were celebrated at the Groundswell Homeless ceremony as the gifted opening batsman graduated as a Health Peer Advocate.  Islam and his fellow graduates have completed two months of training and ...

LIFE DOESN’T STOP just because there is a war on – but sometimes it does get put on hold for a while. Children in Mosul have been in danger because of the fighting going on around them, but for some ...

THE EAST LONDON MOSQUE and London Muslim Centre have produced a handy Ramadan timetable. Hard copies can be collected from the Mosque reception or the Events Office at the Centre. This year’s Ramadan starts on Friday, 26th May, with the ...

Emdad Rahman THE OFFICIAL LAUNCH of Eid Smiles 2017, hosted by Lord Sheikh, has taken place at the House of Lords, London. In May 2016 Faruk Miah MBE and friends, including Emrul Islam BEM of Newark Youth London, started a ...

Emdad Rahman THE RURAL Development Foundation organised a fundraising and networking weekend for volunteers to celebrate the contribution they make as well as to plan the next phase of the project. Activities included a group trek and walk in the ...

Emdad Rahman SCINTILLA Cricket Club’s Health and Wellbeing Advisor Rob Dewan has accepted a special commendation from Tower Hamlets Council’s Speaker, Cllr Khales Ahmed, in recognition of his community work. Dewan was recognised for the support he has given to grassroots ...

TOWER HAMLETS Food Growing Network (FGN) has a range of events planned to support the local community over the next few weeks: keep scrolling down to see the full list. First, the FGN is joining forces with controversial “social landlords” ...

THE East London Mosque publishes a yearly Ramadan magazine with an extensive print and online circulation. If your organisation is interested in advertising in the Mosque’s forthcoming Ramadan magazine, act quickly as the deadline for the artwork and payment is 5th May. ...

Emdad Rahman THE THINGS WE take for granted someone else is paying for.  We had a new team at Stratford City with my mate Mosh and nieces Mariah and Zahra and Nadia all clubbing together to support homeless friends. Nadia ...