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Muslim Aid organised a “big food drive” at the East London Mosque last Friday – with generous worshippers donating a mountain of food for those homeless at Christmas. Ten tonnes of food was handed in by those going to pray, ...

Although the number of overt racist and anti-muslim attacks has slowed down from its post-Brexit peak, prejudice and misunderstanding in the general population continues to run high – and could boil over again. Ipsos Mori has now released the results ...

A major appeal was launched earlier this week by the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) to help people facing hunger in Yemen, with Clare Balding and Tom Hardy fronting appeals on both television and radio appeals. The UK Government will match donations ...

The City of London Corporation’s charitable funder, City Bridge Trust, has awarded a grant of £95,500 to Artsadmin, a charity that enables artists to create without boundaries and to connect their work with diverse local, national and international audiences. A ...

Emdad Rahman The Welsh Bengal Dragons travelled down from Wales to take part in a crucial exhibition friendly as part of a fundraising drive to build the first ever girls only orphanage in Palestine. The “Unity Through Sport” match saw ...

Emdad Rahman Local businessman Kam Ali was among the winners at the twelfth Community Leadership Awards Gala Dinner in partnership with SOAS, University of London. The glitzy event took place at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Western Gateway, London. The philanthropreneur ...

Emdad Rahman Pupils from London East Academy and Al Mizan school in east London raised £3,239.57 for the Ummah Welfare Trust’s winter appeal to support the desperately needy citizens of war ravaged Syria. Year 8 were top of the table ...

Syed Ali Tarek The University of East London (UEL) Bangladesh Alumni Network UK held its annual London event at its Stratford campus on 20th November. This was an engaging and encouraging event which brought more than 50 UEL graduates, their ...

Emdad Rahman Addiction – stress – domestic violence – mental health – broken relationships – grief – unemployment – despair. These are all very real catalysts for homelessness. It’s easy to forget that the homeless are people, people who have ...

Emdad Rahman As part of interfaith week, Our lady and St Joseph Catholic School in Poplar hosted a multi-faith gathering at which presentations from Jewish, Christian and Muslim speakers were followed by refreshments. The well attended event focussed on the ...