On Friday 1st July, MEND was invited by Huddersfield New College to deliver training on Islamophobia to their staff. MEND’s Yorkshire and Humber Regional Manager delivered the causes and cures of Islamophobia workshop. The workshop aimed to educate staff at the college on what Islamophobia...
On May 28th 2022, MEND held a national advanced training course (ATC) in Manchester. The event focused on counter-terrorism in the United Kingdom. The event kicked off with a welcome from the MEND Policy team, giving a brief itinerary for the event. Then, as an ice-breaker, each attendee introduced...
After a long pandemic and lockdown, we are now free to get back to a new normal and start to meet up again in person for socialising, events and training. It is due to this that MEND is pushing out their Reconnect summer campaign and are working hard to get back out into the community […]
Across the UK MEND has been promoting a campaign requesting all councils to adopt the APPG definition of Islamophobia. The campaign in Scotland has been going well with not only councils adopting but also political parties and religious bodies getting behind the campaign. So, what has been...
On Saturday 25th June, MEND Yorkshire attended the 2022 Deighton Carnival in Huddersfield. The event was jam-packed with thousands of attendees enjoying the food, rides, sports tournaments, music and comedy acts. A number of organisations including the local council, children’s hospice and...
On Sunday 26th June, MEND Yorkshire was invited by Al Hashim Academy in Batley to deliver a presentation to their congregation in order to raise awareness of Islamophobia. MEND Yorkshire and Humber Community Organiser delivered the causes and cures of Islamophobia presentation. The presentation...
On Saturday 26th March 2022 MEND Scotland hosted a stall at Saint Albert’s Primary School and Ahl Al-Bait Society Scotland Spring Eco Fayre. The event which was a packed one, had stalls and representatives from the environmental sector, third sector and civic society organisations in attendance....
On Sunday 19th June, MEND Yorkshire was invited by Makki Masjid in Halifax to deliver a presentation to their congregation in order to raise awareness of Islamophobia. MEND Yorkshire and Humber Regional Manager delivered the causes and cures of Islamophobia presentation. The session started with an...
On Wed 6th April, MEND Yorkshire was invited by Huddersfield Community First to hold a stall at their annual community iftar event. The purpose of the stall was to raise awareness of Islamophobia and the work of MEND within the wider community in Huddersfield. There were numerous interesting...
Causes and Cures of Islamophobia Presentation: Preston Working Group What causes ‘Islamophobia’ and what are the ‘cures’ for the increasing levels of prejudice, aversion, hostility, and hatred faced by Muslims today? These questions, fundamental to the work carried out by MEND, were...
