From Friday 5th March to Sunday 7th March, we presented our Media Masterclass to MEND volunteers across the country. Our first session was on ‘The Media: its influence & reporting’ and introduced the attendees to the different types of media that we have access to. We looked at which UK...
On Thursday 11th March, MEND Oldham hosted their contribution for this year’s International Women’s Day celebrations at MEND. They invited a local speaker, Annesa Mariyam, to come along and present on some amazing women who were around the Prophet ﷺ and how their stories and contributions are...
On Thursday 4th March, our community team in Yorkshire were invited to support Touchstone with their ‘Islam, Islamophobia and Mental Health’ training. As part of their wider training, MEND’s Yorkshire and Humber Regional Manager delivered the causes and cures of Islamophobia...
Structural racism & health inequalities mean the coronavirus epidemic is continuing to disproportionately impact BAME communities. The British Government is attacking and vilifying refugees and migrants to distract from its failings. It is also attempting to blame Muslim and other communities...
International Women’s Day is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women and is held annually on 8th March. The Global theme of International Women’s Day this year was, ‘From challenge comes change, so let’s all choose to...
Get Out And Vote (GOAV) is looming large for all at MEND at this time. With all making plans and strategies on how best to ensure that the community is interacting with the political sphere and politicians are engaging with the Muslim Community. This same is taking place North of the border in...
We updated you all at the end of last year about the outstanding engagement from Edinburgh University during Islamophobia Awareness Month (IAM). But the work has not stopped there and the University has continued to look for ways that it can improve in tackling Islamophobia in all areas. Please see...
On Monday 1st February, MEND Manchester presented to members of the UoM ISoc to explain to them the volunteering opportunities within the organisation. We were happy to speak to a large group of students and take them through the volunteer journey that MEND offers. During the presentation, we...
On Friday 19th and Saturday 20th February, we presented our Causes and Cures of Islamophobia workshop to our volunteers as part of their ongoing education and training in their journey with MEND. Here at MEND, we work hard to invest in our volunteers including through educating and training them on...
Three steps to tackling phobia within our community In the light of the shocking revelations contained in the report published by the Labour Muslim Network (LMN), highlighting the extent of Islamophobia experienced by Labour members from within its ranks, Shockat Patel (Chair of the Leicester...
