Our local partnership with Deepdale Community Association (DCA) in Preston continued post-Ramadhan. DCA is a grassroots organisation run by volunteers on the ground who work to address the concerns and needs for local community. Prior to the current global pandemic, DCA worked to increase the...
The Period Poverty Project is an initiative set up locally in Manchester, headed up by Ghazala Tehseen. Over the last few months, MEND Manchester have partnered up locally with the organisation to support the essential work they’re doing in the community to address an issue that is often ignored,...
MEND Manchester have been working to address the many issues relating to the exclusion of Black Muslims from Muslim spaces, and the need to ensure that their voices and experiences are highlighted and amplified within the Muslim community to reduce anti-Black racism and to provide a united front in...
Amina Shareef from our Sheffield Working Group recently spoke at an online rally for the Black Lives Matter movement hosted by Stand Up To Racism Sheffield. The event was organised to show solidarity with those protesting police brutality in the US, as well as in the UK. In her speech, Amina...
Our staff and volunteer Book Club has completed its second book, It’s Not About the Burqa, which is a collection of essays by Muslim women edited by Miriam Khan. Attendees of the Book Club have expressed how much they are enjoying these sessions as they are able to express their own thoughts on...
After seeing photos of NHS workers with painful bruises behind their ears from wearing surgical masks for long hours due to COVID19 pandemic. One of the MEND volunteers, Ismatara and her children decided to buy headbands and sew colourful buttons on them. These buttons helped to hook the surgical...
Mend Scotland has been leading the way with MEND report, where we have interviewed several leading Muslim MSPs. We have also been actively involved in MEND’s Islamophobia Response Unit fundraiser. All of these have been livestreamed on Facebook where they have engaged the Muslim community...
The Virtues of Lockdown series was introduced by the MEND Leicester Working Group to celebrate the very British quality of making the best of the Covid 19 Lockdown situation. Bringing together the community exploring COVID 19 and the impact it is having on our families and friends. This series...
The Path to Success series have now come to an end. The final session explored ‘Me, myself and Allah’ reflecting on ourselves to better understand our purpose and how we move forward to achieve it. The session was truly insightful and meaningful. To view it please follow the link.
MEND in the Midlands are well on the way to inducting and recruiting new members to join the MEND team. Online inductions are scheduled across the region starting with Leicester, Loughborough and Nottingham alongside Derby and Coventry. Our next one is due to take place for Nottingham working...
