During this global pandemic, local organisations have shifted their focus to countering the impact that COVID-19 has had on communities and individuals across the country. This work has been focused on ensuring that those most vulnerable are still able to access basic necessities and are provided...
One of our volunteers who works in the medical field kindly donated PPE masks and gloves to be distributed across Leicestershire’s community groups as a response to the Covid Aid call out they put out in order to help sustain their services for their local communities. MEND volunteers worked...
My name is Sabiha Sabur, a Global Business Analyst for pharmaceuticals by profession, but when coronavirus hit us there was a sense of a loss of control. Our whole lives changed. I lost control through being furloughed from work, from being unable to attend hospital for my own medical needs and...
In Bradford, a number of organisations have come together to work in collaboration to aid the Bradford community during these difficult times. This partnership includes Bradford City Council, the Council for Mosques, The Faith Centre, and a number of other organisations. The Bradford Foundation...
MEND Volunteer Mohammed Owais Kolia has provided PPE equipment from Knights Pharmacy and Lexon Pharma to support local communities and charities in order to reach out to the most vulnerable. Both Lexon along with Knights are contributing PPE parcels to various communities across various cities...
MEND Leicester have supported their local communities, dropping off PPE gloves and Face-masks essentials for Covid -19. Katie Wray, one of the lead organisers of Christ the King Foodbank were one of the community groups who received our Covid 19 essentials. The foodbank is one of the oldest in...
During this global pandemic, many Muslim communities across the UK have been mobilising to ensure that burial procedures remain in line with Islamic guidelines yet take into account the Public Health England guidance related to COVID-19 management. MEND is highlighting and championing the work of...
On Saturday 11th April, MEND Manchester hosted their second online webinar as part of the Let’s Talk About.. series. Dr Shazad Amin, Consultant Psychiatrist, presented on how COVID-19 can affect the mental state and what we, as individuals, can do to recognize this in ourselves and in others in...
During these unprecedented times MEND continues to empower volunteers with the necessary knowledge to develop their policy-based literacy to further support MEND’S objectives. Last week, the first of many remote workshops were hosted by MEND’s community team. The sessions were conducted over 3...
Due to these unprecedented times, WFCOM took the initiative to recruit volunteers who were willing to help with burial procedures due to the growing number of deaths caused by the COVID-19. Volunteers were invited to attend an initial training session conducted remotely on the 1st April. The...
