On Monday 5th September, MEND attended the ‘STOP RWANDA! Solidarity Protest’ which was held in George Square, Glasgow. This protest aimed to hold the British Government to account for their failure to protect basic human rights as they began the process of flying asylum seekers over 6,000 km...
On Saturday 20th August, MEND Yorkshire was invited to host a stall at Huddersfield Community First’s Annual Funday. The event was attended by hundreds of local attendees enjoying mouth-watering food, a delicious BBQ, entertainment and other stalls selling stunning items. A number of...
On Sunday 28th August, MEND Yorkshire was invited by Masjid Quba Education Centre in Sheffield to deliver a workshop in order to raise awareness of Islamophobia. MEND Yorkshire and Humber Community Organiser delivered the causes and cures of Islamophobia workshop. The workshop aimed to educate the...
On Wednesday 7th September, MEND attended the Rally in Support of Eradicating Racism in Scottish Sport outside the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh. This rally aimed to raise awareness of racism across sport and to pressure the Scottish Government to ensure that the rights of racial minorities are...
On Sunday 31st July 2022 hundreds gathered on a sunny afternoon outside the Chinese consulate in Edinburgh to stand against the atrocities that are being inflicted on the Uyghur Muslims living in China, occupied territories and worldwide. The rally took place in solidarity alongside many across the...
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...
