On Saturday 2nd May, MEND Manchester hosted another webinar in their Let’s Talk About… series, this time focusing of the tech side of working from home. The session was led by Shaf Choudry, Tech Consultant, and covered all your questions about remote working. During the session, a range of...
Having to work from home through Covid 19 has been life changing. I have been able to communicate for work, Quran classes as well as redecorating the house, all from the safety of my little office in the back of the house. Normally Ramadhan is a time for reflection but also giving to a local...
MEND has recently partnered with community organisation, Huddersfield Community First, to support their work in the Huddersfield area. HDC First has worked to support their community in a number of ways: including deliveries of food shopping, medicine and other supplies to members of their...
My name is Hina Junejo, I am a Relationship & an Empowerment Coach. I didn’t consciously choose this career for myself but the career chose me by preparing me through the university of hard knocks that we know as ‘Life’. At the time when I was a victim of domestic violence for 12...
A cross-party group of MPs has written to the Home Secretary, Priti Patel, warning that ethnic minorities must not be unfairly targeted by police forces in the exercise of their powers to enforce the Coronavirus lockdown. This warning is not without merit. Some police forces have demonstrated a...
Print media in the UK is the least trusted out of all European countries. In an annual survey of 33 countries (EU states as well as acceding and candidate countries), the UK comes last, a position it has held for 9 of the 10 years the survey has been conducted. Other key findings in the […]
As the global pandemic continues, local organisations have been rallying to ensure that the most vulnerable in our communities are protected and cared for during this period. Homeless Aid are one such organisation who have been ensuring that those in Bolton have access to the necessities they...
It seems as if overnight mosques up and down the country have hoisted the same blue banner on their front entrances. The banners read “THANK YOU! To all the dedicated frontline staff & key workers for your service!” followed by verse 32 from chapter 5 of the Qur’an...
Even during lockdown Atkins BAME network managed to put together an educational event for all of their members on the holy month of Ramadan. Atkins BAME network reached out to MEND after a successful collaborative event held at their Victoria office last November as part of Islamophobia Awareness...
Period Poverty is a hidden issue that a large number of women suffer through every month, yet it’s one that is rarely mentioned out loud. According to Bodyform’s research, 1 in 10 girls in the UK can’t afford to buy menstrual products, and 1 in 7 struggle to afford them. Shortage of these...
