On November 25th, Wakefield Mend hosted an appreciation ceremony for IAM2018 and it was a huge success! Keeping with the current theme of this year’s IAM: recognising the contributions of local Muslims, we decided to honour those who enrich our community quietly, in their own way. The first of...
As part of Islamophobia Awareness Month (IAM), MEND held an informative and educational exhibition, celebrating British Muslims at Swansea civic center for the first time. The exhibition aims to humanize British Muslims by showcasing the positive contribution of British Muslims to economy, NHS,...
Mend Leicester held a Media Masterclass at the University of Leicester. The four hour Masterclass was attended by students and staff. It highlighted the workings and editorial slants of the media and how we, as Muslims, can challenge the prevalent narrative. The University now has a team of...
Muslim Engagement & Development (MEND) in collaboration with ITV Wales and the National Union of Journalists (NUJ)- Wales Training, organised a journalists’ Christmas lunch with the Muslim community to discuss what local journalists and local communities could do collectively to tackle...
One of the aims of victim support is to understand the victim’s needs and aspirations and empower them to recover after the crime was committed. On the 20th of Dec 2018, MEND delivered training to the victim support hate crime team. The training covered the definition of Islamophobia and hate...
The FGM Act 2003 was amended by sections of the Serious Crime Act 2015. Since then, ‘female genital mutilation’ (FGM) has been an increasingly important focus within the work of the Welsh Government, the Public Sector, Community and Charitable Organisations; and has impacted the lives of...
MEND South Wales team hiked Snowdonia, the highest mountain in Wales and England on the 1st of Sept 2018 and fundraised a total of £915.82 Islamophobia Response Unit (IRU). IRU is a free and confidential advice service for those affected by Islamophobic discrimination and Islamophobic hate crime....
Ethnic and Youth Support Team (EYST) organised a resilience conference on the 28th of November 2018.This conference aimed to bring together different voices and experts in ‘extremism’, discussing the challenges faced by young people today. MEND regional Manager Sahar Al-Faifi spoke about the...
In February 2019, in the case of Beghal v The United Kingdom, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) unanimously declared the powers given to police and immigration officials under Schedule 7 to be unjust. In this case, Sylvie Beghal, a French national of Algerian descent living in the...
Take a stand against racism in the press! Add your name alongside Baroness Warsi, dozens of MPs, peers and rights organisations: demand press protections for targeted groups. The industry press body IPSO is completely failing to protect minorities from press discrimination. The so-called...
