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Fashion designer Rima Tadmory has joined forces with charity Islamic Relief to launch “A Tale of Two Tailors”, a fashion show that aims to provide a brighter future for women in Bangladesh.  This women-only event will take place at Edgbaston ...

Emdad Rahman As part of their social responsibility development, young people from the Splash Life Skills Project visited the Sonali Gardens old people’s home to meet the elderly, befriend them and serve delicious home cooked food. In attendance were Sadia, ...

Emdad Rahman The annual Deaf Run returned to Mile End Park this year – attracting thousands of visitors once again as the Deaf charity Al Isharah yet again delivered a spectacular showpiece event. This year promised to be even bigger ...

Just days ago, Hackney Sainsbury’s threw a gay couple out of their store – because they were holding hands. In response, the local lesbian and gay community descended on the store on Saturday – for a flash kissathon in protest. ...

Emdad Rahman The Al Isharah annual Deaf Run and family fun day saw the return of the highly anticipated Tug Of War showdown. Competing teams included reigning champions Human Aid, Al Isharah, boxing coach Abdul Hannan’s all star Brawlers Boxing ...

Emdad Rahman Participants at an East End project have come up trumps after successfully training as football coaches during a two week summer programme. The Tower Project is a community-based voluntary sector organisation and award-winning leading service-provider for children and adults ...

Al Muslimun is holding a Charity Football Tournament in partnership with the CAP Foundation on Saturday, 27th August from 10am to 6pm. It’s only £30 to register per team (six players and two subs). Numbers are limited to only 12 ...

New Home Secretary Amber Rudd MP has appointed a new Chair of the national inquiry into sexual abuse of children in England and Wales. She has chosen Professor Alexis Jay – who was in charge of the inquiry into abuse ...

Emdad Rahman Young people from The Bancroft Project were treated to a cinema experience coupled with an educational message about the importance of family. The group went to the Cinema to watch Finding Dory. The animated movie proved very popular and ...

Time is nearly up for organisations thinking of bidding to develop a Corporate Strategic Plan and a Media Strategy for the East London Mosque Trust (ELMT). The two strategies were put out to tender by ELMT last month – and ...