A new report has revealed that up to three quarters of children who have diabetes are not getting all their regular health checks – and are therefore at risk of developing complications sooner than necessary. Nearly three quarters of children ...
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Besieged Syria appeal unites community
Emdad Rahman Military sieges in Madaya, Ghouda and Moadamiyah have left a million Syrians facing starvation. Accordingly, the Ummah Welfare Trust (UWT) organised a weekend of fundraising activities to support affected people in these areas – where food is so ...
Read More »Mental health project aims to raise awareness through outreach
Emdad Rahman The Lighted Path, a new Tower Hamlets-based mental health project, is launching on Sunday, 5th June 2016 at Sir John Macdougal Gardens, 121 Westferry Road, London E14. The project aims to raise awareness of mental health, and volunteers ...
Read More »Accident in Newham: can you help?
Police are appealing for witnesses to a serious road traffic accident which took place in the early hours of Sunday, 29th May on Barking Road, London E6. A collision took place between a car and a motorcycle at approximately 00.15am. ...
Read More »ELGS launches London Community Flower Show
The latest edition of The Voice – newsletter of the East London Garden Society – has announced the launch of a crowdfunding campaign to create a London Community Flower Show. The news comes out as the slightly snooty Chelsea Flower ...
Read More »Sounds on Sunday (6)
It’s one of the most ironic songs produced by the original 10cc, and it starts the second side of the “How Dare You” LP, released 40 years ago. Its starting point was the phrase “art for art’s sake, money for God’s ...
Read More »Charity car wash supports the needy
Emdad Rahman A community group of friends have got together and agreed to spend a significant amount of time doing something charitable and positive. The peer group came up with the idea of holding a weekend charity car wash with 100% ...
Read More »East London MP helps launch Ramadan charity campaign
It was 25-4-25 on 26th May, as 25 parliamentarians turned out to celebrate 25 years of Human Appeal and launch the charity’s 2016 Ramadan campaign, which is being run in conjunction with the Council for the Advancement of Arab-British Understanding. ...
Read More »East London Mosque publishes Ramadan calender
The East London Mosque has published its Ramadan calendar. The month will begin on 5th June and it is anticipated that Eid will be on 6th July. Printed copies of the timetable can be collected from the Mosque. The timetable ...
Read More »Tower Hamlets applauds looked after children
Tower Hamlets Council has always taken its responsibilities to looked after children in its care very seriously. It runs a Virtual School, which it explains as a system “responsible for working with social workers, carers and professionals to promote educational ...
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