Emdad Rahman Living on the street can be all consuming. Help us erase homelessness… There was plenty of banter among the team and our homeless friends last night at Booth House. One Third Soup Kitchen partnered up with the Human ...
Read More »Community
Footballers brave the cold for Beanibazar Hospital benefit
Muhammad Ismael A MIXTURE OF young and old Beanibazar Sporting Club players joined Sylhet rivals Bishwanath East London to take part in a football game to support a Cancer charity. Beani Bazar Cancer Hospital (BBCH) is a charity based in ...
Read More »Ability Bow joins St Paul Old Ford for Christmas fair
Emdad Rahman ABILITY BOW IS inviting members of the public to attend their first ever Christmas Jumble Sale. The festive event on Saturday, 16th December is organised in partnership with St Paul Old Ford Church and will provide a Christmas ...
Read More »Emdad hits halfway on Cycling Down Dementia challenge
Muhammad Hamza EMDAD RAHMAN has been busy pedalling through the winter. The East Londoner has embarked on his latest adventure to cycle 300 miles for Cycle Down Dementia – a charitable campaign by Alzheimer’s Research UK. Emdad recently met Tower ...
Read More »Kaleigh Lau stars at Team Kaleigh 10k Challenge
Emdad Rahman ENCHANTING seven year old Kaleigh Lau was the star of the show at the first ever Team Kaleigh 10k Challenge in Redbridge. The community event, supported by the iconic Sikhs in the City Running Club, was organised to raise ...
Read More »Poplar Shahjalal Mosque hosts dementia session
Maruf Ahmed AT THE PACKED weekly Friday Jumuah prayers, Poplar Shahjalal Mosque hosted an information session to help raise awareness of Dementia. The Dementia Friends programme, led by Emdad Rahman, was attended by over 300 people and accompanied the Imam’s Friday ...
Read More »Excel Award 2017 celebrates excellence
Emdad Rahman Darul Ummah has held its annual Excel Awards to celebrate excellent achievements in the community and education including those taking SATs, GCSEs, A-Levels, university courses and/or Islamic studies. The awards, organised by Dawatul Islam UK & Eire, honour ...
Read More »Homeless London braces itself for winter
Emdad Rahman BEFORE YOU turn away put yourself in their place… Joe joined the ranks and made his debut tonight. I had barely said hello and given him a hug and we were in action. He took to it like ...
Read More »Mayflower School holds interfaith assembly
Md Ismael MAYFLOWER SCHOOL in Poplar has held an interfaith assembly conducted by religious and non-religious leaders from the community, who also ran exhibition-style sessions about their faith and beliefs. Pupils at the school took turns to meet their guests ...
Read More »Poplar School hosts three faiths dialogue
Md Talha AS PART OF interfaith week activities, Our Lady & St Joseph School in Tower Hamlets hosted a three faiths community discussion based on promoting tolerance and understanding between people if different faiths. The speakers at the event included ...
Read More »
East London News A Force for the community…