Emdad Rahman Addiction – stress – domestic violence – mental health – broken relationships – grief – unemployment – despair. These are all very real catalysts for homelessness. It’s easy to forget that the homeless are people, people who have ...
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Our Lady & St Joseph School hosts “Three Creeds” talk
Emdad Rahman As part of interfaith week, Our lady and St Joseph Catholic School in Poplar hosted a multi-faith gathering at which presentations from Jewish, Christian and Muslim speakers were followed by refreshments. The well attended event focussed on the ...
Read More »Human Relief Foundation opens new office
Emdad Rahman An international aid charity has opened the doors to its new office in London’s East End. There was a small celebration as the Human Relief Foundation launched a new site in Whitechapel from where the charity’s southern-based aid efforts ...
Read More »Amazing LIS students respond to Burma appeal
Emdad Rahman Students and staff at the London Islamic School, east London, teamed up to raise a whopping £11,000 to support some of the poorest and most persecuted citizens on the planet. Headteacher Abdul Hadi, staff and students dug deep to ...
Read More »School staff and kids feed homeless guests
Emdad Rahman Kind hearted staff from Langdon Park School in Poplar joined youngsters from the local SPLASH Life Skills Project to feed homeless citizens who are staying at the local St Matthias Church and community centre. The meals were provided ...
Read More »Human relief Foundation complete China Trek
Emdad Rahman A team of fundraisers from the Human Relief Foundation have returned to England after successfully trekking the Great Wall of China in support of the humanitarian work that the UK charity carries out with needy people all over ...
Read More »BB Who’s Who 2016 is nearly here
Emdad Rahman The Bangla Mirror Group, the publishers of the Bangladeshi Who’s Who – the first ever Bangladeshi power list – have announced plans for the eagerly anticipated 2016 publication of this compendium of the best of British Bangladeshi life. ...
Read More »Final push to fund life-saving cancer treatment
Mo Haque Channel S (Sky 814) and the Beani Bazar Cancer & General Hospital have teamed up to help me, Mo Haque, by organising a live TV appeal on 9th November, from 6pm to 1am. This a last push to ...
Read More »Emdad completes 100k for Alzheimers research
Muhammad Ismael Emdad Rahman celebrated reaching 100k to help raise funds and awareness for Alzheimer’s Research UK by enjoying a cup of tea with Councillor Khales Ahmed – the Speaker of Tower Hamlets. He said, “Emdad’s achievement is a tremendous ...
Read More »Sir Michael Barber speaks at London Muslim Centre
Sir Michael Barber has spent his professional life in education. He moved from working for the National Union of Teachers to advising Tony Blair on the delivery of policies. He took to government like a duck to water, analysing how ...
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