Tower Hamlets Council has welcomed government measures to reduce smoking this month – at the same time as it prepared to axe nearly £1 million from its own smoking cessation service over the next couple of years. The Council chose ...
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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 »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 »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 ...
Read More »Friends group organises family day for Human Relief Foundation
Emdad Rahman A group of friends has got together to deliver a worthwhile project in aid of the Human Relief Foundation. Nura Said from Tower Hamlets and her friends have organised a family fun day in Whitechapel at the Brady ...
Read More »Iftar 1000 family to hold fun day at St Matthias
Emdad Rahman The Iftar 1000 team is planning a family fun day on Saturday, 28th May – and it’s extending invitations to the community to come along and support their charitable initiatives. The fun day will take place at St ...
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