Two year old is heading for the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park by Emdad Rahman The Barnardo’s Big Toddle is the UK’s biggest charity event for under 5s: this year around 300,000 children will take part. It is a short sponsored ...
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All smiles as Scintilla hammers Walthamstow
Emdad Rahman Scintilla Cricket Club was unstoppable as Walthamstow Cricket Club were hammered at their home ground. The five wicket demolition job took place at the Peter May Sports Centre, Walthamstow. Scintilla CC captain, Faris Almas-Lee Rosmanizam, was unlucky with ...
Read More »Veteran Navy man inspires cricketing youngsters
by Emdad Rahman Navy veteran Roy Anderson visited Scintilla Eastbury Cricket Academy to give an inspiring speech to the Academy and senior members of Scintilla Cricket Club. `The visit also included a Q&A with Academy Members. Starry eyed youngsters and ...
Read More »“A true leader works to unite people despite their differences”
Emdad Rahman meets Mayor Tofozzul Hussain. Mayor Tofozzul Hussain is the Municipality Mayor for Beani Bazar in Sylhet. He is a popular leader in the region and his family have served Bangladesh with distinction. During Bangladesh’s 1971 war of independence, ...
Read More »New committee for Beani Bazar education
Emdad Rahman: The Beani Bazar Education Trust has appointed a new committee to oversee an educational support drive to boost literacy and numeracy rates as well as supporting young people who wish to take up further education. The inauguration ceremony took place ...
Read More »NPICC charity evening is a resounding success
Emdad Rahman: Impressions Banqueting Suite was the venue for a charity dinner and evening of entertainment as the local Muslim community came together to support the building of the Newbury Park Islamic Cultural Centre. Titled “The Blessed Few,” the event ...
Read More »East Londoners do the BUPA run
Olympian Mo Farah May have pulled out due to injury, but the BUPA 10,000 proved to be a fruitful experience for a number of charities. Among the thousands of runners was a cohort of east-enders running to support important charitable ...
Read More »Young people are the winners as Tower Hamlets Youth Sport Foundation holds awards evening
By Emdad Rahman Sports group Tower Hamlets Youth Sport Foundation (THYSF) welcomed an array of sporting stars as the charity celebrated the achievements and ambitions of fledgling sports stars in Tower Hamlets. Cricketing great and Sri Lankan World T20 champion ...
Read More »Best foot forward!
Emdad Rahman reviews Where shall we walk today? Walking the Pennine Way, by Dave Marriott. As an avid walker I particularly enjoyed reading Dave Marriott’s excellent book recently. Fifty-two year old Dave grew up in the 1960s in a Derbyshire ...
Read More »Virtual Enchantment: Mikael and fellows take on the cyber age
Emdad Rahman: Ten year old Mikael Mustafa, a pupil at Hermitage, joined his fellow pupils to take part in a play at the St James Theatre, London. Virtual Enchantment is a fairy tale for the internet age. The play was ...
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