More faith groups and community volunteers have come to the aid of truckers in Kent this Christmas. The Ahmadiyya Muslim community was able to deliver 2,000 food and drink items to lorry drivers stuck at Manston yesterday. Safeer Khan, Imam of Nasir mosque on Richmond Road, Gillingham, had been busy preparing the group’s healthy eating campaign when he learnt of…
Various individuals and organisations have volunteered to help the stranded drivers by providing them with food and drink. Mubashir Ahmad Siddiqi (60) and his two 20-year-old sons Qasim and Hamza, from Barking in east London, spent six hours helping to prepare 1,000 portions of chicken biryani on Friday for those stuck in Kent. Ten of…
Young people from the Muslim community in Huddersfield spread some festive joy to those who needed it most today. Volunteers from the Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association (AMYA) Huddersfield delivered food hampers to the elderly who are shielding, as well as giving meals and presents on Christmas Day in partnership with Community Church Huddersfield. Sikander Mahmood, the regional…
Members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Slough donated meal starter packs in the run up to Christmas to help those in need. The starter packs fall under the National Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Cheap & Easy Cooking campaign that aims to provide ready to cook meals in pre- packed boxes with recipe books. The meals were handed to Slough…
Mirfield’s Humanity First Food Bank is one of the few food banks with a high street presence. Mirfield’s Humanity First Food Bank is one of the few food banks with a high street presence. The food bank was set up during the first Covid-19 lockdown and opened in a town centre shop in the former…
As Christmas Day draws closer South West Londoner (SWL) spoke to one of the UK’s youngest Imams about his family’s Christmas plans and interfaith celebrations. Every year, 26-year-old Imam Sabah Ahmedi and his wife Melissa Ahmedi travel up to Manchester to spend Christmas with Melissa’s parents. Sabah, an imam at Morden’s Baitul Futuh Mosque, was raised…
Young Muslims will spend Christmas Day making a difference to the elderly in Milton Keynes by distributing free gifts and meals. Members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association (AMYA) Milton Keynes will spend their day bringing smiles to hundreds of residents in local care homes, and elderly people spending the day by themselves, either shielding or…
Slough’s Ahmadiyya Muslim Community donated 510 non-perishable food items to the town’s Foodbank on Monday, as part of the coronavirus local community welfare and support initiative members have run since the start of the pandemic. The donation follows the monthly homeless feeding session by the community last week with Slough Outreach. President of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community,…
Meals cost from 9p a serving The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community UK has launched a ‘Cheap & Easy Cooking’ campaign today to help tackle food poverty. The COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a serious impact on the UK and many are struggling to make ends meet. In addition to supporting food banks, helping distribute school meals,…
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