There are around 280 Gurdwaras in the UK. Their combined income is over £50 million per year. There is a growing band of Gurdwaras with a net income of around £1 million per year. Gurdwaras wealth has also increased through ownership of properties. A strong culture of donating, giving and sewa exists within the Sikh…
An online portal which helps to educate charities about safeguarding has been backed by the National Lottery and the government, to help charities protect their volunteers, staff and any children and vulnerable adults they may work with. It aims to offer advice to charities about how to handle concerns and allegations. This included identifying the…
Today’s Loneliness Annual Report outlines the wide-ranging support government is giving to grassroots organisations, charities, social enterprise, individuals and more, to help alleviate loneliness. The first Annual Report on tackling loneliness provides a progress update since the publication of the cross-government Loneliness Strategy in October 2018. ‘A connected society: a strategy for tackling loneliness’ published in…
This is an ideal seminar for new or prospective trustees to learn what will be expected of them, and for current trustees who want to have a quick refresher. The seminar will cover all the basic aspects of trusteeship with a focus on how to comply with regulatory expectations. With Jane Grenfell and the LBMW…
The Guru Gobind Singh Gurdwara in Bradford kicked off the new year by holding an SFI training event on safeguarding and child protection on the 5th of January. The event served two important purposes – providing safeguarding training to teachers at supplementary schools and building bridges between faith communities in the local Bradford area. The…
The programme is designed for those who aspire to be sector leaders in the 2020s, and who want to take a considered and inclusive approach. You might be an emerging leader, a manager in charge of a team, or an on the Mosque committee. The programme will enable participants to ensure they are familiar with…
Another day, another SFI OCN celebration. On Saturday 14th December, teachers of Azizye Mosque in Stoke Newington celebrate teaching excellence, following the successful completion of the OCN Level 3 teaching course. The festivities begin with food, friends and family, the perfect recipe for a Saturday night celebration. First speeches, then certificates and finally pictures. Enjoy it,…
The fourth OCN Teacher’s Excellence was held in Birmingham celebrating the leadership skills many supplementary school teachers have shown throughout the year. The celebration consists of Farooq and Sarvat who are the training facilitators provide accredited certificates to all those who have completed the course, but it is more than that. It is about the…
The aim of the Accredited by the Open College Network (OCN) training is to provide an overview of the education system and how supplementary schools contribute to child development. This training is delivered by two facilitators, Farooq Mulla, an Imam and a qualified Quality Framework Assessor for supplementary schools. He has served as the secretary…
The Al Masjid Al Munawwarah Islamic Centre in Coventry is a humble building with a growing community originally from Zanzibar. Yet, on Saturday, December 7th, its newly painted walls, rose bouquets and festive table settings were harbingers that something special was afoot. That evening, the community welcomed civic leaders, learned clergy, and I, a Jewish rabbi, to an…
