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Destroyed and displaced: how gentrification is killing minority communities

Posted on July 15, 2019 by JAN Trust

Gentrification is increasing throughout London and marginalized minority residents are at special risk. The communities they have created, the dynamic culture that London is known for and the social wellbeing of society’s most vulnerable, including women and children, is threatened … Continue reading →

Posted in Campaign, discrimination, Diversity, Ethnic Minorities, JAN Trust, London, Politics, Uncategorized | Tagged affordable housing, Afghan refugees, BAME, BAME Community, BAME women, Battersea power station, Brixton, business, Caribbean, Caribbean culture, Charity, children, community, council, culture, deprivation, ethnic minority, Gentrification, Haringey, HDV, HDV Battersea, housing, immigrants, independent business, knife crime, London, marginalisation, Mayor of London, minority communities, north london, poverty, refugees, rent, sadiq khan, Somali community, Syrian Refugees, Tottenham, Trust for London, UK, Wandsworth, windrush, windrush generation, windrush migrants, women

JAN Trust wins Education and Training Charity of the Year

Posted on June 10, 2019 by JAN Trust

10 June 2019 JAN Trust is delighted to announce we have won one of the most prestigious awards in the charity sector – the Education and Training Charity of the Year 2019! The Charity Awards is Civil Society Media’s annual … Continue reading →

Posted in Active citizenship, Advocacy, british, Campaign, Campaigning, Citizenship, Crime, Daesh, discrimination, Diversity, Education, Ethnic Minorities, Extremism, Far right, girls, google, Hate Crime, Inclusion, ISIS, islamophobia, JAN Trust, Muslim women, Online abuse, Online hate, Racism, Radicalisaton, Representation, Sajda Mughal, Society, Terrorism, Uncategorized, women | Tagged Advocacy, Another Way Forward, Campaign, campaigners, Cathy Phelan Watkins, Charity, charity awards, charity awards 2019, Charity of the Year, civil society, Civil Society Media, community, counter extremism, Counter-terrorism, Diversity, education, education and training, Extremism, hate crime, islamophobia, JAN Trust, Lynne Berry, Nazir Afzal OBE, NGO, non profit, north london, online extremism, Online Radicalisation, radicalisation, Rathbones, Rev Richard Coles, Sajda Mughal OBE, social change, training

THE POWER OF EDUCATION: 30 Years of Supporting Women’s Learning

Posted on May 7, 2019 by JAN Trust

After thirty years of hard work and service to the community, here at JAN Trust we really value commitment to education. The courses we provide locally give women the tools they need to integrate in society and keep themselves and … Continue reading →

Posted in Education, Inclusion, JAN Trust, London, sewing and fashion, Society, Uncategorized, women | Tagged #JT30, BAME women, BAMER;, community, counter extremism, Counter-terrorism, digital literacy, education, English, english language, ESOL, Fashion, fashion and design, grassroots, ICT, integration, islamophobia, IT, IT classes, JAN Trust, London, london bombings, Muslim women, NGO, non profit, Sajda Mughal, skills, Web Guardians, women, women's rights, women’s charity

‘Spreading intolerance and hatred?’ How criticism of The Martyrs has missed the mark

Posted on April 3, 2019 by JAN Trust

The recent release of short film The Martyrs depicting three real-life Islamophobic incidents in the U.K by film maker Rizwan Wadan has prompted Tell Mama to call for the film’s immediate withdrawal. In a recent article in the Guardian, an … Continue reading →

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JAN Trust – Where it all began

Posted on April 2, 2019 by JAN Trust

This year JAN Trust is celebrating its 30th anniversary, and we would like to tell you all the story of how the charity was founded! JAN Trust was formed, 30 years ago in 1989, as a result of an overwhelming demand … Continue reading →

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The hidden burden of economic cuts – a feminist perspective on austerity programmes

Posted on November 8, 2018 by JAN Trust

The UK has been going through some years of continuous economic cuts. Since the 2010 campaign of budget cutting by the current government, a wave of austerity has spread through the country, with continuous reductions in social welfare programmes, especially … Continue reading →

Posted in Active citizenship, Advocacy, british, Ethnic Minorities, Inclusion, Politics, Prime Minister, Representation, Uncategorized, women | Tagged austerity, BAME women, BAMER women, care work, Charity, community, discrimination, economic cuts, education, empowerment, English classes, feminist, labour market, marginalisation, public policies, social care, Unemployment;, welfare, women, women's empowerment, women’s charity

BAME women face up-hill battle reporting intra-familial sexual abuse – We must speak out!

Posted on August 23, 2018 by JAN Trust

Recently, we read the sickening story of Ashraf Khan, who has been jailed for four-and-a-half years for three counts of incest after admitting to fathering his daughter’s three children. The children suffered in various physical ways as a result of … Continue reading →

Posted in Crime, Ethnic Minorities, forced marriage, girls, police, Sexual Violence, Uncategorized, Violence, Violence Against Women | Tagged #MeToo, abusers, Ashraf Khan, BAME, BAME women, BME, BME Women, Charity, child abuse, community, domestic abuse, empowerment, Ethnic Minorities, familial violence, Family, Honour, honour based violence, incest, JAN Trust, male violence, Muslim, police, sexual abuse, Sexual Violence, shame, Violence Against Women, violence against women and girls, women, women's empowerment, women's rights

Brushed under the carpet – Depression in the South Asian Community

Posted on February 28, 2018 by JAN Trust

The statistics by the Office of National Statistics (ONS) 2017 revealed that 1 in 4 of the UK population will experience depression. Many South Asian communities regard depression as taboo, something that is brushed under the carpet. It is often … Continue reading →

Posted in girls, Health Issues, JAN Trust, mental health, Society, Uncategorized, women | Tagged Casey review, community, culture, depression, English, Honour, integration, JAN Trust, mental health, segregation, tradition

Why English is essential for integration into British society

Posted on January 26, 2018 by JAN Trust

The English language, as the official language of Britain, is an essential skill for refugees and migrants to fully integrate into British society. The government will be releasing a new integration strategy this year. Dame Louise Casey was commissioned by … Continue reading →

Posted in Ethnic Minorities, Inclusion, London, Representation, Society, Uncategorized | Tagged Casey review, community, empowerment, English, ESOL, integration, jobs, skills, social inclusion, women

Empowering Mothers – A Bottom-Up Approach to Defeating Terrorism

Posted on September 22, 2017 by JAN Trust

BBC Inside Out aired a special episode on the 4th of September on the effects that recent UK terror attacks have had on us all. As the only Muslim 7/7 survivor, I was invited onto the show to tell my … Continue reading →

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Tag Archives: community

Destroyed and displaced: how gentrification is killing minority communities

THE POWER OF EDUCATION: 30 Years of Supporting Women’s Learning

‘Spreading intolerance and hatred?’ How criticism of The Martyrs has missed the mark

JAN Trust – Where it all began

BAME women face up-hill battle reporting intra-familial sexual abuse – We must speak out!

Brushed under the carpet – Depression in the South Asian Community

Empowering Mothers – A Bottom-Up Approach to Defeating Terrorism

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