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Tag Archives: community
Coronavirus, community and Ramadan
Celebrating Ramadan during social distancing can feel odd, yet the communal aspects of it need not to be forgotten. There are many ways to safely keep in touch with your community during Ramadan to avoid feelings of loneliness. The current … Continue reading
Posted in Islam, Uncategorized
Tagged BAME, BAMER;, communities, community, coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID19, faith, Islam, isolation, lockdown, Muslims, pandemic, Ramadan, Ramadan 2020, religion, social distancing
Knife crime solutions in the UK – what should the government do?
Will statutory responsibility placed on schools and the NHS improve rates of knife crime in the UK? JAN Trust welcomes attention regarding this issue but with the education and healthcare systems already under strain, it is unclear if more pressure … Continue reading
Posted in JAN Trust, knife crime, London, Society, Uncategorized
Tagged againstknifecrime, Charity, community, educate, empowerment, funding, Government, grassroots, jantrust, knifecrime, local, police, resources, responsibility, statutory, Support, Violence, warningsigns, women, youthproject
30 Years in the Community: Building a Relationship
JAN Trust has been around since 1989 and that means we’ve been able to build trust with local women, allowing us to tackle some of the most difficult and sensitive issues in society. 30 years ago, our founder Rafaat Mughal … Continue reading
Posted in Active citizenship, discrimination, Education, JAN Trust, London, Uncategorized, women
Tagged Another Way Forward, anti-terrorism, BAME women, Charity, community, counter extremism, digital literacy, Diversity, education, empowering women, Extremism, FGM, forced marriage, hate crime, integration, Internet Safety, JAN Trust, radicalisation, VAWG, Web Guardians, women
Destroyed and displaced: how gentrification is killing minority communities
Gentrification is increasing throughout London and marginalised 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
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
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
The hidden burden of economic cuts – a feminist perspective on austerity programmes
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!
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
