Burial of Quran Pages
Salaam to All, For your attention, a letter from the bereavement services as many of you have requested information on this service. I would ask that your mosque/ organisation informs everyone at Friday prayers or otherwise and that you with this matter personally, collects all Quran pages etc and arrives at the said cemetery for burial. I hope this helps. Yours sincerely Ibrar Hussain JP Councilor for Burngreave Ward
TO ALL SHEFFIELD MOSQUES Bereavement Services have received a further request to bury used pages of the Quran. I have therefore arranged for an area to be prepared to receive items at Abbey Lane Cemetery on Wednesday 10 October, 1.30 – 2.30 pm. Please ensure that the material we receive is paper only. Please do not include other items such as plastics or materials. Unfortunately, these will be refused, as only biodegradable paper items can be accepted. Any other materials brought to the cemetery may incur charges for disposal. Thank you for your co-operation in this matter. Should you need any further information regarding this matter, please do not hesitate to contact myself or Gary Eyre on (0114) 239 6068. Yours faithfully Sue Nadin Bereavement Services Manager and Registrar
Keeping School Dinners Costs Down
Council leaders have stepped in and fuel costs this year - but Shefto keep down the cost of school field City Council has pledged to dinners to help parents while keep prices at last year’s level. times are tight. Both the Council and Taylor Taylor Shaw, which runs the Shaw see health and well-being school dinners programme for of pupils as paramount and mainthe majority of the city’s schools, taining the food standards and has had to implement a small rise quality of food play a key part of in cost, mainly due to higher food this. As a result the council has
Computers Lower Dementia Risk is currently expected. Some of dementia's early symptoms are forgetting names and appointments, losing things, difficulty performing familiar tasks such as driving, managing personal finances, mood swings As the world's population ages, with anger or rage, paranoia the number of people experi- and suspiciousness. encing cognitive decline and dementia will increase to 50 Previous studies showed that million by 2025. A Professor at cognitively-stimulating the University of Western Aus- activities decreased the risk of tralia undertook an eight-year dementia but there was little study of more than 5,000 men evidence on the likely effect of computer use over many years. aged from 65 to 85 years. Researchers found that the risk If their findings are correct, the of dementia was about 30-40 increase in the number of cases percent lower among older of dementia over the next 40 computer users than non-users years may not be as dramatic as and that their findings could not Computers do have their plus points, despite all the bad press -- the desk top, for instance, lowers the risk of dementia in the aged by a maximum of 40 percent, suggest latest findings.
be attributed to age, education, social isolation, depression, overall health or cognitive impairment. They found that computer users were younger than non-users, had completed at least high school, had a more active social network and were less likely to show evidence of depression or poor physical health. Older people should therefore be encouraged to embrace computer technology as long as they understand the dangers of prolonged physical inactivity and the many advantages of a balanced and healthy lifestyle, the researchers suggested.
agreed to bridge the gap in the price increase without passing this cost onto parents and carers. Drastic cuts by the Government are having a detrimental effect on us all, making us have to watch every penny we spend. But at the same time high quality foods and standards must be maintained.
Mr & Mrs Tufail receive award for Voluntary work
Local Husband And Wife Mr Mukhtar Tufail & Mrs Iffat Yasmin were fortunate enough to be invited to a Garden Party hosted by Her Majesty The Queen's Honourable, Lord - Lieutenant, ' Jennifer, Lady Gretton, JP ' During the Party Her Majesty's Lord - Lieutenant, ' Jennifer, Lady Gretton, JP' presented both husband and wife with an award to endorse their personal , professional and voluntary achievements. Whilst both husband and wife are law graduates
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from respective legal backgrounds, they have conspicuously volunteered and devoted a bulk of their precious time to charitable and civic causes thus warranting tremendous applaud from various professional bodies. Also in attendance was the nationally acknowledged and respected Honourable Judge Simmon Hammond, High Sherrif :Resham Singh Sandhu MBE. Romabbhai C. Barber MBE.Jaffer Kapasi OBE.Suleman Nagdi MBE. Manzoor Moghal MBE.
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