ISSUE 11 APRIL 2014
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Contents
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Welcome
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@ The BCoM
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Health And Wellbeing
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Children And Young People
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Community Development
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Mosque Directory
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Welcome A Message from the Chairman Salaams and welcome to the Spring 2014 newsletter.
BCoM staff are working in partnership with Greater
As regards interfaith and community engagements. BCoM
Where we bring you a taste of the activities and events that
Manchester Fire and Rescue Service, Greater Manchester
representatives were present at the Fairtrade Fortnight
our Staff have organised over the last few months.
Police and Bolton Council on a borough wide drive safe
event on sat 1st March and International Women’s Day
Our BCoM forums have been busy in the areas of Halal
campaign. Aimed at 17-24 year olds from all backgrounds
event on Friday 7th March.
Food, Madressa’s and Health, the Muslim community are
the initiative looks to reducing speeding and anti socially
active environmentally with various initiatives in partnership
driving, n the hope that this reduces the numbers of serious
Don’t forget to follow us on Twitter @THEBCOM1 for all the
with the Council; we continue to provide activities for the
road traffic collisions in the town.
up to date news and information and @BCoM Funerals for
younger and older generations.
any updates about funerals in the local community. Our youth workers have been busy over the holiday periods
You’ll also find in the newsletter articles about private
If you have any ideas do not hesitate to contact the relevant
and intend to branch out to other parts of Bolton. Our
fostering amongst many others.
officers who would be more than happy to assist – Youth
Counselling Service is looking to be become formal partners
Work (Khalid Kadva or Nilufar Patel), Community/Interfaith
with 1Point.
Dr Kamran Khan (Chair)
(Hafiz Yunus Bobat), Mosque/Madressa (Saeed Malji), Counselling (Riana Abbas or Khadija Wadee or Ml Yunus
On the Environment front, the Saturday youth club girls did
Mohamed). Ring the Office Admin who will be more than
a litter pick recently, Mosques will assist
happy to help.
in the Love Crompton/Halliwell Tidy up days in the summer, staff attended
In terms of Khidmat for 2014, BCoM will continue to provide
a community fun day about
services that matter to local people such as circumcision
recycling in the community. This
clinics, ACYW vaccinations for pilgrims, funeral and burial
Ramadhan we will increase
services. We are grateful to our partners and volunteers who
the take up of mosques using
allow us to provide affordable services and long may such
recycling bins.
services continue. At a strategic level the BCoM Executives’ have had meetings with the Council’s Chief Executive, the Chair of the Safeguarding Executive and Board, the Chair of Bolton CCG, the Executive Member for Health on Bolton Council, and several others.
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19.00
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14.00 Shorai Martial Arts
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For more information on Function Rooms and Conference Hire, contact BCoM on 01204 363680.
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Friday
Girls Youth Club
SDF Tutoring Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2
Thursday
Deane Nursery
Wednesday
Deane Nursery
Deane Nursery
Tuesday
South Bolton Over 40’s Forum
Sewing Courses
Deane Nursery
Monday
Shorai Martial Arts
17.00
Bolton Shared Care Reading Group
12.00
Shorai Martial Arts
11.00 Sahara Women’s Drop-In
Time
Deane Nursery
10.00 Sathi Men’s Drop-In
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@ The BCoM Saturday
13.00
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Health And Wellbeing ACWY Vaccinations
Marriage Counselling Divorce rates in the UK are among the highest in the
We urge you to help us work with people experiencing
Continuing with our series of ACWY Meningitis
world, but more alarmingly for Asians, anecdotal evidence
domestic hardship by directing such people to our
Vaccinations, we would like to ask people to begin
indicates divorce rates are rising among the UK’s Asian
Counselling Service, which employs professionally
registering for our next dates in the summer. The
population too, leading to a growing group of one-parent
qualified counsellors, who are highly experienced and
vaccination program has been a huge success, and as
families.
culturally aware of the clients’ sensitivities; from both
such we anticpate demand to be high - so please book
the BME (Black & Minority Ethnic) and the indigenous
early to ensure that your needs are met.
At the BCOM Counselling Service, we have recently
population.
witnessed an increase for ‘Marriage Counselling’, which was previously known as ‘Marriage Therapy’, from both the indigenous and the Asian population. As with any matrimonial relationship, differences will undoubtedly, occur between spouses, that can, either, be amicably resolved or at times, unfortunately, be deemed irreconcilable. BCOM Counselling Service helps facilitate this process for couples, empowering them to find their own pathway. Our Counselling Service is specifically, favoured by Asian couples for its professionalism, empathy and an added incentive of understanding the Asian culture and their respective faith beliefs, which is invaluable in understanding their conflict and maybe leading to a resolution. We at the BCOM Counselling Service pride ourselves, in one to one or couple counselling on working with the clients and understanding their beliefs and culture to come to lead the clients, with impartiality towards a harmonious
For further details, please contact us on
For further details, please contact us on
end to pain, indifferences and conflict.
01204 363680, or email admin@thebcom.org
01204 363680, or email admin@thebcom.org
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Children And Young People Saturday Girls Youth Club Girls youth club is going from strength to strength with 6
awareness of issues the girls may not have known about
volunteers and 15-20 girls attending regularly. The girls
previously. One of these is being environmentally friendly
are being able to take part in a more varied programme
i.e. through recycling or litter picking. The girls spent 45
supporting the development needs of each individual. The
minutes of the session picking up litter around BCoM with
activities vary from arts and crafts, sports, baking, trips and
specialist equipment and supervision. They responded
games- the list is endless! Recently, a heart start session
really well and requested to do this again from time to
was organised and 25 girls took part in developing the
time as it was educating yet fun at the same time.
A very happy parent!! “I would like to sa y a big thank you to Nilufar (youth worker) @ BCOM, for providing an exce llent customer ser vice.
Another project within youth club was a Takeover day,
met with the ambulance service and were shown the
whereby the girls apply for the youth worker/volunteer
inside of the ambulance and their ECGs done. They
role, those selected put through an interview and then
took part in a number of activities from henna and face
As a first time user of this centre, she made me and my child ren feel very welco ming, also making sure that I was contin uously updated with the latest activities. I found her to be very approachable, likeable person, wh ich makes me wa nt to use the facilities m ore at BCOM.�
two people chosen to carry out the youth worker role the
painting to quizzes and basket weaving. Overall, it was
following week. Again, the girls really enjoyed this, and the
a fun day session with lots of goodies to take away.
Faiza Akhtar
essential skills needed to potentially save a life. The session was a big success with a mini presentation day to follow.
One of the trips the girls recently attended was the health mela organised by Bolton University. The girls
project provided a glimpse of how things work in the world of work i.e. selection/interview process.
A newer theme developing in youth club is creating
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Children And Young People Easter Holiday Activities The BCoM is organising a range of activities for girls and boys over the Easter Holidays. From football to boxing, from swimming to youth clubs; we’ve organised a range of activities that truly offer something for everyone. If you’re interested in registering your child for any of these activities, or simply for more information, please contact Khalid (for boys’ courses) or Nilufar (for girls’ courses) on 01204 363680.
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Children And Young People Youth Activities Over The Half Term A total of 200 young people took part in various activities
The 2 day self defence course, boxing and martial arts
Archery, proved to be extremely popular, with a large
over the February half term holidays. As a result, the
session was run by an external instructor, Ashif. 80 young
number of young people attending. Male youth worker,
activities were much appreciated by parents and young
people took an active role in the sessions and engaged well
Khalid, worked extremely hard to try and cater for all the
people who provided us with some very positive feedback.
with the instructor over the sessions. As well as learning self
needs of the young people attending and this was evident
defence skills, young people were also taught the dangers
through the feedback parents and young people gave.
BCoM in partnership with BWCT, ran a 3 day leadership
of speaking to strangers and what to do should they be
Due to many requests, a 6 week archery course will be
course targeting young women aged 14+, teaching skills
approached, young people responded positively and had
organised in the near future. Contact admin@thebcom.org
to become more confident and take an active role in the
fun whilst educating themselves at the same time. They
for more details.
community. 13 young women took part and showed an
requested more sessions with Ashif which BCoM took on
increase in confidence just over the duration of the course.
board and organised for him to run the boxing sessions.
Along with activities based at BCoM, others took place
A big thanks to BWCT for their continued support.
Certificates were also presented. Feedback showed the
at Ghosia Hall in conjunction with Bolton Youth Voice
need for more classes like these.
community group. An introductory class to football skills was taught for the young people. Again, a big uptake as 36 children took part in the activity with certificates presented to them for their achievements. A sports free play session took place for the young people to take part in a sport of their choice, this was supported by Yusuf Atcha of Bolton council sports, health and inclusion team. 29 young people attended and took part in football, rounders, table tennis, and badminton. Overall a huge success!
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Community Development Al Khidmah
Women & Girls Coffee Morning
Al Khidmah is a Bolton based Charity, aiming to serve the
Lets encourage our own to partake in this noble quest
The BCoM has teamed up with Botlon College to
under-privileged, irrespective of Religion, Nationality or
Fee-sabilliah, in order to please Allah Azawajal and no
arrange a coffee morning for women and girls. The
Creed.
other, lets put before us a legacy that matters, one that will
morning is aimed to inform about opprtunities available
be penned by a heavenly scribe making its way into the
in the local area, as well offering enjoyable activties
coveted book of Good Deeds.
such as hand massages and henna.
that Muslim communities in the UK ought to increase their
The message from AL Khidmah Foundation is: “Let’s
The Coffee Morning will take place at 10.30am on
contributions, reaching new highs, while giving back to
come together and help empower the Poor back to
Saturday 10th May at the BCoM. If you are interested
the country in line with the true spirit of Islam.
independence and assist the Old Aged from within our
in attending, please call the BCoM in advance to book
communities”.
a place.
The core of their ethos is “To Serve” which lends it self to the name of the charity, Al Khidmah . They strongly feel
Enthusiastic, dedicated and visionary, this group took their concerns to the elders of the community, key personages
May Allah swt Grant this noble cause much success and
and other charities working within the Bolton Borough,
accept their sincere intentions, rolling out this Bolton
the support for the initiative has been Alhumdulillah
based model throughout the country only to be followed
overwhelming and swift.
& adopted by all Muslim communities nationwide, ameen thuma ameen.
It is a truly grassroots initiative, utilizing local youths and local talent. They have witnessed first hand the adverse effects of severe poverty on families within the Bolton borough, most of which we have been oblivious to and know very little of. Al Khidmah bring with them a promise to help those in need, all they ask from the Bolton community is they pray for the success for this Charities endeavours.
For further details, please email AlKhidmah@outlook.com
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Community Development
The Albayan Foundation
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The Albayan Foundation, a Registered Charity were in Bolton recently and collected clothes and food for the suffering people of Syria. On Sunday 16th Feb they collected 6 van fulls of goods from Quebec Hall and on Sunday 9th March they collected 3 van fulls from Mecca Mosque.
Correspondence from the Charity further to the collections stated: “It gives me great pleasure to see the Muslims of Bolton united together to support our people of Al Sham.”
Alhamdulillah we raised over £5,000 and 9 van loads of clothes, foods, baby supplies and medical supplies. I would like to thank the Muslim community of Bolton for .sa elpmiS welcoming us and the brotherly atmosphere.
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First Ever Friendly Inter-Faith Cricket Tournament And Family Fun Day!
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BCoM, together with the Botlon Hindu Forum and Bolton Christian Community Cohesion have organised an interfaith cricket tournament with teams from Christian, Muslim & Hindu communities. The event is the first of it’s kind in Bolton, bringing peoplefrom different parts of the community together for a sporting bonanza! The matches will consist of 12 overs, with trophies for Winners, Runners Up and Man of the Tournament. The event will have refreshments,
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BBQ, bouncy castle, face painting and henna, as well as guest appearances from the
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If you put the wrong stuff in the wrong bin we can’t collect it.
Mayor of Bolton and the Bishop of Manchester. For further information,
please contact Saeed on 07940 112283 or call the
BCoM on 01204 363680.
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Community Development
Women & Girls Courses
Ghusal Training for Women
BWCT Table Tennis Tournament
Based on the success of our last set of women and
Two more dates of ghusal training have been organised
On Thursday 27th Febraury, the BCoM partnered with
girls courses, further courses have been organised
especially for the women in the North of Bolton.
Bolton Wanderers Community Trust to initiate a Table
specially for the females in the community. Booking is
Tennis Tournament at the Market Place in Bolton. The
required for all courses and payment will be taken prior
Sunday 16th March 2014 at Hibbert Community
competition was held to raise money and awareness
to the start of course. Contact admin@thebcom.org for
Centre at 2-3.30pm and Wednesday 16th April 2014
for Marie Curie Cancer Care, and took place over
more information or visit the BCoM website
at Tayyabah mosque at 1.30-3.00pm.
several weeks to find a champion. The event was a success, attended by numerous competitors and public spectators. The proceedings were also watched over by Andrew Rushton, Commonwealth Games Table Tennis Silver Medallist 2006.
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Community Development
Asylum Seekers and Destitution Destitution is a huge problem amongst asylum seekers,
90% of our service users at BRASS are Muslims. These are
We entirely depend on donations. We need to raise funds
one that pushes them to the brink of our society. Asylum
individuals or with families who have fled the war and face
in order to operate this service, and we are not allowed to
seekers have to wait months or years for the outcome of
persecution by their country. Most of these people do not
access funding from the usual public sector sources, the
their asylum claim, during which they are prohibited from
speak English.
Lottery or even from local public sector bodies.
working and only receive minimal or no financial support.
Destitute asylum seekers remain in the UK for a number of
They are entitled to just £35 a week of cash or card support, that is £5 a day. This has to cover everything food, toiletries, clothes etc - as well as travel cost to get to crucial legal appointments or asylum meetings. As a result, asylum seekers are reliant on charities such as us at BRASS(Befriending Refugees and Asylum Seekers), and their limited social networks to make ends meet.
reasons, most commonly because:
As a Destitute caseworker I’m responsible for:
1 They are unable to leave (e.g. they are stateless or lack
• Identification of service users needs: needs assessment
of documents and their state of origin refuses to
documents, developing a support plan, being
acknowledge their citizenship).
responsible for problem solving,
2 They have been in the UK for a long time and have
• Liaise with home office and voluntary sectors to ensure
family ties here now.
access to information and services for service users,
3 They fear persecution or death if they return to their
• Ensure the correct procedures are used to signpost and
refer service users to external service( counselling,
mental health issues etc.)
country of origin.
The majority of asylum seekers who come to BRASS have no recourse to asylum support, due to administrative faults
Some even come from countries to which the UK
or because their asylum claims have been refused (this
Government will not send people back. Yet they still deny
does not necessarily mean they can go back to their home
these people the right to work and refuse to provide them
countries.) They are predominantly individuals who have
with food, money or shelter. Caught in Limbo destitute
reached a final negative decision on their claim for asylum
asylum seekers are forced into homeless, hunger and ill
and told to leave the UK, but there are also many individuals
health.
• Support and assist the problems service users face as
Destitute, health, financial support, housing,
immigration, education and training,
• Mentor the service user. One of the biggest challenge I face is that there are no night
who are awaiting decisions on their right to remain in the UK. They are severely marginalised in our society, often
At BRASS we run the Destitution Project every
sleeping rough and living an isolated life without knowing
Wednesdays where we provide food parcels, toiletries,
who to turn to. They face significant barriers to accessing
clothes and one bus voucher every week. We also provide
health care, activities and social networks.
maternity assistant including nappies, baby milk and other essential items. We also provide a hot vegetarian meal. We have activities on the day too.
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shelters for Destitute asylum seekers in Bolton. It is important that destitute asylum seekers are afforded the same respect and care as anyone in society. Shaheda Mangerah
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Community Development Is someone else after your child?looking Are you looking after someone else’s child ?
Do you know if a child you know is privately fostered? Many people don’t realise that by law, the local council
You may feel that by sharing information about such
must be notified by parents and carers about private
arrangements you are breaking confidentiality but
fostering.
it is important to make parents and carers aware of this requirement and to encourage them to report
Private fostering is when a child under the age of 16 (or
the arrangements to Bolton Council Childrens
under 18 if disabled) is cared for by someone who is not
Services.
their parent or a ‘close relative’ for 28 days or more. A close relative is identified as step-parents, grandparents, brothers,
Once notified about a Private Fostering
sisters, uncles or aunts. There are an estimated 10,000
Arrangement, Children’s Services will put the child
privately fostered children living in England and Wales.
first and work with parents and private foster carers to make sure the arrangement is right for the child.
Children become privately fostered for a range of reasons including:-
They will make sure children are safe and happy
• Children staying with extended family such as a cousin
with the arrangement. They will also make sure
or great aunt
• Children sent to this country for education or health
care by birth parents living overseas
that carers are: • Trustworthy - they will check police records
on the carer and members of the household
• Children whose parents work or study involves
• Have a home that is safe for your child
• Are supported to care for your child if
unsociable hours, which makes it difficult for them to use ordinary day care or after school care
necessary
• Able to look after your child’s physical,
emotional, educational and cultural needs
• Children living with host families whilst pursuing
• Provided with enough money from you to
courses of study
• Children receiving respite care provided by someone
other than a relative.
If your child is being
• Teenagers who have broken ties with their parents and are staying with friends or non-relatives
By law Bolton Council cousin neighbour family friend
need to know about
looked after for more
it.
than 28 days by a:
child’s friend’s parents
This is a Private Fostering Arrangement and you need to contact us to let us know about it.
Call: 01204 337479
Email: boltonsafegua
rdingchildren@bolton.go
v.uk
care for your child If you would like to find out more about private fostering and about how to respond if you think a child is being privately fostered please contact Bolton Safeguarding Children Board on 01204 337479 or find out more by visiting http://boltonsafeguardingchildren.org.uk/private-fostering-looking-after-someone-elses-child/ .
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Community Development
Follow The BCoM On Twitter! Follow @THEBCOM1 on twitter to stay up to date with the latest news and events in Bolton and the local area!
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Community Development
Daubhill Crash – What Have We Learnt? Local freelance journalist, Sufiyan Kala, was one of the first
2. We live in an age where everybody is Smartphone and
The events of that night have scarred a close-knit
people on the scene at the horrific crash on Daubhill and
social media crazy – a dangerous combination, in the
community and changed the lives of the victims that
here are some of his observations from that day.
wrong hands. It’s inevitable that people are going to
were involved. As the Asian wedding season goes into
want to be the first to tell their friends about what
full flow, there’s no doubt young Asian men (and women)
The families of the two seriously injured pedestrians were
they’ve just seen. It’s human nature and something we
will be hiring high performance vehicles to celebrate
truly clueless as to the extent of their loved ones’ injuries.
thrive off. If you’ve got a video and a couple of pictures,
the special day. All I’m going to say is, before you think
The drivers of the cars that had crashed were stumbling
that’s a bonus but it’s worth keeping in mind; if you
about speeding, racing or showing off, think back to what
around the scene – bloodied, dazed and remorseful at what
were in the victims’ position and passers-by took
happened on 21st July, 2013, and think again.
they had caused. Large crowds had gathered armed with
out their phones, took pictures, uploaded them to social
Smartphones and smoke was rising from what was left of
media websites BEFORE helping you or calling for
the vehicles. Pandemonium had ensued. Daubhill was the
medical assistance, how would you feel? Thought so.
scene of something truly horrific.
3. Indulging in falsified speculation and rumours from
The consensus amongst locals in the days following the crash was that, “this is a lesson from which everybody should learn something.” So, what exactly have we learnt?
unverified, unreliable sources can be more harmful
than beneficial. In the hours after the accident, Twitter
was rife with false rumours on condition of the young
boy, something which was started by those who weren’t
even at the scene or indeed from Bolton. This led
1. First and foremost, DO NOT drive at ridiculously high
to locals panicking and fuelling further speculation
speeds in highly pedestrianised areas. There are speed
(you see where this is going?). In future, before jumping
limits set for a reason so obey them or else incidents
to conclusions and taking the tweet/facebook status
like this are going to occur on a regular basis. You
you’ve just read to be God’s honest truth, instead look
don’t have to be a seasoned criminal to cause that type
for accurate, verified information from local journalists
of destruction. All it takes is a bit of encouragement
or local authorities. If you have any doubts regarding the
here, a bit of peer pressure there and before you know
credibility of the information you’ve received, then you
it, you’ve nearly killed somebody. The drivers involved
don’t share it. It’s as simple as that.
in the crash serve to be the best example. Both were
truly shocked, deeply remorseful and are extremely keen
to make amends within the community as well as by
serving their prison sentences.
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Road Safety Campaign Nearly nine months since two horrific, isolated car crashes
This project is the first of its kind because it allows us
He will join local BCoM representations, police officers,
on Daubhill and Halliwell Road – in the middle of last
to work with Greater Manchester Police (GMP), Greater
firefighters and community safety staff from GMFRS at a
Ramadhan that left victims with life-changing injuries – the
Manchester Fire & Rescue Service (GMFRS) and Bolton
series of events at mosques throughout the town starting on
Drive Safe Campaign led by BCOM, is an indication of how
Council. This provides us with the platform to generate
February 21 - where a range of activities will be taking place to
deeply the local communities had been affected.
dialogue between community members and the authorities.
raise awareness of the dangers of racing and antisocial driving.
It also allows each and every one of you the opportunity
GMFRS’ Driving Simulator will give people the opportunity
Despite so much time passing since the crashes, there’s
to come forward and contribute towards making your
to test their driving skills and risk awareness, the Service’s
positive evidence of what looks like the beginning of a
community safe for your families.
Community Event Vehicle will be at the venues with various
lengthy process in ensuring that our local communities are
safety resources and police and fire officers will be on hand
a safe environment 24 hours a day, seven days a week. In
RTC Demonstrations
the days that immediately followed the crash on Daubhill,
The first demonstration that was held at Al Rahman
local residents had been applying extra caution when
Mosque, Daubhill on the 21st February, attracted a crowd
Demonstrations have already taken place at Al rahman,
approaching pedestrian crossings. Motorists driving down
of 40 – 50 people of different ethnicities and faiths. There
Sughra, and Makkah mosques. Further demonstrations will
Venice Street were being extra vigilant as they pulled out
are demonstrations to be held at various different locations
be taking place immediately after mid afternoon prayers at
onto Derby St/St Helens Rd.
across Bolton and we would encourage members of the
the following dates and locations:
to provide information and advice.
community aged between 17 – 24 to come along and get Any remote inkling of reckless driving, driving over the
involved. It might be your life that we’re saving which in turn
Noor Ul Islam 10th May 2014 - 1.30pm
speed limit and/or the impatient revving of car engines
could help save somebody else’s.
Prospect Street
Bolton BL1 3QH
01204 535738
at traffic lights were met with looks of discontent from passing pedestrians. It was clear that there were a number
Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service (GMFRS),
of different emotions that were being expressed – anger,
Greater Manchester Police (GMP), Bolton Council of
reflection, sympathy and remorse.
Mosques (BCoM) and Bolton Council are teaming up for
Taiyyabah Masjid 7th June 2014 - 1.30pm
a pilot Drive Safe Campaign, which will run in the lead up
31a Draycott Street /235 Blackburn Road
The community wanted something to be done and here we
to Ramadhan. As part of the campaign, a local freelance
Bolton BL1 8HD
are, trying to ensure that incidents like the ones many of
journalist has been commissioned to produce a DVD about
01204 535997
us had witnessed last year, do not occur again under any
a serious collision involving three cars that were racing on
circumstances.
St Helen’s Road, Daubhill, on July 21st 2013.
For further details on this campaign, please contact Saeed at the BCoM on 01204 363680 or 07940 112283
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Mosque Directory Mosque Aleef Mosque
Al Falah Mosque
Al Rahman
Masjid Al Aqsa
Ashrafia
Darul Quran
Darul Uloom
Ghosia Mosque
Masjid Ibraheem
Jamiah Alavia Mosque
Madina Mosque
Address 8 Higher Swan Lane, Bolton, BL3 3EQ 17 Salisbury Street, Bolton, BL3 5DR 2-14 Randal Street, Bolton, BL3 4AQ Gilnow Road, Bolton, BL1 4LJ Cannon Street North, Bolton, BL3 5DN 458 Bridgeman Street, Bolton, BL3 6TJ Willows Lane, Bolton, BL3 4HE St Pauls mill, Caroline Street, Bolton, BL3 6SX 17 Carter Street, Bolton, BL3 2HG 29 Bromwich Street, Bolton, BL2 1JF 128 St Georges Road, Bolton, BL1 2BZ
Telephone
Website
Asif Patel
01204 655040
Ibraheem Patel Abdul Bux
01204 529 363
Ayub Bux Iqbal Pandor
01204 660 177
01204 771 918
Hanif Mohmed www.masjid-e-aqsa.org.uk
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01204 524 691
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01204 535 997
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