Tuesday 24th June – 12.30 noon Lunch and meeting We will be holding our Community Fun day on Sunday 10th August 2014 at Victoria Park in Tipton. To gauge interest and bring together ideas for the day we are holding a stakeholders meeting on Tuesday 24th June at: Tipton Community Centre, Wellington Road, Tipton DY4 8RS. Lunch will be provided at 12.30 with a 1.00 pm start. Please … Read more
On the 5th June the YCA launched the exhibition of the Yemeni Memories. Yemeni Memories is a lottery heritage funded project which captures the lives and experiences of the settled Yemeni community in Sandwell. The Yemeni Memories book captured the historical photographs and stories of both the first and second generation Yemeni community who came … Read more
On Wednesday 28th November, young people attended an awareness workshop on the consumption of Shisha organised by the Yemeni Youth Forum and the Yousef project (a newly established group of young Muslims that seek to represent, advocate and lobby on behalf of young Muslim people in Sandwell). Through consultation with community the two youth groups … Read more
The Yemeni Community Association in Sandwell has become one of the first organisations in Sandwell to work in partnership with the police to work pro-actively around the reporting of HATE CRIME. A training session was organised by inspector Gill Munslow on the 27th October 2011 for participating centres in this programme. This is one of the … Read more
A reminder to all that the YCA is a ‘Hate Crime Reporting Centre’, this means if you have been a victim of hate crime but feel that you are unable to report this directly to the police then if you access our centre, trained staff will be able to assist you to report this or … Read more
The Yousef Project – Sandwell Muslim Youth Forum is a newly established group of Young Muslims that seek to represent, advocate and lobby on behalf of young Muslim people in Sandwell. The group has been established in conjunction with the YCA, SMBC, Tipton Muslim Centre and Smethwick Pakistani Muslim Association. The group is currently made … Read more
Vice Chair of the YCA in Sandwell, Saleh Saeed has been bestowed with the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for his contribution to humanitarian work. Saleh is presently the CEO of the Disaster Emergency Committee and has also led Islamic Relief for four years. Saleh said: “I’m truly and deeply honored to receive this honour, … Read more
Hope for Justice is an anti-human trafficking organisation working to uncover and abolish the hidden crime of modern-day slavery. As a non-governmental organisation (NGO) we gather intelligence and assist in the process of removing victims from exploitation within the UK. Human trafficking is not someone else’s problem, it’s happening in our communities, in our neighbourhoods, … Read more
http://imamsonline.com/blog/2014/07/over-100-uk-imams-unite-to-sign-open-letter-urging-british-muslims-not-to-travel-to-syria-and-iraq/ 100 British Imams & Mosques in a unified voice call on all Muslims in the Britain and Europe “don’t join ISIS” . The Imams and Mosques show solidarity of resolve with a single voice urging Muslim British citizens not to break the law by traveling into these unpredictable war zones and falling prey to … Read more
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