BCBN 2nd Annual Event – MYH & Mosaic, Prince’s Trust
BCBN Raises £175,000 For Youth Charities MOSAIC & MYH
His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales paid tribute to the generosity and support for Mosaic, which he founded, by the Better Community Business Network in his video message to the 400 business guests who attended the second BCBN networking dinner on Friday 14th September. The Dinner heard keynote speeches from Communities Minister Baroness Hanham CBE and Shadow Lord Chancellor and Justice Secretary Rt Hon Sadiq Khan MP, generated pledges of an incredible £175,000 for Mosaic and the Muslim Youth Helpline.
Hosted by the BBC’s Mishal Husain and held at the prestigious Grosvenor Marriott Hotel on Park Lane, the dinner was attended by over 400 business leaders. In his video address HRH The Prince of Wales commented:
‘‘The aims of the Network are a tribute to the generosity and farsighted nature of our Muslim communities in the United Kingdom. I am greatly looking forward to hearing of your successes and in seeing the Network play a vital role in demonstrating how business leaders not only can be, but must be at the heart of our shared responsibility to create positive, flourishing communities.”
As well as keynote speeches, guests heard from Tariq Usmani, Chairman of the Better Community Business Network and CEO of Henley Homes plc, who spoke passionately about the Network’s mission to bring businesses together to facilitate trade and to harness the power of business to assist important charitable causes working in the wider community.
Mosaic’s National Director, Jonathan Freeman, paid tribute to BCBN for organising such an inspirational event, commenting that:
“The Network really is testament to the very best that those in business and those in Muslim communities have to offer to society.”
Mosaic’s vision is for young people across the UK to be supported to realise their potential, with inspirational volunteer mentors acting as role models through our structured programmes
MYH is a national award winning charity that provides free and confidential faith and culturally sensitive support services targeted at vulnerable young people in the UK. Our core service is a free and confidential Helpline, available nationally via the telephone, email, live chat text and letters. The service uses male and female volunteers trained in basic counselling skills to respond to client enquiries on any issue
