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Khidmat Centres seeks to enable grassroots communities to maximise their potential. At the heart of this, Khidmat Centres aspires to tackle difficult and often overlooked causes such as disability, gender equality, age discrimination and criminality. BCBN funded the making of a ground-breaking short film with Muslim women post prison release to document their experiences of … Continue reading Khidmat Muslim Women in Prison Project →

BCBN committed to support the efforts of three leading youth charities, Khulisa, Redthread and StreetDoctors, to address the full cycle of violence and crime. The aim was to support young people at three high-risk transition points in their lives and provide holistic support to divert them towards a positive future. From Jan 2019-2020, the three … Continue reading Exclusion to Empowerment: Tackling Youth Violence →

Supported by BCBN, The Fostering Network embarked on a national programme in partnership with Mercy Mission UK and My Foster Family, which aimed to highlight areas of challenge in the current system and encourage greater emphasis on elements of faith and identity when placing a Muslim child with a foster family. For many fostered children … Continue reading The Muslim Fostering Project Report Launch →

BCBN is delighted to announce that with the support of our grant initiative and the Eleanor Rathbone Charitable Trust, Penal Reform International (PRI), in partnership with the Prison Reform Trust (PRT), has published a guide for prison and probation staff to help them understand how prison life can affect a person’s mental health, with a … Continue reading →