BRINGING THE GOOD OUT OF PENNINE LANCASHIRE

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Minhaj Welfare Foundation, in partnership with Pendle Community Radio held a very successful fundraising event in aid of Syria. The day involved inspirational speakers, nasheed artists, nasheed groups from across the UK including a number of fundraising activities including mehndi/henna painting.

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INSIDE THIS ISSUE: BME Community Engagement Survey Fazs Forum: Not in our Name Lets get Healthy this Ramadan Palestine & UK Student Project East Lancashire Funding Fair

The event raised over 5,000 through ticket sales 2 and stalls, for Syrias Passion for Humanity campaign.
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Nelsons Ace Centre, where the event was held, saw more than 100 people come and participate. Award winning nasheed artist; Adam Ali and nasheed group; Keighley Munshids were a big highlight of the night. Adding meaning to the event was the brilliant inspirational speaker; Shaykh Rehan Ahmed Al-Azhari.
Our very own PCR presenter Zain Shabbir, with talented nasheed artist; Adam Ali.

In 2011, the uprising began in Syria leaving a devastating impact on many Syrian families and more than 3 million in need of humanitarian VCFS & Partners 7 aid. The infrastructure has collapsed, there is no adequate health care in most parts of Update the country, water supplies have been cut off and there is shortage of food. This camUnpaid care workers 8 paign was therefore help restore normal life in Syria. Funds that were collected on the day are intended to be used for the daily essential needs of the citizens of Syria. This in the North West includes food, clothing and water.
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Volunteer groups such as Muslim Youth League (UK) helped organise and deliver the event to the residents of Pendle, making sure everything ran smoothly. Minhaj Welfare Foundation, have organised many fundraising events of this kind in past years, which have helped raise aid for places such as Africa and Palestine. Much like previous events, this too was a successful fundraiser. More are planned in Glasgow, Birmingham and London. MWF are still taking donations for Syria. If you would like to donate please call 0300 30 30 777 or donate via www.minhajwelfare.org.

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Over the next couple of months, ELCAP, Pendle Community Radio, in partnership with Lancashire County Council, will be carrying out a survey with regards to the current daytime support care within Nelson and Brierfield.

Are you a carer that supports a friend, relative or partner because of illness or disability? Are you a disabled adult or older person with support needs? Daytime support is for you to meet with others and take part in activities to help stay independent and well. This includes community activities and day services or other support through social services. If you use day time support now or will need to in the future we want to hear from you! Pendle Community Radio are holding a survey regarding day time support in your area. What is good? How could it be better? What should be on offer? Where and how? Come tell us about the daytime adult care services in your area. If you believe the services could be improved, get in touch and tell us how. Pendle is one of those areas in which the BME community does not readily access adult daytime support. Please fill in the form on our website at www.pendleradio.org and send it back via email at i.sayeed@pendleradio.org. You can also visit our website at www.pendleradio.org to access the survey online. Pendle Community Radio, in partnership with Lancashire County Council, are here to improve your lives.

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With regards to the recent Woolwich attack my thoughts go out to Drummer Lee Rigby and his family and friends who have had to go through this difficult time. It was absolutely outrageous and sickening to see two British Nigerians on our screens in broad daylight attacking and carrying out this barbaric attack on this innocent individual. How can one justify an attack and claim to be a from a religion? As soon as the news broke out into the community Muslims all across the country were saddened as their beautiful religion was hijacked by these two thugs.

vigilant and scared of being attacked by individuals of far-right thugs. This sort of attack should not be tolerated and the Muslim community should not be tarnished. As a multi faith and diverse community we must work together to make sure we do not become divided due to attacks that are carried out by selfish unlawful members of the community. We should be strong and work together to ensure violent attacks do not take place as a result of this crime. We have come a long way to integrate within society and as a community I think we should ban this sort of extremist views by certain individuals and any groups that promotes or incite hatred towards any groups, be it religious or political.

My message to those thugs and their associates who carried out this attack is that your sort of ideologist extremism is not welcome here, because of what happened, why does an elderly (Muslim) person have to be attacked on the street? Why is it that innocent women get their hijaab pulled off? Why is it that mosques across the UK are targets of petrol bombs? Cars are getting vandalised. Attacks on the Muslim communities have increased because of the barbaric attacks carried out. I urge the Muslim community not be silent and if you feel attacked then you must speak up. Hate or extremist attacks should not be tolerated and should be reported to the Police or any other agencies who are monitoring hate crimes, no matter We are proud as British Muslims. We have a democ- how big or small and I applaud the Police forces racy, Religious freedom. We have equal opportunities, across UK & other agencies who are trying their best Education (State Funded Muslim Schools), Practicing to tackle this sort of hate or religious crime. our faith openly and freely, and so many other services and facilities in this country and all it takes is As I complete this article I am going to see some nonpeople like the ones who have carried out this attack Muslim colleagues and friends to talk about my faith to jeopardize. As soon as this violent news broke which has unfortunately been hijacked by some lunamany Muslim communities became vigilant as they tics. I also urge other people to do the same and proknew the far-right groups would capitalise drummer mote the wonderful message of Islam. Once again, my thoughts are with drummer Lee Rigbys family and we Lee Rigbys killing. must all make sure that we are all united and not diI know many mosques across the country have height- vided by these few barbaric killers. ened their security. People are afraid to get out of their houses alone at night, afraid that somebody will jump from around the corner and attack. Mosques are becoming a target for petrol bombs and graffiti etc. Hate crime and religious crime has increased towards the Muslim community. Local communities are more Myself as a proud British Muslim along with 3 million other Muslims in this country will agree that those attacks that took place were not in our name. As a Muslim community over the years we have tried our utmost best in opening our mosque doors to various other communities in order to build a dialogue, create cohesion and challenging extremist ideologies. We have tried to integrate into a society which has not been easy after the 7/7 terrorist attacks, however when a situation like this occurs, the entire community faces the consequences for which they are not liable for.

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With the month of Ramadan soon approaching, we felt it was important to help you to keep eating well. If observed correctly, fasting during the month of Ramadan can be good for your health.

It's also worth avoiding caffeine-based drinks such as tea, coffee and cola. Caffeine is diuretic and stimulates faster water loss through urination, therefore it is not ideal during Ramadan. We spoke to Dietician Zenith Sayeed, who gave us some meal suggestions to suit a healthy eating regime.

Miss Sayeed, a member of the British Dietetic Association said: For sehri it is important to have a Here are some tips on how to stay healthy and balanced meal which includes starchy carbohydrates, protein, calcium, essential vitamins and well this Ramadan; mineral, along with enough fluids to hydrate you throughout the day. Medical experts, along side scholars advise on eating something from each of the five food groups, these include:

fruit and vegetables bread, cereals and potatoes meat, fish, or alternatives milk and dairy foods foods containing fat and sugar

The advice is to keep your food intake should be simple as possible and not differ too much from Suggestions for sehri would include; Porridge your normal diet. with granary toast, seeded breads, boiled or scrambled eggs. Cereals such as Weetabix, All When Ramadan does come around, individuals Bran and Shredded Wheat can substitute porridge feel, they must feast on food to keep themselves on some days, however sugary cereals are best going. This usually involves eating fatty or sugary avoided, stated Dietician Miss Sayeed. foods. Miss Sayeed continued; It is ideal to eat more for Experts recommend that foods to avoid are these Sehri than for Iftari, as you need the sustainable heavily processed, fast-burning foods that contain energy to keep you going for the rest of the day. refined carbohydrates (sugar and white flour), as well as fatty food (for example cakes, biscuits, Pendle Community Radio would like to take this chocolates and sweets, such as Indian Mithai). opportunity to wish all Muslims a safe and prosperous Ramadan.

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Palestinian students visit Pendle Community Radio on their trip over to the UK. A dozen Palestinian students visited Pendle to work with 12 UK students, over the course of four days on a project to improve links between the two countries. The aim of this visit was to learn about each other and their homes as part of a scheme to build a website to help communications between students in the UK and Palestine.

(Left to right) The two UK students with the two Palestinian students talking on the Pendle radio about their thoughts on meeting each other.

Two of the group of twelve Palestinian students and two of the UK students along with the Chair of Pendle for Palestine Twinning Group, took part in the Community Hour radio show with presenter Faz Patel on Pendle Community Radio. The Palestinian students shared their experiences of living under Israeli occupation: the disruption caused by checkpoints, the building of settlements on Palestinian land. The students aimed to strengthen twinning links between Pendle and its twin town; Beit Leed, in Palestine. This visit was one of the first since the borough twinned with the town of Beit Leed. Both the UK and Palestinian students found the visit a real eye opener. Hearing about each others lifestyles, cooking each other their local cuisines and worked together helped both parties bond and create a real understanding or different cultures.
The UK and Palestine students with Richard (bottom right) posing for a picture at the Pendle Community Radio studios to add to their memories of their time together.

Whilst on the radio Sajah; one of the Palestinian students said I love it here, I have even tasted fish and chips and they were really nice.

As part of the project, the public also got a chance to get involved. People were invited to a meet and greet session held at the Ace Centre in Nelson. The evening gave people a chance to find out more about the project, sharing their experiences and having some input into the website, whilst also learning about the Palestinian way of living.

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Burnley, Pendle and Rossendales Council for Voluntary Service (CVS) organised a funding fair this June to help funders reach out to the people of Burnley and Pendle. A couple of months ago CVS were approached by a group who represent national funders in the north west. They were concerned that our area, particularly Burnley, wasnt receiving its fair share of funding from organisations like Big Lottery and the Lloyds TSB Foundation. So, to make sure local groups know whats on offer they said they would like to hold this event in East Lancashire where they could talk about the type of project that they would like to fund in this area and give individuals the chance ask questions. The event was held at Burnley Youth Theatre and funders present on the day included North West Funders Network, BBC Children In Need, Big Lottery Fund, Charity Bank, Lloyds TSB Foundation, Key Fund, Heritage Lottery Fund, Key Fund, Lloyds TSB Foundation, Sported and The Prospects Foundation - Windfall Fund. The day began with short presentations by each of the funders, outlining the amount of Interviewer Iram Sayeed from Pen- funds that were available and guidance was dle Community Radio with given on how these funds could be accessed. Big Lottery Fund representative. The event allowed individuals and service providers to explore the funding sources on offer to them. There was a high turnout and individuals were queuing to speak to funders in one to one meetings about their ideas. On speaking to the funders present, Pendle Community Radio found that they felt the event had been a huge success. Funders believed they may have finally reached out to the individuals of Pendle especially Burnley. The ideas brought to the table were said to be great and very much on track. Funders were able to give in depth guidance on the right type of funding to suit individual project ideas, tell them if their idea fits in with the funders criteria and what to include in the application process. For information about the funders present, please visit our website at www.pendleradio.org

Pudsey representing BBC Children in Need at the Fair.

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Pendle Community Radio has been promoting Voluntary, Community & Faith sector (VCFS) organisations and groups for the past 15 months. Since July 2011 we have helped over 120 organisations to promote the work they do and the good services they provide to their LOCAL communities. We are also offering VCFS organisations and groups the opportunity to expand their social media presence online and also develop websites so that people can find out more information about them. If you require any of these services, then please get in touch with the Pendle Radio team and we will be able to assist you.

Representatives from Homestart Pendle

Liz Hinchliffe from Proffitts

If you are a VCFS (Voluntary, Community & Faith Sector) organisation or group that would like time on the radio to highlight and discuss your work and the services you can offer the community, then please get in touch with Moazzam Ali (Project Co-ordinator) on 01282 723455 or by email: info@pendleradio.org and we will organise for you to come onto one of our community programmes.

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A total of 781,972 people in the North West provide unpaid care, each week, the GMB Congress in Plymouth discovered. That is 11.1% of all residents in the North West. Of these, 60% provide between 1 and 20 hours unpaid care per week, while the remaining 40% provide above 20 hours or more unpaid care per week. Lancashire has been ranked in the top ten for the number of people providing unpaid care each week. 133,213 people are unpaid carers in the county, thats 11.4% of total number of residents. Over 62% of these individuals provides between 1 and 20 hours of unpaid care a week. Paul McCarthy, GMB Regional Secretary said, This huge hidden army of unpaid often voice-less carers saves taxpayers billions every year. In many areas there are far more unpaid carers than actual paid care providers in place. This hidden army of unpaid carers consists of predominately women. The impact of caring responsibilities has a huge impact on carers health. Carers often experience depression, emotional and physical exhaustion. Sleep disturbance being just one factor which impacts on carers. The number of young carers is also on the increase. There just isn't the adequate support in place for carers. This is further compounded with the squeeze on funds.

It is not just comprehensive support that these unpaid carers need but also emotional support including respite and short breaks.

Approximately one in eight workers have some sort of caring responsibility. Many carers work part time so there is also a financial impact on them. Employers need to sign up to a charter that makes it easier for unpaid carers to combine paid work with their caring roles. Employment rights for carers are poor as there is very little recognition or support for such workers within a work life balance context in the workplace. Despite the anti-discrimination legislation and Equality Act 2010 we have some way to go. We now know that almost two thirds of people with dementia live in their own homes and most need round the clock care and most need help with a range of tasks including bathing and dressing. For the carer who looks after them, who also have dependent children, the impact on the carer is massive. District nurses estimate that over next few years the number of people needing care will continue to grow. So to call this a crisis is a huge understatement. A radical overhaul of the current approach to paid and unpaid care is needed from society as a whole is required. That includes government and employers as well as families.

Pendle Community Radio is now offering local businesses the opportunity to advertise or sponsor programmes on the radio. Pendle Radio is very popular amongst the local community & is also available on the internet, as such it offers a great opportunity for businesses to advertise their products to this growing consumer demographic. The expense of advertising on other types of media can be a restrictive factor especially for smaller businesses and this is precisely where Pendle Radio can help. Ad spots can be bought by the second and as such offer great value for money. The science of advertisement suggests repetition and simplicity are the key to a good radio advert, the cost of ads on Pendle Radio means even smaller businesses can now purchase repetitive ads. Pendle Radio can also author and produce your advertisements for you. If you would like to advertise on Pendle Radio please contact us via email; info@pendleradio.org.

ELCAP would like to thank all the readers of this e-newsletter, listeners of PCR Radio and the wonderful Volunteers who make it all possible. You are all an important part of ELCAP and we hope that you continue to enjoy the various services we endeavour to provide through ELCAP e-news, PCR Radio and on www.pendleradio.org. We always welcome your comments, whether they are good or bad - we would love to hear from you. The articles in this e-newsletter do not necessarily reflect the views of ELCAP.

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