ELCAP E-Newsletter Issue 24 - July 2013

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BRINGING THE GOOD OUT OF PENNINE LANCASHIRE

I N S I D E

T H I S

I S S U E :

BME Community

Engagement Survey

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Fazs Forum: Not in

our Name

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Lets get Healthy this

Ramadan

4

Palestine & UK

Student Project

5

East Lancashire

Funding Fair

6

VCFS & Partners

Update

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ELCAP NEWSV O L U M E 1 , I S S U E 2 4 : J U L Y 2 0 1 3

Minhaj Welfare Foundation, in partnership withPendle Community Radio held a very successful

fundraising event in aid of Syria.

The day involved inspirational speakers, nasheedartists, nasheed groups from across the UK in-cluding a number of fundraising activities including

mehndi/henna painting.

The event raised over 5,000 through ticket salesand stalls, for Syrias Passion for Humanity cam-

paign.

Nelsons Ace Centre, where the event was

held, saw more than 100 people come and par-ticipate. Award winning nasheed artist; AdamAli and nasheed group; Keighley Munshids werea big highlight of the night. Adding meaning tothe event was the brilliant inspirational speaker;

Shaykh Rehan Ahmed Al-Azhari.

In 2011, the uprising began in Syria leaving adevastating impact on many Syrian families andmore than 3 million in need of humanitarian

aid. The infrastructure has collapsed, there is no adequate health care in most parts of

the country, water supplies have been cut off and there is shortage of food. This cam-paign was therefore help restore normal life in Syria. Funds that were collected on theday are intended to be used for the daily essential needs of the citizens of Syria. This

includes food, clothing and water.

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 pastyears, which have helped raise aid for places such as Africa and Palestine. Much likeprevious 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 viawww.minhajwelfare.org.

Advertise 9

Our very own PCR presenter Zain Shabbir, withtalented nasheed artist; Adam Ali.

Unpaid care workers

in the North West

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P A G E 2V O L U M E 1 , I S S U E 2 4

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 sup-

port.

Please fill in the form on our website at www.pendleradio.org and send it back via email at

[email protected].

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 recentWoolwich attack my thoughts go

out to Drummer Lee Rigby andhis family and friends who havehad to go through this difficult

time.

It was absolutely outrageous andsickening to see two British Ni-gerians on our screens in broaddaylight 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 com-munity Muslims all across the country were saddenedas their beautiful religion was hijacked by these two

thugs.

Myself as a proud British Muslim along with 3 millionother Muslims in this country will agree that thoseattacks that took place were not in our name. As aMuslim community over the years we have tried ourutmost best in opening our mosque doors to variousother communities in order to build a dialogue, create

cohesion and challenging extremist ideologies. Wehave tried to integrate into a society which has notbeen easy after the 7/7 terrorist attacks, howeverwhen a situation like this occurs, the entire commu-nity faces the consequences for which they are not

liable for.

We are proud as British Muslims. We have a democ-racy, Religious freedom. We have equal opportunities,Education (State Funded Muslim Schools), Practicingour faith openly and freely, and so many other ser-

vices and facilities in this country and all it takes ispeople like the ones who have carried out this attackto jeopardize. As soon as this violent news brokemany Muslim communities became vigilant as theyknew the far-right groups would capitalise drummer

Lee Rigbys killing.

I know many mosques across the country have height-ened their security. People are afraid to get out oftheir houses alone at night, afraid that somebody willjump from around the corner and attack. Mosques are

becoming a target for petrol bombs and graffiti etc.Hate crime and religious crime has increased towardsthe Muslim community. Local communities are more

vigilant and scared of being attacked by individuals offar-right thugs. This sort of attack should not be toler-

ated and the Muslim community should not be tar-nished.

As a multi faith and diverse community we must worktogether to make sure we do not become divided dueto attacks that are carried out by selfish unlawfulmembers of the community. We should be strong andwork together to ensure violent attacks do not takeplace as a result of this crime. We have come a longway to integrate within society and as a community Ithink we should ban this sort of extremist views by

certain individuals and any groups that promotes orincite hatred towards any groups, be it religious or

political.

My message to those thugs and their associates whocarried out this attack is that your sort of ideologistextremism is not welcome here, because of what hap-pened, why does an elderly (Muslim) person have tobe attacked on the street? Why is it that innocentwomen get their hijaab pulled off? Why is it thatmosques across the UK are targets of petrol bombs?

Cars are getting vandalised. Attacks on the Muslimcommunities have increased because of the barbaricattacks carried out. I urge the Muslim community notbe silent and if you feel attacked then you must speakup. Hate or extremist attacks should not be toleratedand should be reported to the Police or any otheragencies who are monitoring hate crimes, no matterhow big or small and I applaud the Police forcesacross UK & other agencies who are trying their best

to tackle this sort of hate or religious crime.

As I complete this article I am going to see some non-Muslim colleagues and friends to talk about my faithwhich has unfortunately been hijacked by some luna-tics. I also urge other people to do the same and pro-mote the wonderful message of Islam. Once again, mythoughts are with drummer Lee Rigbys family and wemust all make sure that we are all united and not di-

vided by these few barbaric killers.


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With the month of Ramadan soon approaching,

we felt it was important to help you to keep eat-ing well. If observed correctly, fasting during the

month of Ramadan can be good for your health.

Here are some tips on how to stay healthy and

well this Ramadan;

Medical experts, along side scholars advise on eat-ing 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 besimple as possible and not differ too much from

your normal diet.

When Ramadan does come around, individualsfeel, they must feast on food to keep themselvesgoing. This usually involves eating fatty or sugary

foods.

Experts recommend that foods to avoid are theseheavily processed, fast-burning foods that containrefined carbohydrates (sugar and white flour), as

well as fatty food (for example cakes, biscuits,chocolates and sweets, such as Indian Mithai).

It's also worth avoiding caffeine-based drinks such

as tea, coffee and cola. Caffeine is diuretic andstimulates faster water loss through urination,

therefore it is not ideal during Ramadan.

We spoke to Dietician Zenith Sayeed, who gaveus some meal suggestions to suit a healthy eating

regime.

Miss Sayeed, a member of the British Dietetic As-sociation said: For sehri it is important to have abalanced meal which includes starchy carbohy-drates, protein, calcium, essential vitamins andmineral, along with enough fluids to hydrate you

throughout the day.

Suggestions for sehri would include; Porridge

with granary toast, seeded breads, boiled orscrambled eggs. Cereals such as Weetabix, AllBran and Shredded Wheat can substitute porridgeon some days, however sugary cereals are best

avoided, stated Dietician Miss Sayeed.

Miss Sayeed continued; It is ideal to eat more forSehri than for Iftari, as you need the sustainable

energy to keep you going for the rest of the day.

Pendle Community Radio would like to take thisopportunity to wish all Muslims a safe and pros-

perous 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 workwith 12 UK students, over the course of four dayson a project to improve links between the two

countries.

The aim of this visit was to learn about each otherand their homes as part of a scheme to build awebsite to help communications between students

in the UK and Palestine.

Two of the group of twelve Palestinian students and two of the UK students along with the Chair ofPendle 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 ofliving under Israeli occupation: the disruption caused by

checkpoints, the building of settlements on Palestinianland. The students aimed to strengthen twinning linksbetween Pendle and its twin town; Beit Leed, in Pales-

tine.

This visit was one of the first since the boroughtwinned with the town of Beit Leed. Both the UK andPalestinian students found the visit a real eye opener.Hearing about each others lifestyles, cooking eachother their local cuisines and worked together helped

both parties bond and create a real understanding ordifferent cultures.

Whilst on the radio Sajah; one of the Palestinian stu-dents 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 andgreet 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 learn-

ing about the Palestinian way of living.

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

The UK and Palestine students with Richard (bottomright) posing for a picture at the Pendle Community Ra-

dio studios to add to their memories of their timetogether.


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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 thenorth west. They were concerned that our area, particularly Burnley, wasnt receiving its fair share offunding 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 eventin East Lancashire where they could talk about the type of project thatthey 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 theday included North West Funders Network, BBC Children In Need, BigLottery Fund, Charity Bank, Lloyds TSB Foundation, Key Fund, HeritageLottery Fund, Key Fund, Lloyds TSB Foundation, Sported and The Pros-

pects Foundation - Windfall Fund.

The day began with short presentations byeach of the funders, outlining the amount offunds that were available and guidance wasgiven on how these funds could be accessed.

The event allowed individuals and service pro-viders 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 thatthey felt the event had been a huge success. Funders believed they may havefinally 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 tosuit 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 BBCChildren in Need at the Fair.

Interviewer Iram Sayeed from Pen-dle Community Radio with

Big Lottery Fund representative.


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Pendle Community Radio has been promoting Voluntary, Community & Faith sector (VCFS) organisa-

tions 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.

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:

[email protected] and we will organise for you to come onto one of our community programmes.

Representatives from Homestart Pendle Liz Hinchliffe from Proffitts


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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 remain-

ing 40% provide above 20 hours or more un-

paid 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 be-

tween 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 pre-

dominately women.The impact of caring responsibilities has a huge

impact on carers health. Carers often experi-

ence depression, emotional and physical ex-

haustion. Sleep disturbance being just one fac-

tor 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 com-

bine 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 peo-

ple 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 thecarer 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.


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local community in the East Lancashire area.

Our mission is to enrich the lives of the local community

through the provision of education, information and training through

modern art, media and digital technologies.

One of our key projects is the Pendle Community Radio

station which provides an invaluable service to the East Lanca-

shire community.

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Pendle Community Radio is now offering

local businesses the opportunity to adver-

tise 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 ad-

vertise their products to this growing consumer demographic.

The expense of advertising on other types of media can be a re-

strictive factor especially for smaller businesses and this is precisely

where Pendle Radio can help. Ad spots can be bought by the sec-

ond 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; [email protected].

ELCAP would like to thank all the

readers of this e-newsletter, listen-

ers of PCR Radio and the wonderful

Volunteers who make it all possible.

You are all an important part of EL-

CAP and we hope that you continue

to enjoy the various services we en-

deavour to provide through ELCAP

e-news, PCR Radio and on

www.pendleradio.org.

We always welcome your com-

ments, whether they are good or

bad - we would love to hear from

you.

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ELCAP E-Newsletter Issue 24 - July 2013