bcom newsletter apr 2011

Spring - April 2011 Issue3www.thebcom.org

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2 Contents

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3 Welcome

4 The BCoM

5 Mosque And Madrasah

6 Funeral And Burial

7 Children And Young People

10 Health

11 Community Development And Leadership

17 Counselling

18 BCoM Mosque Committee Decisions


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The Funding Cuts locally has not spared the Bolton Council of Mosques, with a 52% cut in the funding allocated from the local authority, this will have a big impact on the future delivery of services and more imminently the reduction of staff as the contracts come to an end at the end of March 2011.

With our Chief Officer - Yaseer Ahmed Leaving to pastures new and the contracts coming to an end for the Womens Developmet officer - Amina Atcha, Mosque and Madrasah Development officer - Moalana Waleed Shaukhat and Leadership and Community Development officer - Salma Mogradia, I would like to on behalf of the BCoM Mosque Management, Executives and staff wish them well in their future aspirations and careers.

Moving towards re-modelling the services offered by the Bolton Council of Mosques and the visioning undertaken with Mosque representatives, we are planning to concentrate our work on the following work areas going into the future :

• Mosque and Madrasah Support

• Young Women’s Work

• Forum and Volunteer Development

• Inter-faith Engagement

• Safeguarding

• Capacity building

• Male youth Development projects

• Civic Engagement and Participation

• Development of Funeral and Burial Service

Achieving the vision and work plans can only be achieved with a healthy and active bank of volunteers and community Champions. We will be working hard to engage with those who want to make a difference and collaborate to make a change. The next few years is about working with less to do more, and doing it better for the betterment of the community and the future generation.

3 Welcome

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Welcome To The 3rd Edition Of The Bolton Council Of MosquesConnect Newsletter

to read the latest information on the

Corporate, Voluntary, Community & Faith

funding allocation for 2011 - 2012.

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to read the latest information on the Children & Young People funding allocation for2011 - 2012.

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4 The BCoM

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Programmes Delivered From The BCoM Facilities

BANDWeekenders Drop-InEvery Saturday and Sunday from10am - 1pm

Conference and FunctionsContact BCoM for more information

Bolton Community College: Sewing ClassesContact Bolton College On01204 482000

Bolton Community College: ESOL taster SessionsEvery Thursday 1pm - 4pm Contact: Peter Griffiths01204 482460

Health InitiativesContact our Health Forum for more information on [email protected]

Creative SupportCarers Support GroupEvery Thursday afternoon from 1pm - 3pm. Contact the BCOM for more information.

Girls Youth Provision & Activities Contact Khadija Patel on01204 363680

Arabic ClassesEvery Saturday from 1.15pm - 2.45pm. Contact Bilal on07588 610245 or 01204 603583

Mosques Visits and religious education training programmes Contact Hafiz Yunus Bobat01204 363680

Deane NurseryDeane PlaygroupOpen Monday to Friday For further details Contact the nursery on07787 503811

Conference Training and FunctionsFacilities available to host programmesContact the office on 01204 363680

For more information contact [email protected] or call 01204 363680

Bolton Council Of Mosques, 1 Vicarage Street, Bolton, BL3 5LE

£3.00per lesson

(2 hours)

£3.00per lesson

(2 hours)

£2.50per lesson

(2 hours)

SaturdayYouth Club

40pSaturdays from

3pm-5pm

£2.00per lesson

(2 hours)

Activities also available in the

Great Lever and Crompton Areas

Healthy Eating &Cooking Class

£2.50per lesson

(2 hours)

Trips to theme parks in

school holidays

Other opportunities around employment, drugs and fire

safety, as well as schools and madrassah support

BCOM - girls youth work poster nov10 2.indd 1 24/11/2010 11:08


Pray And Play With Al Jamiatul Islamiyyah - Darul Uloom Bolton

Once again BCoM managed to support a fantastic residential programme that took 30 students with 6 staff from Darul-Uloom Bolton to Water park in Coniston. The Bukhari Sharif Students with other young students aspiring to achieve to that status went through a challenging programme of activities, with still finding time to fulfil the religious elements of the programme.

The principle with other teachers joined the students to take part in water sport, Ghyll scrambling and high rope activities with a BBQ treat on the Saturday evening.

October this year will see Ghosia Mosque students taking up the challenging and team building activities.

5 Mosque And Madrasah

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Madrasah Guidance Document Launching Very Soon

“Children are a precious gift of the Almighty and our responsibility is to ensure we nurture, educate and instil the values to help them develop into responsible, confident and mature citizens. Our Madrasahs have for many generations played a key role in achieving this. ”The Guidance will cover Madrasah Management, Understanding and Managing Child Protection and safeguarding with sample policies, procedures and forms to adopt. The Whole Madrasah guidance package will offer a tool kit for developing the Madrasah sector further into the future.

“This guidance document aims to provide support to Madrasahs to help them adopt policies and procedures ensuring that legal and statutory responsibilities are discharged. This will enable us to create an environment where our children feel safe and enjoy learning. In a hadith, our beloved Prophet (peace be upon him) states that, “he is not one of us who does not show compassion to our little ones and recognize the rights of our elders”. (Tirmidhi) ”


Funeral Vehicle

The BCoM Burial service was gifted with a customised funeral vehicle with the old vehicle moving to serve the communities in Yorkshire. Essa foundation once again supported with a top of the range fully fitted vehicle to serve the funeral and burial work in Bolton as well as generously donating another 5 vehicles to other towns and cities.

The old BCoM vehicle had a good clean and had a name change to IMWS Muslim Burial service before driven off to serve the communities in Dewsbury and Batley.

6 Funeral And Burial

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Ghusal Training

The second phase of the Burial training took place on February 16th 2011 with a mixture of new faces and regular volunteers attending. This was an opportunity for the new members to learn the ropes and for the established volunteers to ensure that they were carrying out the rituals correctly.

The training consisted of washing the deceased and the shrouding process. Maulana Mohsin, Qari Faruk and Maulana Nizamuddin attended to deliver and guide the volunteers with Maulana Mohsin taking the lead and practically delivering the training in a professional yet easy to understand manner. The volunteers were taught the method of washing the deceased and the how to prepare the kafan (shroud). Once the material was cut, Maulana Mohsin donned the kafan on a life-size dummy, making the training as realistic as possible.

The evening ended with a question and answer session where Maulana Mohsin and Maulana Nizamuddin answered a number of questions related to the washing and shrouding.

A sincere JazakAllah to Maulana Mohsin for delivering an excellent training session and also to Maulana Nizamuddin for his support and for Qari Faruk for attending.



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Half Term Activities

Young people took part in many positive activities organised by the Bolton Council of Mosques this February half term. Over 50 girls from across the borough took part in an intense two day leadership course, fishing excursions, first aid course and a trip to Blackpool theme park.

All activities were in partnership and organised by the BCoM Girls Youth Group- KRIMMZ. Funding was secured through the Bolton Council cash panel. The leadership course which was delivered to 18 girls from different backgrounds by Gazali Training.

The first aid course which was delivered by the British Red Cross again attracted over 15 girls who learnt basic first aid. Over 25 girls over three days attended the fishing excursions which was funded by Get hooked on Fishing. And finally over 50 young people attended the Blackpool trip.

All activities were organised by the youth forum and well attended. More activities will be organised for the Easter break.



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Friday 18th March 2011 marked Red Nose Day, a fantastic British fundraising event to help disadvantaged children in Africa and UK.

For many years comedians and celebrities have put on their read noses and put the fun back in to fundraising by doing great things to raise lots of money for Red Nose Day.

This year the 1st Ethical Charitable Trust and BCoM (Bolton Council of Mosques) rubbed their red noses together to raise money by holding a cake-decorating competition for girls between the ages of 10 and 19.

The 1st Ethical Charitable Trust believe that getting involved with events such as Red Nose Day is a not only a chance to raise money for a good cause and have fun but also a fantastic opportunity to demonstrate shared values with the mainstream community to enhance social and religious cohesion.

CakeDecorating Competition4 - 5pm Saturday 12th March 2011At The Bolton Council Of Mosques,1 Vicarage Street, Bolton

Seventeen girls will take part in the competition,and their cakes will be judged on style and creativity.

A chance to raise money for a good cause and have fun.

& Cake SaleAll proceeds will go to comic relief.All are welcome!

Have Your CakeAnd Eat It This

The event successfully raised over £300 for

Comic Relief!

Young Muslim Girls Made a Difference for Red Nose Day!



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Shorai

On the 13th February this year, Shorai members went to the George H Carnell Sports Centre in Manchester to compete in the WKC English National Championships.

Six of the members earned the right to represent England at the WKC Karate World Championships this October at Cadiz, Spain. The six competitors are:

Georgina CoxonConor O’ ByrneEllis WaughDaniel WigelsworthAdam RocertsImran Majid

Shorai have been supported by the BCOM to deliver programmes from the Zakiria Mosque and Hobart Street, Halliwell facilities who are are looking to raise £5000 to finance this trip and to cover associated costs. As a sponsor, company logo or name would be displayed on the England tracksuits that the competitors will be using. These will be worn to and around the event, giving potentially worldwide publicity. The sponsor will also receive a wonderful keepsake as a momento of the event.

The six competitors have all worked extraordinarily hard to achieve their places on the England team. They fully deserve this fantastic opportunity. Please help if you can; who knows, you might just be sponsoring the next world champion!

Contact Sensei Imran Majid on 07834 537019

For MORE Info Read The REVERSE OF

THIS LEAFLET OR CALL

Imran Majid (Sensei) 07834 537019

Farouk Vali 07870 27 06 69

SUPPORTED BY

At Hobart Hall, Hobart Street

(just off Halliwell Road)

MONDAY

7.30pm - 8.30pm

Open to all (5yrs+)

MONDAY

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Female Only (5yrs+)

(female instructor)

SATURDAY

10.00am - 12noon

Open to all (5yrs+)

Young

People

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Adults

£3per session

Shorai Association (International) was established in 1986 by Chief Instructor Sensei Joe Tierney, 7th Dan. Shorai loosely translated means ‘future’. It is an open system which has fundamental values but has incorporated the modern aspect for today’s martial artist.

Discipline, respect and having fun is the model that Shorai Conflict and Prevention Karate Club promotes.

The Club prides itself in the image and professionalism it shows and with this there is an expectation for the participant to purchase their own equipment once they show week in week out commitment.

Shorai International – conflict and prevention working with the local community groups and sponsors will help to support and make the sessions as affordable as possible.

We are actively seeking sponsorship support and external funding to reduce the costs to the participants, we will ensure that you are informed of the support we can offer.

If you would like to sponsor or contribute to this club, then please do not hesitate to contact Sensei Imran Majid on 07834537019.

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If you decide to continue after an initial 4 week trial,a few additional costs may apply... Competitions (entrance and transport cost for each competition) varies Uniform £25.00 Licence £15.00 Safety Equipment (gloves,mits,gums,shield etc after the first grading) £43.00


BCOM Circumcision Update

The Service will see the following changes in the coming months :

• Cost of the Service will increase to £95.00

• A weekly service rota will be put in place (currently fortnightly)

• The Service moving from Pikes Lane Health Centre to Waters Meeting Road Health Centre

More information and start date for these changes will be advertised soon.

Monthly Health Professional Development Programmes

The BCoM Health Forum has been busy organising monthly training programmes to support professionals in their personal development alongside the opportunity to network with others. The Monthly programmes have seen over 30 professionals take part in inspirational talks on different subjects. The topic slides and information are also shared and uploaded onto the BCoM Website.

For more information, email [email protected]

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Meningitis Vaccination Clinics

The first Session to this cost to cost service saw 108 people jabbed up to receive the required ACWY meningitis vaccination service as well as guidance from the doctors on other health matters.

The service has been setup due to the demand from the community of the extortianate charges for this service across the town. The success of the service has seen families travelling to Bolton from as far as Coventry and once again BCoM requested to support similar setups in Batley, Coventry and London.

Don’t forget to book and pay in advance...



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Communities Batting Together 2011

Cricket fever came to Bolton when the annual cricket competition took place at the Bolton Arena. This years winners Your Travel took home the shield and winning prize of £400. Runners up Bharuch received trophies and a prize of £150.

Indoor Cricket Organising Committee

C mmunitiesBatting Together

2011 Champions - ‘Your Travel’

Indoor Cricket Organising Committee

C mmunitiesBatting Together



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Join The BCoM Team For The One Bolton 5k Legacy Event

The Bolton Council Of Mosques is assembling a team to partcipate in the One Bolton 5kLegacy Event. The run will take place on Sunday 8th May 2011, at 10am, and will includefun runners and charity racers at a wide range of different abilties - as such, partcipantsare welcome to run, walk or jog the 5 kilometre distance.

The event will start and finish at the Reebok Stadium, home of Premier League footballclub Bolton Wanderers. The route will follow Burnden Way before looping round RedMoss nature reserve. A fantastic flat course ideal for beginners, fun runners and personalbest times!

To join the BCoM team, please contact us on 01204 363680 to register your interest.Runners are also welcome to join on the day itself.



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Interfaith ChaplaincyProgramme 2011

Building on the 2010 Chaplaincy programme, March 2011 saw the start of a Muslim, Hindu and Christian Partnership bringing together 24 candidates from the interfaith community.

The programme is lead by Moalana Waleed Shoukat in partnership with the other faith communities and supported by Bolton College and Bolton University.

The Programme is an innovative generic course exploring Chaplaincy from an inter-faith perspective specifically Christian, Hindu and Muslim.

The programme will see a final certificate presentation held at the Bolton Council of Mosques on the 16th April 2011.

Al Ansar is a newly formed supportgroup for reverts to Islam. BoltonCouncil of Mosques is supporting thegroup to promote programmes andestablish a network that can helpsupport individuals to better theunderstanding of Islam.

A series of programmes have beenintroduced taking new learnersthrough the five pillars of Islam,with support on offer For more information contact:[email protected]

The Pillars Of Islam2. Salah - Prescribed PrayersFriday 25th March 7pm till 9pmAt BCOM, 1 Vicarage Street, Bolton, BL3 5LE

• guest speaker - Shaykh Abdur-Raheem Limbada• group workshops • questions and answers• light refreshments • creche facilities available upon requestPlease register your attendance at [email protected]

“ How Do I Know What I Don’t Know ?”



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Love Bolton Hate Litter

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Each of the faiths recognisesthe beauty of creation andurges their followers to carefor the environment. The FaithLeaders of Bolton thereforeencourage all citizens of theborough to take pride in theirneighbourhood and to keep ittidy and attractive. It is goodfor body, mind and spirit to livein peace with one another andin harmony with oursurroundings. So let ustogether “Love Bolton, hatelitter”.

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Please keep Bolton tidy

Bolton Faith Leaders Forum supports

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Please keep Bolton tidy

Bolton Faith Leaders Forum supports

Islam emphasises on both spiritual andphysical cleanliness.

On the physical side, Islam requires aMuslim to clean his body, his clothes, hissurroundings and the whole community.

On the spiritual side, a Muslim shouldclean his heart, mind and soul. The holyQuran states;

Allah loves those who turn to Himconstantly and He loves those who keepthemselves pure and clean. (2; 22)

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Quiet Rooms In Bolton

The Bolton Council of Mosques have worked with a number of organisations over the years in helping to develop quiet/prayer rooms across Bolton. The information below gives details of the various rooms in Bolton and their opening times.

For more info, please call 01204 363680, email [email protected] or visit www.thebcom.org Royal Bolton Hospital Prayer Room

The prayer room is located between F Block and the maternity ward, opposite the Chapel and next to the Hindu Temple. The prayer room is open 24 hours a day and has a wash area within the room. The chapel/mosque is clearly signposted. The room is open to all.

Bolton Town Hall Quiet RoomThe quiet room is situated on the ground floor opposite the dido suite. The room is for people of all faiths and for those of no faith. There is a wash area within the room. The quiet room is only accessible for Bolton Council employees and visitors.

Bolton Market Place Quiet RoomThe quiet room is situated opposite the children’s section of the Next store. The room remains locked at all times and will be opened by the security guards after a request is made at the customer service desk, which is located at the entrance of the Market Place (Market Street entrance), next to H&M. The room is open to all.

University of Bolton Prayer RoomThe prayer room is located in the Eagle Mall before the library and is open when the University is open. There is a wash room opposite the prayer room. The prayer room is open to students and visitors.

Bolton Wanderers Quiet RoomThe quiet room is located in the West Stand Lower Concourse. Supporters located in other areas of the stadium can access the quiet room by contacting a Steward who will then escort them to the room. The room is open to all supporters, staff, players and visitors.



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22nd January 2011 saw delegates from across the country embark onto the Bolton Council of Mosques to attend the Central Working Committee Meeting.

Over 40 delegates across the country came together at the Bolton Council of Mosques Conference Suite to go through a packed agenda discussing the needs of the Muslim Community in Britain.

The Muslim Council of Britain (MCB) is an umbrella organisation dedicated to the common good, to the betterment of the community and country. The Bolton Council of Mosques with the representative mosques are affiliates to the MCB and has representation on the CWC.

Muslim Council of Britain Central working Committee (CWC) Hosted in Bolton


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BCOM Counselling Service

Considering the cut backs in many services throughout the local authority and health sectors, Bolton Council of Mosques is extremely pleased to announce that it’s increasingly popular counselling service will be continuing to serve the ethnic minority communities of Bolton. However the service will only be continuing on a reduced scale on Monday and Tuesday afternoons.

BCOM Counselling Service was etablished over two years ago, primarily to provide a more culturally appropriate counselling service to the black and minority ethnic communities of Bolton and the surrounding areas. However we do provide a service to the white indigenous population of Bolton too.

The services offered are one to one counselling, couple counselling and specialist Islamic counselling for clients from the Islamic faith.

All counsellors are qualified in person centred therapy but work with an eclectic approach with the core conditions of empathy, unconditional positive regard and congruence.

The counselling service is a member of the British association of Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and we adhere to their ethics and code of good practice.

Counselling sessions can be conducted in English, Urdu or Gujarati for people experiencing any issues.


18 BCoM Mosque Committee Decisions & Info Shared

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January 2011• Feedback given on the Female Safeguarding Seminar where over a hundred female teachers attended.

• designated child protection officer training requested

• Funding update shared.

• New cemetery update given.

• Burial training to take place on 16th February 2011.

• Meeting with Bolton News information shared.

• Circumcision service update given.

• Meningitis Vaccination programme shared and agreed to

promote

• Information given on the Interfaith Chaplaincy course starting 26th March 2011 shared.

• Al-Ansar event to take place on Friday 25th February 2011 shared.

March 2011• Approve organisation priorities and staffing re-structure

• Safeguarding issue highlighted. Mosques agreed to

ensure policies and procedures are in place and staff are

CRB checked

• New Cemetary plans and Layout Agreed

• Members were informed that a new Funeral Vehicle had been donated by Essa Foundation.

• Update given on the burial training which took place on the 16th of February.

• Cemetery walkway project appeal has been achieved. The shortfall for the project will be donated by Essa Foundation. Agreed to start work late April.

• Update given on the Meningitis Vaccination session. 108 people attended.

• Information on the Circumcision costs of £95 as opposed

to £130 and additional changes shared. Approved to

market changes.

BCOM Commitee RepresentativesA list of the representatives that make up the Bolton

Council of Mosques connecting you to the work we do is listed below:

Mosque Name

Aleef Mosque Asif Patel, Ibraheem Patel

Al Falah mosque Abdul Bux, Ayub Bux

Al Rahman Iqbal Patel, Hanif Mohmed

Aqsa Mosque Mubashir Khan, Arfan Ali

Ashrafia Altaf Limbada, Imran Kotwal

Darul Quran Maulana Hassan, Zakaria Patel

Darul Uloom Asif Patel, Maulana Suhail

Ghosia Mosque Bashir Shama, Yakub Jiva

Masjid Ibraheem Saqib Sheikh, Hanif Kola

Jamiah Alavia Mosque Maulana Sabir Ali, Tariq Mahmood

Madina Mosque Afzal Rasul, Gulfam Hussain

Makka Mosque Sajid Malik, Kamran Khan

Makki Mosque Gaffar Patel, Ismail Adam

Masjid e Usman Babu Bhai, Qari Faruk

Masjid e Noor Rashid Mogradia, Mohammed Iqbal Mogradia

New Madina Mosque Khalil Ahmed, Sabir Khan

Noorul Islam Usman Gazra, Faruk Patel

Salaam Mosque Imtiaz Ali, Babu Bhai

Sughra Mosque Haroon Rashid, Anwar Raee

Taiyyabah Mosque Mohammed Matadar, Siddik Kamboli

Zakariyya Mosque Farook Chapti, Zaheer Malek

* correct at the point of publication


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