What Are They? These are small grants of up to £500 available to individual community members or informal community groups. (This funding is not available to large organisations). So far, over 240 grants have been awarded across Tower Hamlets. What Can The Grant Pay For? Your project must show that it supports members of your… Read more
“You have inspired me so much to keep up my fight and struggle and never give up doing what I’m doing…” As Metropolitan Police carried out more than 500 arrests as part of their newly launched Trident Gang Crime Command, a community grass roots project in East London welcomed more than 500 mostly young people through its… Read more
Opening with a song performance of Jessie J’s ‘Who you are’, Amaal Girls Project held its first youth conference for young women in Tower Hamlets last Monday. Titled ‘Who am I?’ the youth conference explored the issue of self-image, a major underlying cause for the barriers and challenges young women face to achievement. The event… Read more
The Osmani Trust week of celebration started off with a buzz of health activities when the new Osmani Centre was brought to life with the inaugural Health Expo event last Thursday 9th February 2012. The Health Expo has been a huge success, with both exhibitors and visitors reporting a very productive and vibrant event. The… Read more
Over 400 guests attended the official opening of the Osmani Centre on 13 February 2012. Special guests who attended the ceremony included: – Executive Mayor of Tower Hamlets, Lutfur Rahman – Former Lord Mayor of the City of London and a patron of Osmani Trust, Alderman Sir Michael Bear – BBC’s Junior Apprentice 2011 winner,… Read more
Tuesday 24th January 2012 was a historical day for Asian Football, the first ever major football event was held to recognise the accomplishments of the Asian community in football to highlight the contribution they make to the beautiful game. Asian Football Awards (AFA) supported by the FA and Kick It Out, with Sporting Equals as… Read more
Aasha Gang Mediation will be holding an event on Riots,Gangs & Racism Convention on 15th Feb 2012. We have a number of specialist guest speakers that will be addressing the subject from their own expertise and field of work. We expect our conference to broaden the understanding of all those who work with young people and… Read more
Amaal will be holding its first Annual Youth Conference ‘Who am I?’ on Monday 13th February 2012. The conference will be run in celebration of the opening of our new 3 storey purpose built youth and community centre from where we are currently based. The ‘Who am I?’ conference will seek to aid young women… Read more
