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Advice on housing and financial options for families with children facing severe poverty or homelessness because they have NRPF. Visit the Project 17 website or call 07963 509 044.

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Support for those with NRPF, including to have NRPF condition removed if applicable. Visit the Unity Project website.

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Support for the Black and Ethnic Minority communities in Tower Hamlets including youth programmes, women’s empowerment projects and mental health support.

Languages spoken include Somali, Bangla, Urdu and English. Visit the WIT website or call 020 7790 2650.

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Martin is a consultant trauma and vascular surgeon at Barts Health NHS Trust and national clinical director for violence reduction for NHS England.

His community work with young people has turned around many lives. He is keen to make sure young Black people have their voices heard.

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Fatima is a mum of five and lives in Tower Hamlets.

She is a school governor and an advocate for young people with Special, Educational Needs and Disabilities.

She is keen to get more residents from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic groups (BAME) backgrounds to become school governors.

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Ashikur Rahman is the lead imam at Darul Ummah Shadwell and has vast experience of serving the local community.

He has lived in the borough for more than 20 years and has been involved in community work all his life.

During the pandemic the mosque set up many projects to support residents including a

  • food hub
  • befriending service to provide support to elderly residents including delivering medicines and groceries.

He is also an expert with engaging with young people and understands the issues facing Asian Muslim teenagers.

 

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Jai is a Chief Inspector with the Met Police, policing neighbourhoods in Tower Hamlets and Hackney.

He has risen through the ranks from a police constable right through to senior leadership.

When he was a police community support officer he enjoyed engaging with local communities, having been born and bred in Newham and had a good understanding and lived experience of local issues.

The Met offers many routes for residents to take an active role in helping to keep our communities safe.

There are many opportunities for residents such as becoming a cadet and volunteer, special constables and police community support officers.

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Shafi is a chief surgeon at the Royal London Hospital, teacher, innovator, professor and entrepreneur.

He is a pioneering surgeon who grew up and was educated in East London. Shafi’s online videos have been watched hundreds of thousands of times, earning him the accolade of the most-watched surgeon in human history.

Shafi has set up a women’s clinic in Bangladesh and trains clinical staff to ensure the most vulnerable have access to the best care.

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Safia is the CEO of the Women’s Inclusive Team based in Bethnal Green.

Safia received the ‘The Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service’ in 2022, for exceptional services in supporting the most vulnerable in Tower Hamlets during the pandemic.

Safia and her team of 500 volunteers established a food bank, community kitchen and delivery service supporting vulnerable residents throughout the pandemic.

Over the last twenty years Safia has continued to work with often unheard and marginalised communities.

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Sufia has worked in community development and leadership, working in women’s centres in Tower Hamlets for the last 27 years.

She currently manages projects and programmes at the East London Mosque.

She began her career at Wapping Women’s Centre in 1997 where she set up projects to help Bangladeshi women into education and employment.

Recently Sufia has turned her attention to climate change and educating the community about to be more responsible and look after the planet.

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