The Flowhesion Foundation is excited to announce that it is working with prisoners on release at Howarth House, Blackburn an approved premises. The Foundation is working in partnership with clinks and HMPPS to deliver drop-in sessions where residents of Howarth House can access advice, pastoral support help with claiming benefits as well as gateway access to a range of other localised support and offers. Imam shoaib Vaka, himself a prison chaplain and Flowhesion project facilitator said, ‘ i have been working in the prison…
Continue ReadingLOVING The FLOW Quarterly Magazine
The young people who were involved worked tirelessly to bring high quality content to young audiences. The Magazine is based around four key community cohesion themes, BELONG, BUILD, ACHIEVE, VALUE. This issue features reporting on important efforts by organisations in Bolton to help the homeless, Bolton’s first ever christian-Muslim-Humanist dialogue project, a detailed look at how the cotton industry and manufacturing shaped Bolton’s landscape as well as interviews with recent migrants who share their love and life in our town! Said the…
Continue ReadingSpecialist counselling services for Lancashire Bamer women
The Flowhesion Foundation is excited to have been nominated by the Ministry of Justice, through the Office of the Lancashire Police Crime Commissioner, Clive Grunshaw to offer specialist counseling services to bamer communities in Lancashire around DV and mental health issues presented by the current pandemic. The invaluable funding will help us meet the additional costs which have been incurred during a period of adaptation to our services in response to the coronavirus pandemic as well as assisting us to…
Continue ReadingCOVID19 Response and Support Hub Programme
We’ve been extremely busy since the pandemic helping our vulnerable bamer communities in Bolton and across Greater Manchester. Listen to our interview on ALL FM, a Manchester based radio station where we discuss the importance of empowering elderly people to use online social media and communication tools alongside the traditional mental health work that is done with this diaspora. Said the director of The Flowhesion Foundation; Imam Abdu Hafeez Siddique’ If there is one thing we learn from this pandemic…
Continue ReadingManchester Unites cohesion programme
We are delighted to have been funded by Manchester city council to work in partnership with Al-Hilal CiC to deliver an exciting, innovative community cohesion e-magazine for the City. Young people from the Cheetham and Crumpsall wards will take part in writing the content, design and publication of this e-magazine. It will focus on belonging, civic participation, valuing other cultures and young people’s aspirations for the ward. Aside from exploring the different facets of community life and belonging in the wards; young…
Continue ReadingOur vision and partnership Offer to build a more cohesive Britain
The Foundation is pleased to present its offer to work with the public sector and other partners in its pursuit of delivering high quality, cost effective, community-facing interventions. said the director of the Foundation Imam Abdul Hafeez Siddique; ‘In an uncertain financial landscape where over £18 billion pounds of cuts to Local Authority budgets have been made since 2010, a radical new way of working is required. Therefore our vision is a leap forward in the delivery of cost effective,…
Continue ReadingWorking with CANW to support south-asian carers
It was a pleasure to be working with staff, panel members, managers and foster carers at Child Action North west. The Foundation was tasked to deliver a series of workshops that unpacked south-asian culture and how foster carers were able to better support placements where they may be risk of CSE. The sessions went extremely well with excellent feedback from all attendees. Said the Director of the Flowhesion Foundation, ‘ Working with fostering agencies has become a core part of…
Continue ReadingBuilding More Resilient Communities Project – Manchester
We are excited to announce our collaboration with Faith Matters and Al- Hilal to deliver a series of workshops in Manchester that will equip marginalised women with the critical thinking skills, knowledge and awareness to challenge and reject narratives and ideologies of hate and extremism. It will ensure that participants better understand the challenges that face community cohesion in the city and how they can collectively be overcome. The project will be delivered in the Cheetham Hill and Newton Heath areas of…
Continue ReadingHatecrime projects in Bolton 2017-2019
We are thrilled to be working for the third year in a row with Bolton Council’s Be safe partnership and Bolton CVS to raise much needed awareness of hate crime to Bolton’s marginalised communities. Last year we delivered hate crime workshops and awareness sessions to somali women. This year we intend to deliver similar workshops to elderly south-asian women and young mothers. The director of the Foundation; Imam Abdul Hafeez Siddique noted; ‘“Hate crime has no place in a vibrant…
Continue Readingmedia influence of the general British population on UK Muslims
‘Hate crime in general and Islamophobia in particular have become major issues in Britain. Shaped by a range of dynamics; there has been a reported 40% increase in hate crime in 2017 with a 52% increase in Islamophobic incidents (Homeoffice, 2018). Many argue that Media bias or perceptions of Muslims in the Media could also be a contributing factor. This research project explores this hypothesis. A partnership between Flowhesion, The University of Chester and NCCP; it explores ‘the long-term exposure…
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