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Summer School Camp
Eid Festival
This year, we supplemented our main programme of accredited
courses and activities, with a number of special events and workshops
organised throughout the year in partnership with public, private and
voluntary sector organisations.
| ° Personal safety - young men ( April and May 2001) | |
“Be Safe - personal safety consultants” obtained funding and organised a course for young men in our community. Many of them are subjected to verbal and physical aggression and hostility on a regular basis and the course has helped them deal with difficult situations of this kind. The focus was on developing psychological and physical skills. Psychological skills were included in learning about safety awareness, assessing risks, understanding body language, bullying and safe handling of cash and belongings. Physical skills focused on included judging safe distances, stance and movement, blocks and parries and ground defence TOP |
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| ° Parental craft workshop (September - December 2001) | |
• Pregnancy |
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| ° ESOL/Health promotion (June - July 2001) | |
This series of sessions facilitated by Southwark College had the dual aim of raising English language skills through learning and discussion of health issues. The session titles were: • What is health? • Names of parts of the body/nouns • Diet/nutrition/regular and irregular verbs • Exercise/review of previous lessons • Smoking/adjectives • Home safety/road safetyB By the end of the session participants were more knowledgeable in many areas of family health and felt more confident in undertaking a visit to the doctor. The Association hopes to arrange further classes on other health topics such as dental care, pregnancy and immunisations. TOP |
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| ° Health workshops (November 2001 - January 2002) | |
The centre received a grant from Health First to arrange workshops on: • Coronary heart disease. • Diabetes These diseases are common amongst the Muslim community and it is important to understand how factors such as diet and lifestyle contribute to them. Staff from King’s College Hospital facilitated the sessions in a lively format that included activities and much discussion. TOP . |
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| ° Body shop - beauty workshop (2nd May - 11th July 2001) | |
Consultants from the Body Shop delivered a series of half-day sessions every fortnight from 2nd May - 11th July 2001. The session titles were: • General introduction to skin and body care • Facials • Make-up • Nail care •Body painting At the last session the group visited the Body Shop in Brixton. They were able to test and sample products in the shop and received advice from staff on the use of various treatments. The workshops were
a great success and hugely enjoyed by the women who took part |
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| ° Parents drugs awareness (30th June 3001) | |
We invited the Community Drug Education Project to the Centre for an information session with parents about drug use amongst young people. The main aims of the session were: •to increase knowledge of the effects of drugs • to develop awareness about the use of drugs TOP |
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| ° Horniman museum exhibation (5th - 7th December 2001) | |
The Association was invited by the Horniman Museum to work together on an exhibition about Ramadan, to be displayed in the African Worlds gallery. We contributed Islamic objects and produced display boards with information on the Five Pillars of Islam and on the themes of Tolerance, Family and Women. The exhibition was very well received and the Association has been invited to participate in a similar display in the coming year. TOP |
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| ° Certificate presentation (18th July 2001) | |
Harriet Harman, MP for Camberwell and Peckham, attended the ceremony and presented certificates to those women who had attended courses throughout the year and had obtained qualifications. We produced a video of this ceremony as well as of students during classes, which captures the joy of learning and pride in their achievements that women have gained through courses at the Centre. TOP |
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| ° Iftari get-together (8th December 2001) | |
At the start of Ramadan we held a special event for the whole family. This consisted of prayers followed by a meal and a special programme of activities arranged for the children. TOP |
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| ° Eid-ul-fitr (22nd December 2001) | |
Due to the suffering around the world following the events of September 11th, we did not hold the usual festivities to mark the end of Ramadan, but instead organised a special fund-raising event. It included a jumble sale, food and games and activities for children and raised £1,000 which was donated to the Edhi Foundation UK for the children of Afghanistan. TOP |
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| ° Respect festival (20th – 21st July 2001) | |
SMWA exhibited at the ‘Respect Festival’ part of the ‘GLA Culture Festival’. This event brought together groups from the voluntary sector and provided SMWA with the opportunity to promote our work to organisations that fund and support voluntary sector activities. TOP |
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