Providing a food bank seven days a week for those in need, essential delivery services and online counselling to ease anxiety.

Before the coronavirus outbreak, Green Lane Mosque and Community Centre ran a food bank a few days a week.

Now, with the impacts of the pandemic affecting the most vulnerable, the demand for the food bank has increased and it is running seven days a week – and a whole host of schools, housing associations, care workers, and organisations including Barnados and Age UK have asked if the Mosque can provide food parcels for people who would otherwise go without.

Using a network of volunteers, the Mosque is also running an emergency delivery service to make sure people in the community – both Muslims and non-Muslims – are receiving essential items.

On top of this, it is running a counselling service to help people feeling anxious during lockdown, and looking at ways it can engage young people online.

Operating with social distancing measures in place has been a challenge – but the Mosque has continued to provide much-needed support to its community. Funds from The National Emergencies Trust have gone towards the purchase of food and delivery costs, so that people in the local community have somewhere to go for help in this difficult time.

Saleem Ahmed, Head of Welfare Services, said,

“The effects of coronavirus are being felt heavily by those in our community and we have done our best to help through our food bank, delivery, and counselling services. We appreciate the funds from the National Emergencies Trust, which mean we can continue to provide this much-needed support.”

To speak to Saleem Ahmed please contact [email protected] 

“The effects of coronavirus are being felt heavily by those in our community and we have done our best to help through our food bank, delivery, and counselling services. We appreciate the funds from the National Emergencies Trust, which mean we can continue to provide this much-needed support.”

To speak to Saleem Ahmed please contact [email protected]