“You will not change a person’s deeply entrenched radicalised mindset with only a couple of hours of deradicalisation support a week“ Our CEO Sajda Mughal OBE has written an opinion piece in inews about the attack on London Bridge that occurred on Friday the 29th of November 2019. She says that tackling and challenging the ideology …
“It is difficult to see any circumstance in which there would be a need to conceal a knife as a credit card.” JAN Trust CEO, Sajda Mughal, spoke to the Evening Standard about the dangers of the online sale of blades that can be disguised as credit cards. JAN Trust works to combat youth violence …
“I am sure that they will take what they learnt here into the wider community making Islington safer for us all.” We’ve been mentioned in the Islington Gazette! We recently delivered our pioneering Web Guardians™ programme to mothers in Islington in order to help them save their kids from online extremism and gangs. Read the …
JAN Trust CEO, Sajda Mughal OBE, featured in a Channel Five documentary on 21st October 2019 that focused on the rise of racially and religiously aggravated hate crimes. In the documentary Sajda speaks candidly about her experiences of Islamophobia and the effects of this abuse. As well as, the implications of derogatory headlines in the …
As a BBC analysis has revealed that knife crime is higher in some regional towns and cities than in many London boroughs, JAN Trust CEO, Sajda Mughal OBE, has spoken to the inews about how this in part is a result of the deprivation suffered by many young people across the country. Sajda highlights the …
“The message is both emotive and powerful and has the potential to spark conversations that may deter young people from carrying a knife.” A new knife crime campaign that has been rolled out by West Midlands Police sees Sadam Essakhil reflect from prison and provides powerful message for young people. Sajda Mughal, JAN Trust CEO, …
Our CEO Sajda has asked for Prime Minister Boris Johnson to help sustain the relationship between local charities and communities by providing supporting and funding. Communities need to feel supported and this is what Sajda emphasises in the Third Sector article. Read the article here or below: A month ago, Boris Johnson became Prime Minister …
“Instead of the Home Office ploughing into this type of campaign, which is not likely to make a difference, investment should be made in community projects and youth services that have been hard hit.” JAN Trust has described the Home Office’s campaign targeting chicken shops to discourage knife crime as ‘ill-advised.’ Instead, investment should be …
Our CEO Sajda Mughal highlights that a lack of social mobility and inclusion cannot be considered the main cause of the development of home grown terrorists. Instead CEO Sajda Mughal states that ‘a lack of social mobility and inclusion cannot be considered a driving force for homegrown terrorists being recruited in the UK. She highlights that home-grown …
‘Isn’t protecting our communities worth shaking the money tree?’ Our Patron Nazir Afzal has written in the ByLine Times about JAN Trust’s lack of funding from the government. Significant funding to anti-crime, pro-victim organisations such as JAN Trust are key to seeing long-term crime reduction. Read the article here or below: Boris Johnson’s Government appears …
