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JAN Trust on BBC SML

JAN Trust on BBC SML

On the 9th of July, BBC Sunday Morning Live featured our CEO Sajda Mughal and our Web Guardians™ programme. Sajda spoke about her experience of the 7/7 bombings, marking the 12 year anniversary. She also spoke about her pioneering Web Guardians™ programme. The piece also featured some women and mothers who had taken part in …

JAN Trust in Eastern Eye

JAN Trust in Eastern Eye

Our CEO Sajda Mughal appeared in the Eastern Eye newspaper to talk about her 7/7 experience and the flashbacks she still suffers as a result of her traumatic experience. She also spoke about the key work that she is doing through the Web Guardians™ programme, and the need for support through funding to continue the …

JAN Trust in Closer

JAN Trust in Closer

In June, Sajda appeared in Closer magazine to talk about how mothers are key in preventing radicalisation and our highly successful Web Guardians™ programme. The article can be found here.

CEO writes for The Huffington Post

CEO writes for The Huffington Post

“I left my job and came on-board to the JAN Trust which is a multi-award winning women’s NGO supporting and empowering marginalised women and mothers to lead better lives and to become role models to their children.” Sajda has written about her 7/7 experience for The Huffington Post. Click here to read Sajda’s opinion piece.

JAN Trust in press after Finsbury Park attack

JAN Trust in press after Finsbury Park attack

“We cannot let these attacks divide the community in any way because that’s exactly what they want us to do. If we do, we will be feeding into the extremist narrative both on the far-right sight of things, as well as on the Islamist extremist side of things.” Sajda has been mentioned in the press …

JAN Trust in press after London Bridge attack

JAN Trust in press after London Bridge attack

Sajda Mughal OBE has appeared on various media outlets to talk about the London Bridge attacks. She also speaks about the lack of funding for programmes like JAN Trust’s Web Guardians™ programme, which tackles online radicalisation at the grassroots level. Read more here and watch some of the interviews!

JAN Trust in the press after Manchester terror attack

JAN Trust in the press after Manchester terror attack

Sajda Mughal, a 7/7 survivor, has spoken about the Manchester terror attack in the press and how the country must remain united in the face of terrorism. Read more here: Manchester attack: London 7/7 survivors pledge solidarity as they warn against fear and hate. Read more here.  Terror attack survivor’s message to Manchester: ‘Stay strong. …

Nazir Afzal OBE, Patron of JAN Trust

Nazir Afzal OBE, Patron of JAN Trust

JAN Trust is delighted to announce that Nazir Afzal OBE has become our Patron. Nazir Afzal has had an extensive and distinguished career in the Crown Prosecution Service. He was Britain’s most senior lawyer within the Crown Prosecution Service and made history as the first Muslim to be appointed to such a position. Throughout his …