‘The view of most with inside knowledge of the prison system is that funding cuts have reduced the ability to manage this risk. Outside prison, organisations committed to preventing radicalisation like the celebrated Jan Trust headed by 7/7 survivor Sajda Mughal have seen their resources slashed.’ Our Patron Nazir Afzal OBE has written in The …
‘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 …
JAN Trust is delighted to announce we have won one of the most prestigious awards in the charity sector – the Education and training Charity of the Year 2019! The Charity Awards is Civil Society Media’s annual awards programme held to identify, recognise and reward those organisations doing exceptional work in all areas of charitable …
Yesterday, the government announced that the UK’s Prevent counter-extremism programme is to undergo an independent review. The review, to start within six months, was proposed by the House of Lords as an amendment to the Counter-Terrorism and Border Security Bill. Our CEO Sajda Mughal OBE has been lobbying for this decision along with other organisations such as Amnesty International, …
“I hope that the Prevent department of the Home Office realises the mistake it has made cutting funding for Web Guardians. If it’s good enough for Google, then why not for government?” Nazir Afzal, patron of JAN Trust, has written in the New Statesman about the work JAN Trust supporting us to counter-radicalisation through our flagship Web …
JAN Trust’s Patron Nazir Afzal OBE features prominently in a 90 minute documentary for BBC One – ‘The Betrayed Girls’. The programme explores Afzal’s instrumental role in delivering justice for the victims of the Rochdale child exploitation scandal. Over the course of almost four years, 47 young girls endured horrific abuse, grooming and trafficking in …
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 …
Former chief crown prosecutor for the Crown Prosecution Service for north-west England Nazir Afzal has praised Sajda Mughal’s work fighting online extremism in a BBC News article. Read more about the fight against online extremism here.
