‘We are in grave danger of leaving vulnerable communities at even greater risk in a time of crisis’ CEO Sajda Mughal has written an opinion piece in the Third Sector about the risk that BAME charities face during the COVID-19 crisis due to a lack of funding. Read more here or below: Sajda Mughal: Sunak …
Sajda Mughal highlights role of BAME NHS staff during pandemic
“I’d like to see more funding for the NHS but also more support for BAME communities because this shows how vital they are to British society.” The first four NHS staff members to die during the coronavirus pandemic were all from minority ethnic backgrounds, which is something that Sajda has highlighted in The Guardian. She …
‘I’m a Londoner – I survived 7/7 and now fight extremism’ – Sajda Mughal’s interview with the Evening Standard
JAN Trust CEO Sajda Mughal spoke to the Evening Standard for the I’m a Londoner series, about surviving 7/7 and how the experience led her to the work she does today – tackling extremism through families, women and mothers. The I’m a Londoner series is a weekly series from the Evening Standard following important London …
Sajda Mughal – Streatham attack – the need for a shakeup of the counter terrorism strategy
After the 7/7 London bombings Sajda Mughal OBE gave up her plans for a career in The City to help tackle extremism and advise the government. She told Ria Chatter from ITV London News what happened in Streatham shows there’s an urgent need to review prisons, deradicalisation and Prevent programmes. Watch the interview below:
JAN Trust Patron Nazir Afzal speaks about Streatham terror attack
‘A small proportion of this cost could be used to fund preventative and de-radicalisation programmes such as the Jan Trust in London run by Sajda Mughal, herself a survivor of 2005’s 7/7 bombings on London transport. The trust’s funding has been depleted by the Home Office, just when we need its work more than ever.’ …
Knife crime is at a record high – here’s what JAN Trust says Boris Johnson must do to fix it
“A joined up approach would enable society to address the root cause of the violence“ Knife crime in the UK is at an all-time high. JAN Trust has spoken in the inewspaper about what needs to be done to tackle knife crime, including more investment in youth clubs. Read the article here or below: New …
Nazir Afzal on Streatham terror attack: Funding cuts to organisations like JAN Trust leads to terrorism risk
‘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 …
London Bridge attack – UK counter-terrorism failing victims and survivors
“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 …
The sale of credit cards knives are ‘dangerous’: Sajda Mughal
“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 …
Sajda Mughal on Channel Five
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 …