Earlier this month, the Home Affairs Committee as part of its ongoing inquiry into countering extremism online met with representatives from social media organisations, Google, Facebook and Twitter and counter-terrorism groups. The aim of the meeting was to find out how these companies and organisations were dealing with the issue of online extremism. Members of …
JAN Trust in Evening Standard for funding struggles
‘Charities like the JAN Trust face growing competition for the scraps philanthropic organisations can spare.’ JAN Trust has been mentioned in The Evening Standard for the funding cuts that it is facing. Read more here.
JAN Trust in BBC News
“It’s heartening to hear the prime minister is providing this language funding but it should trickle down to grass-roots organisations and not just be given to bigger ones like colleges.” Our CEO Sajda Mughal has spoken about the funding that the British government has provided and how it is not enough for a charity like …
CEO interviewed by the Mirror
“I survived the 7/7 bombings and now I work to stop young people being drawn into extremism.” Our CEO Sajda Mughal has been interviewed by The Mirror about her 7/7 experience and her pioneering work countering extremism now. Read more here.
Sajda Mughal OBE is awarded Ultimate Humanitarian of 2015
On 2nd December 2015, our Director, Sajda Mughal OBE, was awarded the Ultimate Humanitarian in the Cosmopolitan Ultimate Women Awards 2015! The award is given out every year based on a public voting system where Cosmopolitan readers vote for who they think has been the most inspiring woman in each different category. Sajda who was awarded an …
Sajda Mughal wins the Ultimate Humanitarian award!
Our CEO Sajda Mughal has won the Ultimate Humanitarian Award at the Cosmopolitan Awards! Read more here.
Sajda Mughal in Cosmopolitan 10 years after 7/7
“I’m tackling extremism after surviving the 7/7 bombings” Sajda Mughal has been featured in Cosmopolitan. She talks about her horrifying 7/7 ordeal as well as the work she does now tackling extremism. Read more here.
CEO appears on Lorraine show
Sajda has appeared on ITV’s Lorraine alongside another 7/7 survivor to talk about their experiences. Click here to watch the interview.
CEO named one of most influential people
Sajda has been named the Evening Standard’s Top 1000 Influential People 2015 for the second year in a row. Click here to read more.
JAN Trust’s vital work
The summer period is always a time for evaluation at JAN Trust. It is indeed at this time of the year that we look back to our successful programmes and, at the same time, we plan new activities for the incoming season, always driven by our strong passion to empower disadvantaged and marginalised women in …