May Holiday Programme 2022
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Eid Al-Adha 2022
Assalaamu alaikum brothers and sisters,
The Management Committee of the YCA Cultural Centre (YCC) would like to take this opportunity to wish you & your family Eid Mubarak & we ask Allah SWT to accept our fasting, prayers, good deeds, to forgive our sins & to shower all of us with happiness, mercy, forgiveness & grant us serenity & peace in our lives.
We would like to remind you that there will be only One Eid Prayer (Salaah) which will be in Arabic & English & will start promptly at 8:00am on Monday 2nd of May.
The masjid will be open from 7:00am.
Please arrive early & park considerately.
Eid Mubarak to you & your family.
السلام عليكم ايها الاخوة والاخوات
تود لجنة إدارة الجالية في ساندول و المركز الثقافي أن تنتهز هذه الفرصة لتتمنى لك ولأسرتك * عيد مبارك * ونسأل الله سبحانه وتعالى أن يتقبل صيامنا وصلواتنا وحسناتنا وأن يغفر ذنوبنا وأن اغتنمنا جميعًا بالسعادة والرحمة والتسامح وامنحنا الصفاء والسلام في حياتنا.
نود أن نذكرك بأنه ستكون هناك صلاة عيد واحدة فقط والتي ستكون باللغتين العربية والإنجليزية وستبدأ على الفور في الساعة 8:00 صباحًا يوم الاثنين 2 مايو
سيكون المسجد مفتوحًا من الساعة 7:00 صباحًا
يرجى الوصول مبكرًا وإيقاف سيارتكم بشكل صحيح
عيد مبارك وكل عام وانتم بخير
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AGM 2021
The Yemeni Community Association in Sandwell are pleased to present to its members and the community our Annual General Report for 2020-2021.
The global Pandemic has provided challenges and new opportunities for us as an organisation, where we had no choice but to adapt our delivery to meet the needs of our service users. Our volunteers and workforce were instrumental in ensuring the YCA were able to support the most vulnerable within our community during the lockdown and for this I wish to express our heartfelt thanks to each one of you.
This year for the first time ever we delivered virtual EXTEND classes and were able to keep elder members active during a period when they were limited from accessing outside contact. Additionally Advice and Guidance was maintained using a hybrid of both face to face and virtual interaction. For those cases that we could not see virtually we implemented an appointment only system ensuring we were following government Covid safety guidelines. Our Advice worker ensured that the most vulnerable users were communicated with on regular basis, ensuring they were safe and offering assistance from the YCA workforce and volunteers with shopping and paying bills thus lifting any burdens they may have had.
This virtual delivery of activities were also replicated across other delivery streams such as providing online tuition during a period when we know that parents and young people would have been concerned, they were not fully engaging with education as the world tried to also adapt during the pandemic. We also ensured that young people’s emotional wellbeing was not neglected due to limited interaction with their peers by engaging them in virtual community completion which included cake making, story-telling, card making and many more fun activities. This was evaluated very positively by both young people and their families. Additionally the Wellbeing project continued its activities via online ESOL classes alongside cooking sessions and virtual support groups.
Sadly our income revenue has been substantially reduced because we were no longer able to hire out our conference facilities, which as you know provides the organisation with revenue to help maintain its running costs and wages. Additionally with the Mosque not being used for prayer facilities during the lock down, meant that the only donations we collected were those direct debits that had already been set up.
The organisation was also instrumental in supporting Sandwell Public Health, ensuring vital Covid-19 messages were reaching the community and also supporting with the Covid-19 vaccination messages.
Finally we would like to express to our funders how grateful we are for enabling us to adapt delivery and being flexible with re-allocation of budgets to meet new emerging needs as a result of the global pandemic.
We look forward to seeing you on ZOOM on Saturday 22nd January at 10.30 AM for the Annual General Meeting.
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YCA Cultural Centre Update
Throughout the pandemic, we’ve always had the safety of our staff and masjid attendees as our number one priority, and we’ve carefully followed all government guidance. So, following the recent announcements, I wanted to write to you with an update.
From Friday 10th December 2021, all masjid attendees must abide by the following rules:
A face mask/covering must be worn before entering the YCA Cultural Centre (unless exempt)
Sign in upon entry
Clean your hands with hand sanitiser provided
If possible, bring your own prayer mat
Do NOT shake hands or hug others
Avoid crowding upon entrance and exit
Do not attend if you are unwell or have symptoms of COVID-19 or have been instructed by the NHS to self-isolate.
Please park sensibly and considerately, especially on Fridays.
Our staff are working very hard to keep you and your family safe. In return, we ask everyone to please be kind, patient and respectful.
Jazakum Allah Khair.
For more information about the YCA Cultural Services visit our page here
YCA Cultural Centre Team
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Improve Equity for Mums
Come join us on Wednesday 8th December 2021 from 9:30am at the YCA to discuss on how to ‘Improve Equity for Mothers and Babies and Race Equality for NHS Staff in England’.
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