Assalamu alaykum all!
Jazakillah khair to those who have taken advantage of the free 30 min session!
And if you are reading this and haven’t yet had a session, this is because I know you will soon, Inshallah and just wanted to let you know the special offer.
What's the Offer?
I only have a week left on my offer of free sessions and have 30 spaces left.
So what I will do is for 3 referrals you guys give me, you will receive a free MyBaked Cakes 10” cake! MyBaked Cakes is the new cake business that I and my family are setting up; we have a generation of cake baking behind us.
You can see some of them on my facebook page
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=118130&id=507254609&l=de9df16fd6
What You Need To Do
So What do you need to do to get one of these 10” cakes for free?
1) Ensured you have had the free 30 min session yourself
2) Fill the online survey
3) Refer at least 3 sisters to myself (make sure they mention your name!)
4) Your referees complete the survey
5) Eat your cake, baked just the way you like it! :D
Offer ends 26th June 2009
Ma’salam
Sara Bhatti
DiscoverU Lifecoach
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And if you’re a brother reading this, never fear you can take advantage of this too, all you have to do is instead of referring 3 sisters, you will have to refer 4 sisters! :)
Showing posts with label Community. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Community. Show all posts
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Thursday, February 26, 2009
An evening with Ashima
An evening with Ashima
"We no longer sit around as victims of the Kashmir conflict, we shall stop it”
An inspirational evening with an experienced peace worker in Kashmir. on 06 April at 18:00.
Ashima Kaur works for Athwaas, an organisation which aims to create safe and secure spaces for women to come together in order to make the shift from being victims to possible changemakers in Kashmir.
We will hear further about Ashima’s work and have a conversation with her about how her work links to our situation here in the UK.
Athwaas explains their work:
Since November 2007, we have set up 6 new Samanbals. (Samanbal is a Kashmiri word, meaning ‘a meeting place’) Athwaas came up with the idea to create safe and secure spaces for women to come together and share, articulate and express themselves so as to make the shift from being victims to possible changemakers. These new Samanbals are still in their initial stage of formation i.e. they are still establishing a permanent meeting place. The Samanbals are diverse; we have widows in Dardpora, teachers in Badgam, young women in Bijbehar, migrant group (IDPs) Purkha and Muthee small scale traders in Leh. Each Samanbal works towards group formation and strengthen/capacity building. They choose an activity, which often is income generating due to the high poverty levels in the region. They also pursue a common advocacy strategy.
In Purkha migrant camp 20 women who have been displaced from different villages in the valley came together to form a Samanbal. The camp is made up of displaced Kashmir Pandits. The Samanbal provides a context for the women to share a common space for reflection and listening. They taken up tailoring so as to step beyond the cramped conditions of the camp dominated by hate, revenge and chest thumping. The basic principle in the Samanbal is to share information/experience, start the healing process, and acquire financial independence. They are then empowered to tackle the big issues affecting the region, the conflict in Kashmir.
Includes Kashmiri refreashments.
This event is organised jointly by Conflict and Change, Peace Direct and Muslim Mediation Service.
If you would like more information please contact:
Hanin on 020 8552 2050 at Conflict and Change
Sara/ Halima on 020 8432 2805 at Muslim Mediation Service
To see more details and RSVP, follow the link below:
http://www.facebook.com/p.php?i=507254609&k=54155Y5XP6VM511BUB5UP4
"We no longer sit around as victims of the Kashmir conflict, we shall stop it”
An inspirational evening with an experienced peace worker in Kashmir. on 06 April at 18:00.
Ashima Kaur works for Athwaas, an organisation which aims to create safe and secure spaces for women to come together in order to make the shift from being victims to possible changemakers in Kashmir.
We will hear further about Ashima’s work and have a conversation with her about how her work links to our situation here in the UK.
Athwaas explains their work:
Since November 2007, we have set up 6 new Samanbals. (Samanbal is a Kashmiri word, meaning ‘a meeting place’) Athwaas came up with the idea to create safe and secure spaces for women to come together and share, articulate and express themselves so as to make the shift from being victims to possible changemakers. These new Samanbals are still in their initial stage of formation i.e. they are still establishing a permanent meeting place. The Samanbals are diverse; we have widows in Dardpora, teachers in Badgam, young women in Bijbehar, migrant group (IDPs) Purkha and Muthee small scale traders in Leh. Each Samanbal works towards group formation and strengthen/capacity building. They choose an activity, which often is income generating due to the high poverty levels in the region. They also pursue a common advocacy strategy.
In Purkha migrant camp 20 women who have been displaced from different villages in the valley came together to form a Samanbal. The camp is made up of displaced Kashmir Pandits. The Samanbal provides a context for the women to share a common space for reflection and listening. They taken up tailoring so as to step beyond the cramped conditions of the camp dominated by hate, revenge and chest thumping. The basic principle in the Samanbal is to share information/experience, start the healing process, and acquire financial independence. They are then empowered to tackle the big issues affecting the region, the conflict in Kashmir.
Includes Kashmiri refreashments.
This event is organised jointly by Conflict and Change, Peace Direct and Muslim Mediation Service.
If you would like more information please contact:
Hanin on 020 8552 2050 at Conflict and Change
Sara/ Halima on 020 8432 2805 at Muslim Mediation Service
To see more details and RSVP, follow the link below:
http://www.facebook.com/p.php?i=507254609&k=54155Y5XP6VM511BUB5UP4
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Sunday, June 22, 2008
Vacancy – Volunteer Director At The Muslim Mediation Service
Vacancy – Volunteer Director At The Muslim Mediation Service
Do you have the expertise to lead and wish to give back to the community? Or do you want to develop your management skills and build upon your CV? Becoming the first Director of the Muslim Mediation Service may be the opportunity you were looking for! For our East London office, we are looking to recruit a Director in a voluntary capacity who can give a minimum of four hours a week during the day to oversee the general management of our staff and service.
The Board of Trustees are offering you an exciting and unique opportunity to take command of this national charity at a pivotal moment in its growth. Muslim Mediation Service is embarking upon a period of rapid development in which it will considerably broaden in the direct support services it offers to Muslims across the UK.
For a full job description and service information, or further information please contact Sana Saleem:
E-mail: sana@muslimmediation.org.uk
Telephone: 020 8432 2805
Post: Muslim Mediaton Service, 2a Streatfield Avenue, East Ham, London E6 2LA
To apply, please submit a CV, and supporting statement/cover letter stating why you are applying and why you are the most suitable person for the post, addressed to Sana Saleem at the above postal or email address.
Closing Date: Monday 21st July 2008
Do you have the expertise to lead and wish to give back to the community? Or do you want to develop your management skills and build upon your CV? Becoming the first Director of the Muslim Mediation Service may be the opportunity you were looking for! For our East London office, we are looking to recruit a Director in a voluntary capacity who can give a minimum of four hours a week during the day to oversee the general management of our staff and service.
The Board of Trustees are offering you an exciting and unique opportunity to take command of this national charity at a pivotal moment in its growth. Muslim Mediation Service is embarking upon a period of rapid development in which it will considerably broaden in the direct support services it offers to Muslims across the UK.
For a full job description and service information, or further information please contact Sana Saleem:
E-mail: sana@muslimmediation.org.uk
Telephone: 020 8432 2805
Post: Muslim Mediaton Service, 2a Streatfield Avenue, East Ham, London E6 2LA
To apply, please submit a CV, and supporting statement/cover letter stating why you are applying and why you are the most suitable person for the post, addressed to Sana Saleem at the above postal or email address.
Closing Date: Monday 21st July 2008
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
Psychologist warns of "educational television" myth
LONDON (Reuters)
He's been characterised as the ultimate killjoy, the extremist fringe thinker who refuses to recognise the realities of modern life.
But for Dr Aric Sigman, an American psychologist living in Britain and the author of "Remotely Controlled: How Television is Damaging Our Lives", the battle against what he calls the "recreational junk food" of TV is one well worth fighting.
And as the BBC announced on Tuesday the launch of the nation's first ever television quiz show for pre-school children, Sigman's frustration with TV executives who claim to entertain and educate is growing.
"Television-makers will always justify themselves by saying that children enjoy their programmes," Sigman told Reuters in an interview. "They say they make children smile and laugh."
"But children will also smile if you give them cocaine. The argument that children enjoy something or laugh at something is not the basis on which you decide what is good for them."
The BBC's new show, "Kerwhizz", which it describes as a "new breakthrough multi-platform entertainment format" aimed at 4- to 6-year-olds is a perfect example, says Sigman, of another common claim by television makers: Our programmes are educational.
"The phrase 'educational television' was, of course, invented by people who make television," he says. "To me it's an oxymoron".
According to Sigman, who bases his assertions on studies published by medics from some of America's leading universities as well as his own worldwide research, science now suggests the quality of television children watch is of little consequence.
He points to the Tellytubbies, the globally successful toddler TV series hailed for its innovation and educational value, but also the subject of several warning studies including one by two Harvard academics entitled "Say No To Tellytubbies".
"Medical evidence is growing that for young children, being exposed to TV, computers and DVDs, -- irrespective of the quality of the programme -- has an impact on their health and development," he said.
"There is a definite inverse relationship between time spent watching any kind of television or screen when you are young and your ability to read and concentrate when you are older."
With the BBC billing its new pre-school quiz as being "visually stunning and packed with gags" -- and adding that it was "designed with the assistance of teachers" -- Sigman bemoans a lack of confidence among parents and child carers in their own ability to entertain and engage children.
Studies of brain activity have shown that a child doing simple mental arithmetic with coloured counters or beans has greater blood flow to the brain than one engaged what may look like a far more complex computer game, he says.
And it may be precisely the complexity -- the speed of edits, the colours and sounds and speeds children's media -- that is having a detrimental effect on their brain development.
"It may well be that your child learns from the TV that a certain country is in Africa, but that may well also come at the cost of doing something to their attention span," he said.
"Whereas if a parent is talking their children about geography or nature, they can learn without that risk and will physically exercise their brains in the process."
Sigman freely admits he has a TV at home -- only one -- which his children watch occasionally, but insists society is wrong to chastise as "kill-joys" the relatively few parents who ban television altogether, or allow only a few hours a week.
"My children have candy sometimes, and television is just like candy, it's recreational junk food," he said. "But it's a complete myth that children somehow inherently need TV -- otherwise they would be born with a television built into their stomachs, just like the Tellytubbies".
(Editing by Paul Casciato)
By Kate Kelland Reuters - Tuesday, February 12 06:28 pm
Whats your view?
He's been characterised as the ultimate killjoy, the extremist fringe thinker who refuses to recognise the realities of modern life.
But for Dr Aric Sigman, an American psychologist living in Britain and the author of "Remotely Controlled: How Television is Damaging Our Lives", the battle against what he calls the "recreational junk food" of TV is one well worth fighting.
And as the BBC announced on Tuesday the launch of the nation's first ever television quiz show for pre-school children, Sigman's frustration with TV executives who claim to entertain and educate is growing.
"Television-makers will always justify themselves by saying that children enjoy their programmes," Sigman told Reuters in an interview. "They say they make children smile and laugh."
"But children will also smile if you give them cocaine. The argument that children enjoy something or laugh at something is not the basis on which you decide what is good for them."
The BBC's new show, "Kerwhizz", which it describes as a "new breakthrough multi-platform entertainment format" aimed at 4- to 6-year-olds is a perfect example, says Sigman, of another common claim by television makers: Our programmes are educational.
"The phrase 'educational television' was, of course, invented by people who make television," he says. "To me it's an oxymoron".
According to Sigman, who bases his assertions on studies published by medics from some of America's leading universities as well as his own worldwide research, science now suggests the quality of television children watch is of little consequence.
He points to the Tellytubbies, the globally successful toddler TV series hailed for its innovation and educational value, but also the subject of several warning studies including one by two Harvard academics entitled "Say No To Tellytubbies".
"Medical evidence is growing that for young children, being exposed to TV, computers and DVDs, -- irrespective of the quality of the programme -- has an impact on their health and development," he said.
"There is a definite inverse relationship between time spent watching any kind of television or screen when you are young and your ability to read and concentrate when you are older."
With the BBC billing its new pre-school quiz as being "visually stunning and packed with gags" -- and adding that it was "designed with the assistance of teachers" -- Sigman bemoans a lack of confidence among parents and child carers in their own ability to entertain and engage children.
Studies of brain activity have shown that a child doing simple mental arithmetic with coloured counters or beans has greater blood flow to the brain than one engaged what may look like a far more complex computer game, he says.
And it may be precisely the complexity -- the speed of edits, the colours and sounds and speeds children's media -- that is having a detrimental effect on their brain development.
"It may well be that your child learns from the TV that a certain country is in Africa, but that may well also come at the cost of doing something to their attention span," he said.
"Whereas if a parent is talking their children about geography or nature, they can learn without that risk and will physically exercise their brains in the process."
Sigman freely admits he has a TV at home -- only one -- which his children watch occasionally, but insists society is wrong to chastise as "kill-joys" the relatively few parents who ban television altogether, or allow only a few hours a week.
"My children have candy sometimes, and television is just like candy, it's recreational junk food," he said. "But it's a complete myth that children somehow inherently need TV -- otherwise they would be born with a television built into their stomachs, just like the Tellytubbies".
(Editing by Paul Casciato)
By Kate Kelland Reuters - Tuesday, February 12 06:28 pm
Whats your view?
Sunday, January 13, 2008
Become a mentor
Volunteer Mentors Needed For Young Muslims In Redbridge
The following is a request for all those who feel they would like to give something back! Alot of the problems that we face in this ummah and our communities can stem from our youth. Many do not have the right role model who that can look up to. This is you chnace to change that!
The following is a request for all those who feel they would like to give something back! Alot of the problems that we face in this ummah and our communities can stem from our youth. Many do not have the right role model who that can look up to. This is you chnace to change that!
The Redbridge Social Inclusion Mentoring Project works with young Muslims from
Redbridge aged 8-17 years and offers them access to a trained mentor who is
recruited from the local community. The aim of the mentoring relationship is to
improve the young person's social skills, reduce their social exclusion, and
empower them to take advantage of opportunities that are available to them.
Successfully recruited and trained mentors will be matched with a young
person. You should be available to meet with your mentee for at least an hour
once a week at an agreed time and place that is convenient for you both. The
mentoring relationship is voluntary for the young person and it will last for up
to 12 months. You will
receive ongoing support and supervision during this
period.
If you are interested in finding out more about becoming a
mentor, please request an application pack by emailing:
sana.saleem@redbridge.gov.uk or
RedbridgeMentoringProject@redbridge.gov.uk
The deadline for receipt of completed application forms is Friday 18th January.
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