The Muslim Institute Community Empowerment Fund provides an annual grant a to grassroot UK Muslim organisation or individual working for the common good in our most neglected and overlooked communities. The fund seeks out and promotes excellence and high achievement.
The first beneficiaries of the Community Empowerment Fund were a new Oldham-based voluntary organisation Be whose mission is to empower young people and foster their self-confidence to help them believe in and achieve their goals.
The second beneficiaries are West London based community activist Tahseen Mehar in partnership with the An-Nisa Society. They have come together to plan and deliver a residential weekend in rural Sussex in Spring 2025 for a group of young Muslim women aged 18-23.
The Wholesome Retreat will offer a weekend of carefully crafted workshop sand activities designed to inspire, nurture and enrich the character development of the participants as they step into womanhood.
The retreat aims to provide a holistic approach to exploring what this phaseo f life means to each individual, guided by female Muslim Leaders andpractitioners with relevant experience in this field. Each interactive andeducational session will be crafted to empower participants with tools forbuilding confidence, resilience and self-expression, all within an Islamic-rooted paradigm.
Tahseen Mehar accepts the community Empowerment Fund award at the Ninth Annual Ibn Rushd lecture, July 2024.