Over 170 non-Muslims complete âFast for a Dayâ during Ramadan Over 170 people took part in the ‘I’m not a Muslim but I will fast for one day’ since the beginning of Ramadan last month. The project organised by One Voice Blackburn started in 2014, with members of the public, officials from major local organisations from the public and private sector taking part. Ramadan is the Islamic holy month where Muslims forgo food and water between sunrise and sunset. This year Ramadan in the UK consisted of a 17 hour fasts approximately. Among the organisations taking part this year included Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council, Lancashire Fire and Rescue, Darwen Aldridge Enterprise Studio, East Lancashire Hospitals Trust and Blackburn Youth Zone.
Blackburn Rovers and the Rovers Community trust helped Secret Santa meet their goal of delivering several hundred Eid gift bags to disadvantaged children. The football club helped with a donation of £3,000 which saw the community interest company, which works in partnership with One Voice Blackburn, able to deliver over 311 gift backs in their collaborative Secret Sheikh project. Managing director of Secret Santa, Phil Boulding said: Our long term friends at Blackburn Rovers and the Rovers Community Trust blew us away with a £3,000 donation. These two organisations, who themselves do so much with integration support work for the people of Blackburn with Darwen, really are “Premier league” minded!
(L-R) Pops Ali, Phil Boulding, Karen Boulding and Bill Hodgson from Secret Santa and One Voice Blackburn A community interest company has launched a goal to provide over 300 gifts to disadvantaged Muslim children this Eid. Secret Santa launched the project called Secret Sheikh on Tuesday, the first day of Ramadan, has set a goal to provide Eid gift bags to the most disadvantaged Muslim children across Blackburn with Darwen. Managing director, Phil Boulding, and his wife Karen launched the project two years ago after being inspired by the kindness of a group of Muslim women who came help them put together the sacks for the Secret Santa appeal, despite them not celebrating the holiday themselves.
(L-R) Pops Ali, Phil Boulding, Karen Boulding and Bill Hodgson from Secret Santa and One Voice Blackburn A community interest company has launched a goal to provide over 300 gifts to disadvantaged Muslim children this Eid. Secret Santa launched the project called Secret Sheikh on Tuesday, the first day of Ramadan, has set a goal to provide Eid gift bags to the most disadvantaged Muslim children across Blackburn with Darwen. Managing director, Phil Boulding, and his wife Karen launched the project two years ago after being inspired by the kindness of a group of Muslim women who came help them put together the sacks for the Secret Santa appeal, despite them not celebrating the holiday themselves.