(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.
SHOPS, pubs and hairdressers all flung their doors open to happy customers for the first time in three and a half months. As lockdown continues to ease, Blackburn town centre was bustling with plenty of people seemingly excited to get out and about in town. Independent business owners were definitely breathing a sigh of relief with Yaseen Khan, owner of The Emporium, a designer clothes store on Town Hall Street, saying he was optimistic as people had been calling him in advance of the opening to pre-order items of clothing.
Owner of The Emporium designer clothes store, Yaseen Khan He said: “It’s very exciting - it’s great to be back and see it busy in the town centre.
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