A'isha Khan
Free Packed Lunch During Half Term
Iqra Supplementary School and Youth Provision based at Aaina Community Hub will be providing lunch for children living in the locality and service users who are entitled to free school lunch next week. Please contact us via our inbox, on 01922 644006 between 10.00 am and 3.00 pm over the weekend and every day next week if you need our support.
Aaina Has Purchased the Women’s Centre Premises!
We are delighted to announce that we have purchased the Women’s Centre building located on Bath Road for the Aaina Community Hub Charity, a female-led charity that has been delivering services from the site since 1997. After lengthy negotiations with the sellers and support by the National Community Lottery Fund, we are proud to have purchased a building to continue delivering life-enhancing services for women and their children in Walsall.
We would like to thank the Aaina Executive Board for both their vision and decision to purchase the building enabling the Women’s organization to become empowered and self-sufficient. Maureen Lewis, Ruth Burgess, Zara Shaikh, Shehnaz Ismail, Pardip Lally, Insha Yasin, Mrs Jas Thandi, Sylvia Dembedza, Mumtaz Begum, Pamy Sandhu.
On this momentous occasion, we would also like to honour all the women who have over the last 25 years contributed and developed Aaina services, who selflessly devoted their time to improve the lives of women in Walsall and their families. Kully Begum, Arina Begum, Pardeep Soos, Baljit Kaur, Vicky Kaur, Dawn H Adcock, Salma Patel, Sam Kousar, Ferdous Salim,
Anisha Patel, Nasreen Akhtar, Harjinder Kaur Mann, Ravinder Sahota Perminder Marwaha, Hardeep Nijjar, Hardev Kaur, Joyti Chauhan, Madeleine Holland, Kukki Dhesi, Ashma Dihider and more.
Aaina will continue with its mission to create a truly self-sustaining and empowering space for Women and their families in Walsall and will continue providing services that raise aspirations and achievements leading to positive changes to Walsall women and their families’ lives and environment.
Thank you to our colleagues whose commitment and passion enabled us to realise our vision.
Sue Weller Archdeacon Missioner ( Diocese of Lichfield Representative)
Sue Brueton Big Lottery
Conveyancing Solicitor Sabera Kapasi of Kapasi & Co
Emily Hinchcliffe (Architect)
We Are Back
Centre Closure Due to Covid 19
Aaina will be closed from March 19th in response to government guidelines response to Covid 19. You can contact us via Fb messenger and by emailing at info@aainahub.com. We will be reviewing the situation on a weekly basis and will keep you updated via Fb and our web page.
Reduce Contact to Avoid Coronavirus Guidelines
Can you please share the government guidance around social distancing with family and friends in the community to prevent the transmission of the Coronavirus amongst the most vulnerable in our community. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-guidance-on-social-distancing-and-for-vulnerable-people/guidance-on-social-distancing-for-everyone-in-the-uk-and-protecting-older-people-and-vulnerable-adults
Universal Credit and Sanctions during Covid 19
If you are claiming benefits and self-isolating please let your job coach know so that you are not sanctioned. Click on the link for all info regarding advice for claimants. Please pass this info onto family and friends who are worried in the community about their benefits, assessments and being sanctioned.
https://www.understandinguniversalcredit.gov.uk/coronavirus/?fbclid=IwAR3Kzr8mWmScuOz9nLsl__wafKdaJtEUufJwbXNNpIMLeqNDSP2TIKQCQoM