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Featured in the @lancstelegraph Blackburn in Question: Community or Parallel Lives? 🗣 Adnan Hussain, Independent MP | Cllr Phil Riley (Labour) | Tommy Temperley (Reform) 📅 Fri 27 March, 7:30PM 📍 Wesley Hall, Blackburn 🎤 Live Q&A Book: bit.ly/4lywOia #Blackburn

An Iftar event that truly stood for us this Ramadan was speaking to children, families & guests at Frenchwood Community Primary School, celebrating their very first Iftar. Highlight was meeting 92 year old Arthur, who fasted half the day in solidarity with his Muslim neighbours.

Light Foundation Presents… Blackburn in Question: Community or Parallel Lives? 🗣️ Join the conversation with local leaders & voices from across the community. 📅 Fri 27 March 2026 🕢 7:30–9:00 PM 📍 Wesley Hall, Blackburn Register: bit.ly/4lywOia @lancstelegraph

🌟 Proud Preston Awards 2026 🌟 We have been shortlisted for the Inclusive Leadership Award at the inaugural Proud Preston Awards 2026, standing alongside so many inspiring people and organisations making a positive difference in our city. Finalists: blogpreston.co.uk/2026/03/proud-…

🌙 A heartfelt thank you to everyone who joined us at Deepdale this evening. A special thank you to Roccia Foundation for kindly supplying all of the food, as well as the Light Foundation, Muhammad Raiyaan Haji from the PNE Academy, the Deputy Mayor of Preston City Council, Councillor Nweeda Khan, and representatives from The North End Crescent for joining us for such a warm and welcoming community occasion. 🫶 #PNECET | #pnefc

⚽🌙 A Massive Win After the #PNE game we distributed 400+ FREE Ramadan Iftar food packs alongside @pnecommunity Fans from all backgrounds stopped to learn about Ramadan and why Muslims fast — sharing food, conversation & community. 📸 More facebook.com/share/p/1DQmxk… #Ramadan

Earlier tonight, we were proud to hand out hundreds Iftar food boxes to those observing Ramadan, PNE fans and members of our wider community. 🌙 🤝 This initiative was made possible thanks to our partners at the Light Foundation. We hope everyone enjoys the food and for those who are observing Ramadan, we hope it is peaceful and blessed. ✨ #PNECET | #pnefc

Well, what a response that was! More than 100 people and organisations were nominated in the first ever Proud Preston Awards. The official finalists list is out this morning and well done to every person who is on it.

🌙⚽ Iftar Boxes – Meet, Share & Connect After the Millwall FC fixture at Deepdale today, we'll be handing out Iftar boxes with Preston North End Community & Education Trust 📍 Alan Kelly Town End car park ⏰ After full-time Come connect & share 🤍 🔗 blogpreston.co.uk/2026/02/iftar-…

🌙 After full-time today, we'll be distributing Iftar food packs in partnership with Light Foundation for supporters and members of the wider community who are observing Ramadan. ‘Iftar’ marks the breaking of the fast, and we're proud to support our community at such a time. 🤝 📍 We'll be at the corner of Deepdale where the Sir Tom Finney Stand meets the Alan Kelly Town End 🚫 There is no on-site parking available We look forward to welcoming you after the match. #PNECET | #pnefc

🌙 As Ramadan continues, we’re proud to support those observing the holy month with complimentary Iftar food boxes at Deepdale this coming Saturday after the Millwall match. A great example of how football can connect our communities. ⚽ 🔗 bit.ly/PNECET-Light-F… #PNECET | #pnefc

Football brings us together ❤️⚽ We’re partnering with @pnecommunity to provide Iftar food boxes after Saturday’s game vs Millwall at #Deepdale. More 👇 pnefc.net/news/2026/febr… @BBCNWT @SkySportsNews @GranadaReports @blogpreston #Ramadan

🌙 This Saturday at Deepdale we’re partnering with with our friends at the Light Foundation to distribute Iftar food boxes to supporters and the wider community observing Ramadan. 🔗 Full details: bit.ly/PNECET-Light-F… #PNECET | #pnefc

We're delighted to be featured in @BlogPreston's Preston's 2025 in Pictures ✨ March highlights our 7th Annual Interfaith Ramadan Dinner — a powerful moment of unity, shared values and togetherness across Preston. 🔗 blogpreston.co.uk/2025/12/presto…

Thank you to everyone who joined us in Burnley for our discussion: 'Is Britain Better Off Because of Immigration?' A constructive evening with community leaders, experts & local residents. Photos here: facebook.com/share/p/1Cvj5r… #Burnley #Immigration #uk

Pleased to have joined last week’s cross-party event in Burnley opening up honest dialogue on some of society’s toughest questions. Grateful for a safe, respectful space where our diverse communities could listen, challenge, and learn from one another.

@AdnanHussainMP Thank you for attending @AdnanHussainMP

@adamkelwick :)

Meet Reform UK County Councillor Tom Pickup, representing Padiham & Burnley West. This is now the second time in two months he’s joined us at a Light Foundation event. We brought people from opposite ends of the political spectrum into the same room to talk openly about one of the biggest issues facing Britain today: Immigration. Let me explain... you don’t have to agree with someone on everything to sit down with them, listen, and treat them like a human being. What we’ve seen in both Preston and Burnley is remarkable. People who look like sworn enemies online suddenly discover they agree on far more than they ever imagined once they’re face-to-face. Put your phone on flight mode, slip it in your pocket, and the world magically becomes a kinder, saner place. There are plenty of forces trying to divide us right now, especially online. But if someone is willing to sit and hear me out in person, I’ll always return the courtesy. Like I said, I don’t share every single one of Tom’s views, but he’s polite, articulate, and clearly sincere in his beliefs; without a trace of personal malice. I’m proud to call him a friend, and I look forward to working with him again. For everyone upset about who I "rub shoulders" with, here’s a short poem I wrote a few years ago that sums up my approach. It’s called: “I Sat With a Jew”: Do you feel upset that I sat with a Jew? And with a Christian, does that unnerve you? What about an atheist? that angers too? A gay? An alcoholic? What shall you do? One sufi here, a shi'a there or two? With the brotherhood and the salafi crew. Well let me explain what the Prophet ﷺ would do... He'd welcome everybody, black white or blue. And the house of Islam has big doors, so true. With invites for them all, not just me and you. Even if they reject, their rights are still due. We all need bigger hearts, if only we knew.

🇬🇧 Is Britain Better Off Because of Immigration? Join us for a respectful public discussion with MP @AdnanHussainMP Cllr @tompickup & Gordon Birtwistle. 🗓️ Thurs 13 Nov 2025 | 🕢 7:30 PM 📍 Burnley Boys & Girls Club 🎟️ Free, booking only →bit.ly/47QUFEj