elcap e-newsletter issue 28 - oct 2014

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Tune in to PCR on:

103.1FM

Or Listen via the Web at:www.pendleradio.org

BRINGING THE GOOD OUT OF PENNINE LANCASHIRE

I N S I D E

T H I S

I S S U E :

Green Revolution 2

Green Revolution

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VCFS & Partners

Update

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PCR celebrates

Pakistan day

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Ramadan Under 16s

Poetry Competition

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ELCAP NEWSV O L U M E 1 , I S S U E 2 8 : O C T 2 0 1 4

On September 18th, the BlackburnCathedral was host to the first everLancashire Health EXPO - Better

Care and the Third Sector.60+ exhibitors from the health andthird sector were invited to holdstalls at the venue in an aim to aidthe exchange of information, stimu-late ideas and encourage partner-

ships.

Mike Wedgeworth; Chair of the Third Sector Lancashire said; My hopes are that thethird sector will have a better place in the sun, that minority groups will be more lis-

tened to and that we have got definite and concrete plans to work with the public sec-tor in the future.

Pendle Community Radio also ex-hibited at the event, the PCR teamwere given the task of interviewingthe exhibitors, to help build a pic-ture for our audiences of the ser-vices available to them around Lan-cashire. The stations main audienceis the BME community who service

providers usually identify as hardto reach, therefore the exhibitorsfound this a great opportunity to

be able to speak to those people.

Project BMES Zed Ali (picturedon the right) teamed up with PCRto get the organisations present toaddress the issues faced by BMEcommunities. Exhibitors presenton day included Cancer Care,Guide Dogs, Seed & Breathe,Young Lancashire, Alzheimers So-ciety, Age Concern, to name a

few.

Fazs Forum:

Does it really matter

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Zed Ali - Representing Project BME left), Mike Wedgeworth

centre) and Iram Sayeed - PCR Reporter right).

Health Chief Azhar Ali addressing the public and organisa-

tions present, on the aims of the Health EXPO.

PCR Reporter, getting ready to interview the exhibitors.

ICT &

Fitness Classes

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Volunteer with

Carers Link

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Advertise 10


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P A G E 2V O L U M E 1 , I S S U E 2 8

From the 17 June 2014 Lahore Massacre, Prof Dr Muhammad Tahir ul Qadri, founder of Minhaj

ul Quran International, took to the streets to gain justice for the Martyrs (Shaheeds). Under the name

ofThe Green Revolution a peaceful democratic movement was started in Pakistan affecting many

here in the UK and also in Pendle. The movement is now in its second month and has become a

world record for peaceful protest. Meetings with Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg and MP for Pen-

dle Andrew Stephenson were held.

Added to this misery of gaining Justice, Dr Tahir ul Qadri is also tackling few other menaces of the

country, namely corruption, crime, bribery, illiteracy and poverty taking place in the Pakistani govern-

ment.

The movement aims to bring true democracy and rights for the people of Pakistan, regardless of the

class or creed of the individuals. The plan is to improve the law, health care and education for the

Pakistani population. The Green in the title stands for peace and democracy and the Revolution

stands for better positive change, from the current corruption and crime in the country.

Dr Tahir ul Qadri intends to continue his battle for basic human rights of the people has for decades

been violated and has resulted in severe poverty for the majority of the people of Pakistan with little

access to clean drinking water, food and education to mention a few.

The Azadi March (Freedom march), formerly named Tsunami

march, organised by former cricketer-turned-politician Imran

Khan's political party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) to demand res-

ignation of the Prime Minister of Pakistan Nawaz Sharif against the

government's inadequacy in addressing and resolving allegations of

rigging in the 2013 general election.Imran Khan part of the change process.


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The barriers in question had been in place since 2011

as a mode of security for Dr Tahir ul Qadris resi-

dency due to death threats received in publishing a

religious edict (Fatwa) against Terrorism. The erection

of barriers was ordered by the Lahore High Court.

However on the fatal night of the 17 thJune 2014 with-

out any due legal process the barriers were forcefully

removed by a platoon of heavy handed police on the

orders of the government. The resultant action led to the loss of 14 innocent civilians including

women with over 100 injured as the police indiscriminately opened live fire on unarmed civilians. On

31st August 2014 the government again ordered the Police to carry out shelling and throwing gas at

the demonstrators, killing numerous civilians and injuring many.

Now the opposition leaders and the nations population

are working together to stamp out such crimes and

mistreatment. They are holding peaceful protests asking

for the current government to step down and create a

better future for the people of Pakistan.

Another record, latest cameras, known as drones are

being used by local TV stations to capture footage of

the masses of people gathered in protest in Islamabad.

The opposition leaders would like to see a number of changes made including:

A home for every homeless person, better employability opportunities, eliminate taxes for gas, water

and electric for the lower and middle class, free medical treatment for the poor, free education, to

eliminate terrorism, do away with discriminatory laws and to minimise disparity in pay structures.

Latest Drone technology used in the Green Revolution

Grieving family of the June 17th victims.


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Pendle Community Radio has been promoting Voluntary, Community & Faith sector (VCFS) organisa-

tions and groups for the past 3 years.

Since July 2011 we have helped over 160 organisations to promote the work they do and the good

services they provide to their local communities. We also offered VCFS organisations and groups the

opportunity to expand their social media presence online and also develop their websites so that indi-

viduals could access further information about them. Project VCFS & Partners has now come to an

end. A big thank you goes to Lancashire County Council for funding this great project.

We hope all the organisations who have promoted their services through the various radio showshave greatly benefitted and continue to grow and prosper. If you wish to publicise your services please

get in touch with the Pendle Radio team on 01282 723455 or via email at [email protected]

Diane Gardner - LCC & Beverley Jackson - BPRCVS Abida Rasool from Aromatic Cookery


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Pendle Community Radio - Awaz 103.1FM

presented a 4 hour 'Pakistan Special' on Sun-

day 17th August. Popular presenter Samina

Hussain hosted this show, a number of guests

were invited to take part in this special pro-

gramme.

We would like to thank all of our guests &

presenters who came and participated and

made the 4 hour 'Pakistan Special' a great success. Thanks to Mazhar Hussain, Abdul Hameed Pracha, Sa-

mina Mahmood and chief guest Dr Nasiruddin.

They all contributed, some discussed how Pakistan

became independent on 14th August 1947, the

current struggles and situation in Pakistan and their

hopes for the future of this great country that

Quaid e Azam worked so passionately for.

Others such as Dr Nasiruddin read some patriotic

poetry relating to Pakistan and it's independence.

Not only did the audience have the chance to lis-

ten to the 4 hour 'Pakistan Special' show, they also

had the chance to watch it live via the Pendle Radio website; www.pendleradio.org.

PCR presenters, Jaleel, Rabia & Rehana also played their part by reading poetry live on air.

A big thank you goes to PCR presenter Samina Hussain for not only hosting and presenting the 4 hour'Pakistan Special' but also organising the radio show. She

worked tirelessly to invite guests and schedule the show

for the listeners of Awaz 103.1FM. We also thank all

those who tuned in around the world

via www.pendleradio.org and those who called the stu-

dio and shared their thoughts about this day with us.

We at Pendle Community Radio hope to continue toremember the important days in the history of Pakistan

and we aim to bring the listeners quality radio shows.Chief guest Dr Nasiruddin reading poetry to the listeners.

Presenter Samina Hussain hosting the special Pakistan Show

with live guests.

The PCR Awaz 103.1 fm Radio team accompanied by guests to

celebrate Pakistan Day live on the radio.


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Another successful under 16s girls and boys poetry

competition is under our belt! We are proud to say Pen-

dle Community Radio - Awaz 103.1FM saw some great

performances from children as young as 3.

The children took part in a 4 week competition from

which a winner and two runner ups were selected each

week to compete in the live finals which took place in

August.

A total of 14 girls and 14 boys from across East Lanca-shire took part in the competition to be in with a chance

of winning an award, vouchers and sweet boxes.

In first, second and third place for the boys finals

we had, Mohammad Danyaal Asif (1st), Zakir Ali

(2nd) and Muhammad Rayhan (3rd).

For the girls competition finals, in joint first place

we had the duo Numraa Siddique & Rida Sid-

dique, in second place we had Maryam Sarwar

and in third place we had Maria Qulzum Ali.

The parents of the children who participated

were very grateful to Pendle Community Radio

for helping engage the minds of their children

over the school summer holidays.

PCR would like to ask more parents to encourage their children to get involved, the radio presenta-

tions increase their confidence levels, broaden their knowledge of radio and give them something todo.

A huge thank you goes to Jaleel and Rabia for hosting

these radio specials for us all to enjoy. PCR continu-

ously encourages youth involvement through compe-

titions, radio shows and events.

Our next competition will take place in June next

year. Well done to all those who took part this year,

keep up the hard work and we hope to see you back

at the Awaz 103.1FM studios soon.

The boys runner up medals displayed before the ceremony.

The 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners posing with the

judges and their prizes.

The 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners in the under 16s girls naat

competition posing with presenter Rabia, and their prizes.


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Over the summer months ELCAP delivered a

community engagement project involving fitnessand education. We took it upon ourselves to helpthe people of Pendle, in particular the ladies, getfit after noticing a high hate of health issues in thearea. We also delivered ICT classes as part of theproject, helping the unemployed improve theiremployability rates and helping the moderately

literate get to grips with the basics of computing.

We found that the community of Pendle were

more inclined to get fit and take the advantage offree swimming and gym classes than to take up

free ICT classes. However both parts of the project were a great success, with over 70 people bene-

fiting.

Skills learned included familarising yourself with themouse and keyboard and learning their functions, set-ting up email, computer aided research, online shop-ping, CV, personal statement and cover letter develop-ment, staying safe online and word processing. Theindividuals who took part in our classes felt empow-ered and more confident, one of the participants man-aged to secure an interview through the CV develop-

ment and jobs section of the course.

Furthermore, our fitness classes which included swim-ming classes and gym classes, both once a week, wereover subscribed and went down a treat with the localladies who were trying to improve their health andwellbeing. The ladies felt fitter, energised, some had

even lost some weight, only a few weeks into the programme.

The ICT classes came to an end atthe end of September however thefitness classes are due to finish atthe end of the year, completing 25

weeks of fitness.

The aim of the project was to getpeople above the age of 18, living inPendle, to get fit, reduce their visitsto the GP and to improve their em-

ployability chances, ELCAP areproud to say we managed to meet

the aims of the project.

Student getting used to the basics of word processing

Pendle wavelengths swimming pool where classes took place.

Tutor demonstrating email functions to the student.


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Just yesterday aftera long day of work, I

decided to grab atakeaway on theway home. Now weall know burgers,pizzas, chips etc canbe obtained throughan easy meansnowadays due tothe vast number oftakeaways that areavailable. They arealso fairly cheap but

there are also a fewthat are a littledearer than theusual burgers andchips, hence we as-sume the qualitywould be of highstandards. Well, to

my surprise, as I decided to go to a particular local take-away, where I expected food and hygiene to be of great

standards, I was very disappointed.

As I entered the takeaway, I saw one counter assistantcarefully cleaning away any residue left over from previ-ous orders, along the counter, through the back, gettingrid of spare chips that had fallen out the bags and thencame to the front to serve me. I ordered my usual bur-ger and chips meal. I observed the gentleman as he waspreparing my burger and to my surprise (not forgetting Iwas about to pay twice as much for my meal as I wouldhave done in a normal takeaway), my burger was han-dled with the same gloves that he had on for cleaning thework tops. No offence to anybody or any place, but I am

aware of the type of hygiene standards that should beapplied to a takeaway serving food. Those gloves couldhave had any detergent sprayed on, it could have had anytraces of any bacteria that are harmful to the gut andalso it is a means of spreading anything that is not gut

friendly.

As I was shocked to see how my meal was prepared, Iasked to see the manager. The manager looked slightlyworried as he wasnt too sure why he was called upon. Ispoke to him gently and mentioned what I had just seen.

Looking embarrassed, he explained that he would ensurethis doesn't happen again and would prepare my meal

again in an appropriate manner.

I would expect hygiene to be a common sense ritual in aplace like this. Anybody would expect food to be pre-

pared in a well manner but some places dont seem tobe aware; or maybe they are aware but they just dont

want to adhere to certain rules and regulations.

There will be many places where a strict code is usedwhenever handling food products. Usually a hygiene cer-tificate is also placed up on the walls or the windows toensure customers of a clean area. Personally I think thisis what I will keep an eye out for from now on wheneverI enter a takeaway, restaurant or any other place I de-

cide to get my meal from.

Handling food products safely is not the only means ofproviding good customer service. Good customer ser-vice can be the way you present yourself in maybe a re-tail shop or even a petrol station. Wherever you go, youacknowledge customer service. Just the other day I wentinto a retail outlet, not far from home where I decided

to look for a decent pair of trainers.

Now we all know footwear is a necessity; but who bet-ter to ask than a shop retailer and a customer serviceassistant? As I went into this particular footwear place,there was not one person in sight to ask for assistance.There were hundreds of different types of shoes andtrainers but not one person who could advise me on themany different shapes, styles and sizes. Personally Iwould say that is not good customer service. All theseday to day events we take part in involves customer ser-vice and if you are unhappy with the way a certain per-son, assistant or a retailer assists you then you are

bound to stay away from that place. Like they say, agood word or good customer service spreads to a fewpeople only, but a bad word or bad customer service

spreads ten times as much.

Faz Patel MBE; Volunteer at Pendle

Radio.


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One of our key projects is the Pendle Community Radio

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local businesses the opportunity to adver-

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Pendle Radio is very popular amongst the

local community & is also available on the

internet, as such it offers a great opportunity for businesses to ad-

vertise their products to this growing consumer demographic.

The expense of advertising on other types of media can be a re-

strictive factor especially for smaller businesses and this is precisely

where Pendle Radio can help. Ad spots can be bought by the sec-

ond and as such offer great value for money.

The science of advertisement suggests repetition and simplicity are

the key to a good radio advert, the cost of ads on Pendle Radio

means even smaller businesses can now purchase repetitive ads.

Pendle Radio can also author and produce your advertisements for

you.

If you would like to advertise on Pendle Radio please contact us via

email; [email protected].

ELCAP would like to thank all the

readers of this e-newsletter, listen-

ers of PCR Radio and the wonderful

Volunteers who make it all possible.

You are all an important part of EL-

CAP and we hope that you continue

to enjoy the various services we en-

deavour to provide through ELCAP

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We always welcome your com-

ments, whether they are good or

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