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BRINGING THE GOOD OUT OF PENNINE LANCASHIRE
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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 NEWS
V O L U M E 1 , I S S U E 2 8 : O C T 2 0 1 4
On September 18th, the Blackburn
Cathedral was host to the first ever
Lancashire Health EXPO - Better
Care and the Third Sector.
60+ exhibitors from the health and
third sector were invited to hold
stalls at the venue in an aim to aid
the exchange of information, stimu-
late ideas and encourage partner-
ships.
Mike Wedgeworth; Chair of the Third Sector Lancashire said; My hopes are that the
third 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 team
were given the task of interviewing
the exhibitors, to help build a pic-
ture for our audiences of the ser-
vices available to them around Lan-
cashire. The stations main audience
is the BME community who service
providers usually identify as hard
to reach, therefore the exhibitors
found this a great opportunity to
be able to speak to those people.
Project BMES Zed Ali (pictured
on the right) teamed up with PCR
to get the organisations present to
address the issues faced by BME
communities. Exhibitors present
on 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
P A G E 2 V 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
of The 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.
P A G E 3 V O L U M E 1 , I S S U E 2 8
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
th
June 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
31
st
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.
P A G E 4 V O L U M E 1 , I S S U E 2 8
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 shows
have 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 info@pendleradio.org
Diane Gardner - LCC & Beverley Jackson - BPRCVS Abida Rasool from Aromatic Cookery
P A G E 5 V O L U M E 1 , I S S U E 2 8
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 to
remember 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.
P A G E 6 V O L U M E 1 , I S S U E 2 8
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 to
do.
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.
P A G E 7 V O L U M E 1 , I S S U E 2 8
Over the summer months ELCAP delivered a
community engagement project involving fitness
and education. We took it upon ourselves to help
the people of Pendle, in particular the ladies, get
fit after noticing a high hate of health issues in the
area. We also delivered ICT classes as part of the
project, helping the unemployed improve their
employability 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 of
free 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 the
mouse 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. The
individuals 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, were
over subscribed and went down a treat with the local
ladies who were trying to improve their health and
wellbeing. 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 at
the end of September however the
fitness classes are due to finish at
the end of the year, completing 25
weeks of fitness.
The aim of the project was to get
people above the age of 18, living in
Pendle, to get fit, reduce their visits
to the GP and to improve their em-
ployability chances, ELCAP are
proud 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.
P A G E 8 V O L U M E 1 , I S S U E 2 8
Just yesterday after
a long day of work, I
decided to grab a
takeaway on the
way home. Now we
all know burgers,
pizzas, chips etc can
be obtained through
an easy means
nowadays due to
the vast number of
takeaways that are
available. They are
also fairly cheap but
there are also a few
that are a little
dearer than the
usual burgers and
chips, hence we as-
sume the quality
would be of high
standards. 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 assistant
carefully cleaning away any residue left over from previ-
ous orders, along the counter, through the back, getting
rid of spare chips that had fallen out the bags and then
came to the front to serve me. I ordered my usual bur-
ger and chips meal. I observed the gentleman as he was
preparing my burger and to my surprise (not forgetting I
was about to pay twice as much for my meal as I would
have done in a normal takeaway), my burger was han-
dled with the same gloves that he had on for cleaning the
work tops. No offence to anybody or any place, but I am
aware of the type of hygiene standards that should be
applied to a takeaway serving food. Those gloves could
have had any detergent sprayed on, it could have had any
traces of any bacteria that are harmful to the gut and
also it is a means of spreading anything that is not gut
friendly.
As I was shocked to see how my meal was prepared, I
asked to see the manager. The manager looked slightly
worried as he wasnt too sure why he was called upon. I
spoke to him gently and mentioned what I had just seen.
Looking embarrassed, he explained that he would ensure
this 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 a
place like this. Anybody would expect food to be pre-
pared in a well manner but some places dont seem to
be 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 used
whenever handling food products. Usually a hygiene cer-
tificate is also placed up on the walls or the windows to
ensure customers of a clean area. Personally I think this
is what I will keep an eye out for from now on whenever
I 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 of
providing 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, you
acknowledge customer service. Just the other day I went
into 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 service
assistant? 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 and
trainers but not one person who could advise me on the
many different shapes, styles and sizes. Personally I
would say that is not good customer service. All these
day 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, a
good word or good customer service spreads to a few
people only, but a bad word or bad customer service
spreads ten times as much.
Faz Patel MBE; Volunteer at Pendle
Radio.
P A G E 9 V O L U M E 1 , I S S U E 2 8
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