ٱلسَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَرَحْمَةُ ٱللَّٰهِ وَبَرَكَاتُهُ

In these last few nights of Ramadan, I'm firing up my engine and buckling up my seat belt for a virtual fundraising race that defies physics and engineering logic. Where the rules of the road take a backseat, and competitive spirit and a few underhand tricks take the wheel. And hold onto your prayer beads because this year, there's an extra twist!

That's right, it's the MSF Wacky Races - Tour Du Mosque! 🕌

Where the aim of the race is to convert £s raised for MSF into miles and virtually race to visit different famous mosques around the world!

Around the world in 10 days? Why not? It's the Wacky Races.

🏁 Please donate generously and help MSF to continue to support our youth. An investment in them today, is an investment in our future for generations. 🏁

جَزاكَ اللهُ خَـيْراً

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WHY SUPPORT MSF?

Because we are all about helping to develop: Happy, Confident Young Muslims.

Young Muslims who have a better sense of who they are and an even greater sense of belonging to their ummah, because of the supportive Scouting community that they are a part of.

Who make lifelong friends with other kids like them, sharing countless adventures and learning experiences together.

Young Muslims who, having benefited from the support of their community, then give back to their community, time and time and time again.

Young Muslims, for whom being of service becomes encoded into their very being.

And these young people, by the will of Allah, and with the skills and experiences and the good tarbiyah that they gain along their scouting journey, are the ones who will become the adults that will lead and shape our community and wider society for generations to come.

Scouting in our communities is a much-needed resource, especially when for the last 20 years we have seen youth services decimated, thousands of youth centre close, and funding consistently reduced and withdrawn.

COVID and the ongoing cost-of-living crisis has also affected our community the hardest and with Islamophobia running rampant in our society - what do we think will happen to our young people if as a community we don’t come together and provide institutions that will help them get the best start they can in life?

The need to plant that seed and build institutions like MSF, that work all year round to support and develop our young people - has never been greater.

We want to do more. We need to reach more young people. We want to give our groups even more support and resources. We need to be able to go to where our scout groups are rather than expect them to come to us. We need to offer more events and opportunities for our young people whilst keeping them financially accessible.

We can only do this with your help and support.

Your donation will go towards helping us to raise vital funds to allow MSF to continue to deliver their services to the youth.

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