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Ramadan runners raise funds for soup kitchen

15 March 2025

Louise Parry

BBC News, Buckinghamshire

The group began in 2022 and has grown to about 15

Ramadan Runners Five men posing for a photo in their bright running gear. Two wearing baseball caps crouch on the floor and hold up their fingers in a peace sign, while the other three lean forwards with their thumbs up. They are in a town centre and the sky is blue behind them. — The group began in 2022 and has grown to about 15

A running group is doing a daily 5km throughout Ramadan to raise money for a soup kitchen.

The Chiltern Champions raised £3,605 in 2022 for the Big Community Takeaway, but this year the hot meals are being provided by volunteers at Chesham Mosque in Buckinghamshire.

Javad Malik, from the group, said: "We thought 'Why don't we start up our own takeaway">Trussell Trust figures show nearly 245,000 emergency food parcels were given to West Midlands families last year.

6 days ago

Shropshire

Miranda van Rossum and Kofi Smiles holding the embroidery it has a black outline of Hull next to the blue of the Humber Estuary with brightly coloured stiches squares arranged across it.

Cross stitch map depicts city's people and places

Miranda van Rossum spent a year visiting 100 locations across the city to make Hull in Stitches.

Hull & East Yorkshire

Blonde haired woman wearing a white blazer and a necklace. She is smiling and standing by a brick wall that is grey but painted in part in yellow and red.

Community hub and foodbank awarded £315k

One staff member says the project was a "pivotal help in my recovery from addiction".

Part of the red Stena Immaculate ship which is damaged and letting water in.

Stricken North Sea tanker gives food banks a boost

A seaside vicar says volunteers picked up a cubic metre of frozen meat and fish from the ship.

A woman smiles into the camera. She's in a restaurant. She's wearing a silver necklace with a small heart shaped dropping from a crescent moon and a black top over a beige vanity top. She has shoulder-length blond hair.

Food banks 'were a lifeline for me'

Figures from the foodbank show that more than 77,000 parcels were distributed in NI over the past year.

Northern Ireland