Our Work

23/12/2021 - Thank you for funding from Arnold Clark Community Fund that made it possible for us to work in collaboration with Homeless Support UK and support a wide range of children who are struggling with Christmas Presents. Their smiles says it all!

11/01/2022 - The Himaya Haven team attended the second part of suicide prevention training - suicide prevention plus training. We are looking forward to part 3 which will see us and others at the training come together with Common Unity and The Waiting Room to develop...

10/01/2022 - We had a lovely visit from KikIt CEO Ashfaq to discuss future collaborative work .

24/12/2021 - We have had an incredible year at Himaya Haven, whilst achieving so much, and continuing to help our clients/families through another year (impacted by Covid). We celebrated the end of the year with a dinner for staff, directors and volunteers....

20/12/2021 - We are overjoyed to receive funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund.

16/12/2021 - Congratulations to our CEO Razia for winning the New Leaf Criminal Justice Entrepreneur Award 2021. This award recognises individuals who have changed their own lives and developed services to support others.  

16/12/2021 - Thank you to Birmingham City Council for these computers which are very much appreciated by our families. Digital poverty has been a significant hurdle and barrier for many, especially since the emergency of covid-19 & the closing of spaces like...

16/12/2021 - Well done to staff members Zobia and Somia for being shortlisted as New Leaf CIC's Employee of the Year Award.

15/12/2021 - A meeting with Kalsoom Khan discussing youth work.

13/12/2021 - We had a visit from West Midlands Police officers in our local area, where we discussed our new projects in the new...

13/12/2021 - We are happy to announce we have received funding from The Clothworkers' Foundation.

10/12/2021 - Himaya Haven attended the Unity Fair by the ISE Women's Enterprise Hub.

08/12/2021 - A networking event for social enterprises.

7/12/2021 - We are delighted to announce we have received funding from The Allen Lane Foundation.

06/12/2021 - Thank you to Asda Foundation for their donation from the Bringing Communities Back Together...

02/12/2021 - Our CEO was invited to an event Celebrating Entrepreneurial Success in Britain's Diverse Communities.

30/11/2021 - A workshop looking at menopause in the workplace.  

30/11/2021 - Well done to our CEO Razia for achieving runner-up in the Criminal Justice Alliance Outstanding Individual Award!! It is a great achievement to be recognised by industry professionals for all of your hard work.

24/11/2021 - We are happy to announce we have been successful with Heart of England funding.

19/11/2021 - We are happy to announce we have received funding from Arnold Clark.

16/11/2021 - Our final session of mentoring, providing emotional support and a safe space for a teenage girl to process the anniversary of her grandfathers death.

09/11/2021 -  Our 10th mentoring session this week providing emotional support and advice on techniques to deal with conflict. The session was via WhatsApp video.

09/11/2021 - Today the team at Himaya Haven attended a Suicide Prevention Training carried out by Common Unity and Forward 4 Life. This was a refresher for two of our Directors who had previously completed it, and a new training for our other Director and outreach...

08/11/2021 - Our fourth coffee morning at the Women's Enterprise Hub.

02/11/2021 - Razia attended an event discussing the impact of menopause in the workplace, and policy changing.

01/11/2021 - Our CEO Razia, has been shortlisted for the Criminal Justice Alliance Outstanding Individual Award...

01/11/2021 - Himaya Haven attended the Youth Work and Communities Networking Event.

01/11/2021 - Our third coffee morning at the Women's Enterprise...

28/10/2021 - The second part of our away day.  

27/10/2021 - We are happy to announce we have received funding from Active Citizens.

26/10/2021 - Our Director in attendance at an engaging Get Grants network meeting.

25/10/2021 - 8th mentoring session for another young girl we are supporting, providing support on her personal statement and how to maintain a work/life balance.

25/10/2021 -  A morning filled with laughter whilst learning sign language due to the skills of one of the members of the community in attendance. We also learnt some relaxation techniques as well as gaining a volunteer as...

19/10/2021 -  WhatsApp video mentoring session providing emotional and practical support to one of the young girls we are supporting. A safe space for her to think through her feelings.

18/10/2021 - Our first coffee morning of 6 sessions we are running across every Monday in the coming...

14/10/2021 - We are starting up a coffee morning session for ladies every Monday for 6 weeks from 11:30am - 1pm, starting on the 18th October...

14/10/2021 - We had an away day for all members of staff to help develop our future plans for Himaya...

13/10/2021 - A private meeting with CEO of Ghamkol Sharif and Himaya Haven to discuss partnership work in the near...

12/10/2021 - We have received our first donation for the Ramadan Prisoner Welfare Packs 2022.

8/10/2021 - We were invited to the B.I.G Community Mental Health Event for World Mental Health Day 2021. We had a great time networking with other organisations and enjoying live performances.

30/09/2021 - Mentoring session with a college student we are supporting to complete a personal statement for her university application thus, helping her to develop her writing and editing skills.

28/09/2021 - A virtual meeting (via Google Meets) with Natalie Booth who is an editor of the book we are writing a chapter for. This meeting was to go through edits and any main last...

23/09/2021 - Three sessions of mentoring carried out today at Ark Victoria Academy, providing both emotional and practical...

22/09/2021 - A useful discussion surrounding issues facing our communities with introductions to other community organisations and members, and the terms of reference focusing on youth, crime etc. This was beneficial for Himaya Haven as we were able to extend our...

21/09/2021 - We attended a private introductory meeting with Pak Pashtoon Association UK at their premises. This was a networking opportunity for us to engage with another community organisation, raise awareness of what we do and also learn about what Pak...

21/09/2021 - Part 1 of Stronger Voice's introduction to reframing zoom event focused on reframing how we communicate about those involved in the criminal justice system to those outside the field, by using simplified language. It also discussed societal attitudes...

20/09/2021 - Outreach engagement at a women's coffee morning where our leaflets were handed out and an introduction to Himaya Haven was made. The women were mainly from Arab and Yemeni descent. We had three self-referrals for housing which we will refer to appropriate...

16/09/2021 - Mentoring session 7 continued for the two primary aged children and one secondary aged. In total 3 sessions were conducted...

14/09/2021 - Mentoring session with a 16 year old girl we are supporting. The session consisted of helping her to write a personal statement and learning the skills and techniques to edit this and to highlight her skills and...

09/09/2021 - Our sixth session of mentoring support for a secondary age student who is now preparing for her GCSE's. Again this was conducted at Ark Victoria...

09/09/2021 - Follow up mentoring session 6 for two primary age children we are supporting. Now that schools have reopened after the Summer break, these sessions took place at Ark Victoria Academy.

31/08/2021 - We attended the launch of the book Daughters of Birmingham which highlights the struggles South Asian women in Birmingham have faced. It was our first local community event post Covid, and it felt great to be attending them again.

26/08/2021 - Himaya Haven participated in a short pilot programme for KFC Foundation. This required 3-6 young people aged 11-25 to partake in evaluating 6 project applications submitted to KFC. We had 4 young people volunteering their time with us to help in the...

24/08/2021 - Today we say goodbye to our wonderful volunteer Paris Noel from Birmingham City University. She has been a fab addition to the team, and will be missed. Thank you Paris for all of your hard work and enthusiasm across the past 3 months. It has been a...

23/08/2021 - Himaya Haven were in attendance of a conference call, in support of one of our...

19/08/2021 - A Zoom event on how to have a beneficial website.

17/08/2021 - A session of mentoring for a 16 year old we are supporting. She was given help with her CV, cover letter and future...

16/08/2021 - Another great three sessions of mentoring carried out by Somia...

12/08/2021 - We are glad to be safely returning back to a crucial part of Himaya Haven's work which is home visits. Our first visit back was to support a self-referred...

10/08/2021 - Part 2 of financial planning zoom event.

09/08/2021 - Our fourth session of mentoring provided to the children we are currently supporting.  

03/08/2021 - A Zoom event on how to financially plan for project costings.

02/08/2021 - Our third session of mentoring for a family of 5  This was carried out at our office due to the closure of schools for summer holidays....

26/07/2021 - First session of mentoring and support with CEO Razia from Get Grants.

14/07/2021 - Some members of the Himaya Haven team were invited to H.M.P Swinfen Hall to attend their Eid-Ul-Adha lunch alongside staff, prison governors and other professionals within the Criminal Justice System. This was also an opportunity to celebrate Equality,...

13/07/2021 - Our second session of providing mentoring services at Ark Victoria Academy, with Somia.

07/07/2021 - Race Equity Collaborative Project event attended via zoom, to address the inequality in Covid19 recovery plans for mental health and...

06/07/2021 - Mentoring was given to three children who we are working with at Ark Victoria Academy by Somia and...

30/06/2021 - Briefing and Roundtable discussion to explore if, and what type of support for those that identify as criminal justice leaders from Black, Asian, Gypsy, Roma and Traveller...

30/06/2021 - The launch of Worst Case Scenario Research, attended via Zoom.

30/06/2021 - Capacity Building Training attended by CEO via Zoom, on how to join the Dynamic...

17/06/2021 - A 4 week capacity building programme via Zoom, attended by CEO Razia.

16/06/2021 - A forum group where the first topic discussed the rise of the community and how to realise community power.

09/06/2021 - A collaborative meeting with Chief Inspector Imran Mirza and DCI John Askew to discuss how we can help support young people at risk of crime and anti-social behaviour.  

26/05/2021 - A workshop held by All Ways Network about how to apply for Cloth Works funding. Very informative and a great...

23/04/2021 - Himaya Haven are pleased to receive funding from the Heart of England Resilience Funding to support our outreach...

18/05/2021 - Himaya Haven's second book donation to Sally from the TAW Society book project that aims to facilitate reading and creating book boxes across the...

13/05/2021 - Himaya Haven wishes everyone a joyful and blesssed Eid Mubarak!

06/05/2021 - Another collection of our Ramadan food hampers from Sisters Care Project for those in need...

04/05/2021 - We also had our second collection from Roshni for our Ramadan food hampers for their clients. Glad to provide support for those in...

04/05/2021 - We had donated a few of our Ramadan food hampers to support families in need via Sisters Care Project.

04/05/2021 - Himaya Haven's CEO took part in an engaging and thoughtful roundtable discussion with the leadership team at @BWC_NHS and a groups community activists from across...

29/04/2021 - Today our CEO spent her day delivering our Ramadan Food Hampers to our families. Staff from Roshni had also collected hampers from us that we had donated to their clients.  

28/04/2021 - A webinar on Collaboratives on Addressing Racial Inequality in Covid Recovery. A great discussion in the breakout rooms where our CEO mentioned prisons and prisoners who were overlooked during the Covid crisis.

23/04/2021 - We had collected food from Active Wellbeing to add in to our Ramadan hampers for our families....

22/04/2021 - Today is the final of our Ramadan Prisoner Welfare Packs project. 3 months of hard work has paid off. Well done to the Himaya Haven staff, those who sponsored, donated, fundraised and volunteered their time to support us on this meaningful project. We can...

20/04/2021 - Himaya Haven is go go go this month! We have been successful in securing funding from ASDA to create 30 Ramadan food hampers for our families. Today we spent the day picking up the food, loading into the office and sorting out each individual hamper....

16/04/2021 - Today we received our Eid cards that are another addition to our Ramadan Prisoner Welfare Packs. They were designed by our Director Zobia, sponsored by members of Al-Imdaad Foundation, and printed by Light on Light Media. Another example of the great...

15/04/2021 - Today we received our Daily Prayers and Zikr books as part of our Ramadan Prisoner Welfare Packs. These were sponsored by Al-Imdaad Foundation, and designed, printed and binded by Light on Light Media. Both organisations are from Blackburn and supported...

09/04/2021 - Our CEO Razia, was invited as a speaker for the online seminar B.A.M.E as a buzzword: the third sector and frontline; to talk about the categorisation of B.A.M.E, how it affects funding opportunities and the general use of the word in the third sector and...

08/04/2021 - Our largest delivery of the Ramadan Prisoner Welfare Packs. This delivery was for H.M.P Oakwood, H.MP & YOI Brinsford, and H.M.P Stafford. We were assisted by the Deputy Lieutenant of the West Midlands, who volunteered his time to support us in the...

07/04/2021 - Our next delivery of the Ramadan Prisoner Welfare Packs was for H.M.P Birmingham and H.M.P Stoke Heath.

06/04/2021 - Our first delivery for the Ramadan Prisoner Welfare Packs was to H.M.P & Y.O.I Swinfen Hall and H.M.P Drakehall.

01/04/2021 - The team at Himaya Haven were very busy today preparing all items for delivery to each individual prison for the Ramadan Prisoner Welfare Project. These include but not limited to; prayer mats, Qurans, Islamic literature, attar bottles etc. Qurans and...

30/03/21 - We have received another donation of numerous prayer mats from the same young lady who had previously donated prayer mats just 2 weeks ago. She and her family and friends had come together to purchase these, with some more yet to come by the end of this...

22/03/21 - We have received another donation from two separate people of 4 tajweed Quran's and some...

19/03/21 - Himaya Haven staff have been recognised as UK Community Heroes for our hard work and dedication throughout the coronavirus pandemic.

13/03/21 - Our mentoring youth project named 'Say no to prison and yes to success', had its first session today with youth that identify to us as 'at risk'. This was led by our mentor Ismael and had very good engagement...

10/03/21 - A very big thank you to the staff and parents of Montgomery Primary Academy for this very generous donation of tasbeeh's, prayer hats, scarves and abayas.

18/03/21 - Week 3 of Digital Training for Business led by Xav Anderson.

16/03/21 - Donation from the Women's Enterprise Hub of wrapping paper for our boxes. 

16/03/21 - We received a donation of prayer mats and tasbeehs for our Ramadan Prisoner Welfare Packs, from a young female who would like to remain...

11/03/21 - Week 2 of the business digital training.

08/03/21 - A big thank you to our sponsor Muslim Women's Network UK for sponsoring all of the items for the female prisoners in H.M.P Drakehall. So far we have purchased hijabs, prayer mats and abayas/long dresses for them. The images show a few of what we have...

04/03/21 - A zoom event hosted by the Association of Muslim Lawyers and Leeds Youth Forum for International Women's Day.

04/03/2021 - A zoom event on a justice system fit for the future: leaving prison, reoffending and COVID-19.

04/03/21 - Our CEO has undertaken digital training to enhance her skills to help better profile Himaya...

23/02/21 - Himaya Haven had a second meeting with Kushminder Chahal (Senior Research Fellow & Project Lead for Birmingham 2029) from Birmingham City University to discuss the possibility of placements for university students with us, and a collaboration in...

24/02/01 - An introductory meeting with Community Development Worker at Community Chaplain Association and ourselves. With the discussion of joining the Chaplain Association...

22/02/21 - Himaya Haven had a meeting with Catalyst 4 Change to discuss collaborative future group work regarding a programme to support released prisoners.

16/02/21 - Himaya Haven staff member Somia, has completed an adult mental health first aid training course. 

16/02/21 - Himaya Haven attended Magistrates Youth Court to assist our clients son, where his case has been sent for trial. We will be supporting him through his trial.

15/02/21 - Himaya Haven had a meeting with Kushminder Chahal (Senior Research Fellow & Project Lead for Birmingham 2029) from Birmingham City University to discuss the possibility of placements for university students with us, and a collaboration in ethnographic...

12/02/21 - Himaya Haven's latest project is to create prisoner welfare packs this Ramadan for Muslim prisoners across West Midland's prisons. Please join us in raising donations. See poster for further...

11/02/21 - Himaya Haven attended a Zoom meeting with Birmingham City University.

05/02/21 - Himaya Haven had a zoom meeting with the imam's from West Midlands Prisons to discuss the Ramadan Welfare Project, and get introduced to the...

02/02/2021 - Himaya Haven staff completed training with the National Centre for Domestic Violence.

27/01/2021 - We would like to welcome our latest member of the team, Ismael Ali who has joined voluntarily as a mentor and youth engagement...

26/01/2021 - A Zoom event - opportunity to connect with BAME-led and BAME-specialist organisations, looking at ways to support BAME prisoners .

23/01/2021 - The team at Himaya Haven successfully completed Safeguarding and GDPR training delivered by Michelle Kelly from A Fathers Child Services...

23/01/2021 - Razia attended an online training Zoom, on employment law.

18/01/21 - Our seventh virtual session ran from 11am - 11:28am with three members in attendance.

11/01/2021 - Our sixth virtual session ran from 11am to 11:28am, with two people in attendance.

25/12/2020 - Here are some pictures that our clients have sent in using the food from our hampers.

24/12/2020 - Himaya Haven's team packed and delivered 35 food hampers to our families and some community members in need. Deliveries started in the morning and finished at 6-7pm, in the pouring rain, across Birmingham! Our boxes were individually hand-wrapped in...

21/12/2020 - Thank you to Highfield Hall Community Centre for donating food hampers to our Christmas hamper distribution. Very appreciated.

16/12/2020 - Preparing our boxes to fill with our food hamper items.

16/12/2020 - We received a lovely donation of chocolate selections to add into our hampers that we will be gifting to our families this Christmas. Thank you to the generous lady who donated this to Himaya Haven who would like to stay anonymous. We really appreciate...

15/12/2020 - Razia had attended a school meeting to support a child and client with translation and helping to get him back in to school/education to help him to improve his life.  

15/12/2020 - We collected a bunch of donated toys from Hall Green Communities at Edgbaston Cricket Ground to add into our xmas hampers that we will be donating to our families.  

14/12/2020 - Our fifth virtual session ran from 11am - 11:15am with three people in attendance.

14/12/2020 - Himaya Haven staff training in Business Development week 8 via Zoom.

09/12/2020 - Kals Community Project have approached Himaya Haven to collaborate with them on their documentary project surrounding the topic of gang violence and affiliation. The video will include experiences of frontline community workers, (ex) gang members, and...

07/12/2020 - Our outreach worker Somia has joined a Learning in Action group of 40 members, through the Learning Hub. This group allows for members to come together on a specific theme to share and discuss issues and solutions in more depth and provides support as we...

07/12/2020 - Himaya Haven staff training in Business Development week 7 via Zoom.

07/12/2020 - Himaya Haven is asking for donations so that we can provide 35 families with healthy food hampers this Christmas, and where possible some toys for the children. As we know this year has been incredibly difficult for all of us, facing hardship in a way...

07/12/2020 - Our fourth virtual session ran from 11am - 11:45am with four people in attendance.

03/12/2020 - The National Grieve Week saw Ubele's Lauch their BAME Bereavement Services. A much needed services for our communities. COVID-19 has meant that funerals cannot take place in the way that they usually do; it has been difficult for people to say goodbye to...

30/11/2020 - Our third virtual session ran from 11am - 11:54am with five people in attendance. Participants discussed shared experiences and offered support and advice to one another on finding work. We are seeing our clients befriending one another which is exactly...

30/11/2020 - Himaya Haven staff training in Business Development week 6 via Zoom.

26/11/2020 - Himaya Haven joined the Criminal Justice Roundtable discussion online. This was a lively and much needed critical discussion on issues that can not be ignored for prisoners or society.

25/11/2020 - We have donated our toys and educational resources collected, to the foodbank that operates in our building the Women's Enterprise Hub. We also distributed our leaflets in each individual bag of food to let further people know about our...

23/11/2020 - Our second virtual session ran from 11am - 11:45am with five attendees in total. A few women in the WhatsApp Group Chat are starting to talk to each other and share their struggles and thoughts. There is a sense of solidarity and support emerging, which...

23/11/2020 - The University of Birmingham are looking for Muslim women who have experienced Islamophobia and hate crimes, for a research project. If you fit this category please contact the email on the poster.

17/11/2020 - We believe everyone in our city should have access to nutritious, tasty cooked meals. The Big Feed Project is offering free cooked meals to collect from its community cafes across Birmingham....

16/11/2020 - Our first virtual session ran from 11am - 12:08pm, with six attendees in total. We had lots of laughs and smiles with a lot of conversation...

16/11/2020 - Himaya Haven staff training in Business Development week 3 via Zoom.  

11/11/2020 - We are creating a virtual coffee morning for our clients - Himaya Haven Chit Chat, to provide a space for them to communicate and confide in others going through similar experiences and aid in mental health and wellbeing as we progress through the second...

11/11/2020 - A quick look at the BTS of our team at Himaya Haven hard at work - continuing our support to the silent victims on the outside during the Covid19 Crisis. Via Phone and virtual platforms. Smiles are what gets us through...

4/11/2020 - We had a meeting in our office with Khalid from Kals Community Project. We are looking forward to working in collaboration, supporting our young people on preventing a life of crime and antisocial...

3/11/2020 - Himaya Haven have been asked to contribute a written chapter to an edited book by Dr Natalie Booth from the University of Bath. Sharing our experiences, findings and reflections from working on the frontlines supporting families who have or had loved ones...

2/11/2020 - Himaya Haven staff training in Business Development Week 2 via Zoom.

02/11/2020 - The Women's Enterprise and Community Hub in partnership with Your Money Your Way CIC are providing supportive one-to-one sessions advice sessions for those who have financial/debt...

02/11/2020 - We are looking for donations so that we can continue to build care packages for families within the community, as we go into a second lockdown, helping to support their mental health and wellbeing and reminding them that they are not alone which is...

02/11/2020 - From the 2nd November money will need to be sent to those in prison via debitcard and can no longer be sent via bank transfer, pre-paid debit card, cash, cheques or postal orders. If there are any of our families or people you know who may need help to...

26/10/2020 - Himaya Haven staff training in Business Development via Zoom. 

23/10/2020 - New Leaf Initiative CIC asked Himaya Haven to collaborate with them by translating the front and back of informational leaflets for H.M.P Birmingham's visitor counsel service in three different languages - Romanian, Hindi and Urdu.  

23/10/2020 - We attended Neema Women's coffee morning where we enjoyed a French breakfast and handed out some of our leaflets to the women in attendance. Neema Women provide a coffee morning service for ladies to attend every Friday, in the Women's Enterprise Hub....

13/08/2020 - Himaya Haven launched our brand new office and report Who Cares, You Care.

24/07/2020 - Our extra support packs given through our mentoring programme to support our families who have been referred to us by schools & Childrens...

24/07/2020 - Himaya Haven staff hard at work, analysing data and preparing information for our annual report.

23/07/2020 - We will be launching our report 'Who Cares, You Care", hosting our AGM, and revealing our brand new office on the 13th August 2020. Social distancing rules will be applied to ensure safety for our guests. Attendees will be designated a time slot to ensure...

07/05/2020 - We are so excited to announce we have secured our new office space in Women's Enterprise Hub, 249 Ladypool Road, Sparkbrook, Birmingham, B12 8LF. We are moved in and are back to work W/C 8th June 2020. We have appointed a new member of staff for the role...

24/02/2020 - Dr. Martin Glynn's workshop on Black Men, Invisibility and Crime.

19/02/2020 - Attended Smart Women CIC event Working Together Tackling Health Inequalities in our Communities.

11/02/2020 - Mind the Trap was delivered at Concord Youth Centre.

30/01/2020 - Himaya Haven has been successful in receiving funding from the Community Fund to support us for the next five years. We are ready to witness our growth with the help of this...

30/01/2020 - Himaya Haven was invited into Conway Primary School's coffee morning to deliver a talk to the parents of children on how to safeguard their children from knife attacks/crime; after concerns for their children and their own safety due to Grantham road...

28/01/2020 - We attended Bordesley Green Girls School Enrichment Day yesterday through Aspire4U. We delivered our project information to at least 360 girls and staff. A really positive day lots of questions were asked from the students, very engaging and showed a lot...

23/01/2020 - Delivering our workshop on Mind the Trap in Ark St. Albans...

18/01/2020 - Delivering another Mind the Trap Workshop with parents and youths at the Dream Chasers Youth...

09/01/2020 - Outreach work at H.M.P Birmingham. 

07/01/2020 - New year, same great work! Continuing our outreach work at H.M.P...

01/01/2020 - Himaya Haven wishes everyone a successful, happy new...

18/12/2019 - Our Senior Managing Director had received her Prison Link Level 2 Award for Prison Work at Lloyds House. The first person to achieve the Level 2...

17/12/2019 - Craig Pinkey and Dr. Martin Glynn present Making Sense of the Chaos: A Birmingham...

17/12/2019 - Our second delivery of Mind the Trap workshop at Small Heath Leadership Academy, with over 250 children in attendance. Facilitated by Raymond Douglas. The children were fully engaged and well behaved, doing their school proud....

11/12/2019 - HH were lucky enough to be invited in to H.M.P Brinsford to join staff and families at their Family Day visit. It was lovely to see the look on the children's faces when they saw Santa and his elves come in and give them their...

09/12/2019 - HH delivered toys donated to us, to Brinsford in time for their Christmas Family...

09/12/2019 - Himaya Haven's programme of MIND THE TRAP workshop delivered by Raymond Douglas at Waverley Studio College to 2 groups with Year 10,11 and 6th Formers (Over 100 students). Topics covered included Safeguarding, keeping safe, challenging mindsets around...

05/12/2019 - Monthly outreach work at H.M.P Birmingham where we engaged with 36 visitors, of which there were 22 females, 7 males and 7...

28/11/2019 - Monthly outreach at H.M.P Featherstone where we engaged with 14 visitors of which, 8 were female, 2 were males, and 4 children. We gave children some early christmas gifts that were donated to...

26/11/2019 - Monthly outreach work at H.M.P Brinsford where we engaged with 30 visitors, of which 21 were female, 8 males and 1 child....

25/11/2019 - HH attended the launch of Bahu Trust's 2 videos on Faith Against Violence. Very powerful and emotional videos. Knife Crime Affects Everyone - https://youtu.be/5_cHjfnRWmI Domestic Abuse...

22/11/2019 - HH attended MWN's AGM where they launched their report on Muslim Women's Experience of the Criminal Justice...

19/11/2019 - HH were supporting a client whose partner was in prison, had immigration issues and was struggling to make ends meet. She received indefinite stay and we were able to donate food with the help of Odara, and communicate due to language barriers with the...

15/11/2019 - Following on from last years donations of christmas presents, HH wanted to do the same again this year round; collecting for H.M.P Birmingham, Featherstone and...

08/11/2019 - Outreach in H.M.P Birmingham on their open day where we engaged with 16 visitors, of which 10 were female and 6 were...

05/11/2019 - A police event/meeting discussing research by Dr. Anna Kotova - A talk on the golden thread families of people who...

31/10/2019 - On our outreach visit in H.M.P Featherstone we were made aware of the updates to the Shuttle Bus Service for visitors. Families really struggle with cost of visits. If you are visiting Featherstone, Brinsford or Oakwood. Use the Shuttle bus. From the...

31/10/2019 - Outreach work at H.M.P Featherstone where we engaged with 31 visitors, of which 12 were female, 13 males and 6 children. On this same day we went to visit a client from Brinsford, where we engaged with 8 visitors, of which 6 were female, 1 male and 1...

29/10/2019 - Outreach work at H.M.P. Brinsford where we engaged with 23 visitors, of which 18 were female, 3 males and 2...

26/10/2019 - Birmingham Mind Mindfulness Event at St.Paul's Project for Mental Health Awareness Week

10/10/2019 - For Mental Health Awareness Week, HH attended this...

09/10/2019 - Himaya Haven mentoring training follow on with Raymond...

03/10/2019 - Our monthly outreach in H.M.P Birmingham where we engaged with 18 visitors, of which 9 were female, 7 males, and 2...

26/09/2019 - Outreach at H.M.P Featherstone. We engaged with 15 visitors of which, 11 were female, 1 male and 3...

24/09/2019 - Brinsford September outreach. We engaged with 23 visitors of which, 15 were female and 8...

18/09/2019 - Congratulations to our Director Zobia, who has graduated from the University of Wolverhampton with a Degree of Bachelor of Science with Honours First Class in...

14/09/2019 - Himaya Haven have been successful in receiving some funding from The Norton Foundation.

05/09/2019 - Outreach visit at H.M.P Birmingham. Wen engaged with 12 visitors, of which 11 were female and 1...

04/09/2019 - Our tri-monthly gangs and violence steering meeting filling in attendees on the work we have completed since the last meeting.

22/08/2019 - Outreach work at H.M.P Featherstone. We engaged with 16 visitors, of which 10 were female, 4 males and 2...

20/08/2019 - Himaya Haven delivered donations of hand creams, shampoos, vests, thermals, jumpers and boxers, for the residents at Oakwood as a starter pack when they leave the...

20/08/2019 - Outreach work in Brinsford where we handed out leaflets and made visitors aware of our services. We engaged with 27 visitors of which, 15 were female, 6 males and 6 children. In today's visit, we recognised one of our clients from up North, whos family...

07/08/2019 - Himaya Haven were invited to an open day at H.M.P Birmingham to advertise their services. We handed out some free goodies including umbrellas, hand creams, tea flasks and...

29/07/2019 - Himaya Haven invited for a meeting with Oakwood Prison discussing the rise in Muslim prisoners and how we can work alongside one another with Muslim prisoners prior to release and on release to reduce re-offending...

25/07/2019 - Himaya Haven's first outreach session in H.M.P & Y.O.I Brinsford in partnership with Barnardos, where we handed out leaflets to families in the visiting centre and made them aware of our services. We were able to help a mother who's first time it was...

23/07/2019 - Himaya Haven's first outreach session in H.M.P Featherstone in partnership with Barnardos, where we handed out leaflets to families in the visiting centre and made them aware of our services. We engaged with 22 visitors of which 12 were women, 1 male and...

15/07/2019 - Himaya Haven attended the launch of the report Sisters in Desistance report by Sofia Buncy in Bradford. The report focuses on Muslim women post prison and providing them community based solutions...

12/07/2019 - At Women'a Well-being Centre with Zainab Al-Suwaji, Executive Director for American Islamic Congress discussing the opportunities and services women provide and receive in the...

05/07/2019 - Sparkhill Springers Street Watch at Sparkhill Fun Fair, getting members to join WM Now and street watch as well as raising awareness of Himaya Havens...

04/07/2019- Outreach work in H.M.P Birmingham visitors centre.

25/06/2019 - Meeting at Featherstone prison discussing ways to support families in partnership with...

22/06/2019 - Himaya Haven put on an away day for members of the team. Delivered by Dr Martin Glynn, understanding the underlying issues of crime and specifically desistance in the criminal justice...

20/06/2019 - West Midlands Police, Sgt Hanif and Inspector Imran, working in partnership with Himaya Haven and local residents joined forces to create safer...

20/06/2019 - Himaya Haven offered mentoring training to it's team, delivered by Raymond Douglas. The training was tailored around how to mentor returning...

18/06/2019 - Himaya Haven were at H.M.P Birmingham's open day alongside other services that can be useful to families who have someone in prison. We also had a lovely visit from two...

13/06/2019 - Himaya Haven at the Youth Fest...

12/06/2019 - Our quarterly steering group meeting addressing the recent highlighted crime and issues in the past 3...

11/06/2019 - A full day conference highlighting the issue of forced marriage and honour based violence, launching their new...

21/05/2019 - A collaborative meeting with West Midlands Police offender management team and Head of prison Chaplain...

04/05/2019 - A Networking Seminar around helping and inspiring young...

02/05/2019 - Outreach work was carried out in the prison visiting center from 12pm - 2pm

02/05/2019 - Workshop at Somerville Primary School 9:30am -...

01/05/2019 - We were invited to lead a discussion group and to bring in a few case studies to encourage this discussion. We also sat on a...

16/04/2019 - Justice Network Meeting 1 till 3pm. 

09/04/2019 - A workshop was done at the Perry Barr custody suite: criminal justice liaison and diversion service and operational...

05/04/2019 - We attended an event on research on working with criminalised men and women and the development and delivery of rehabilitative...

02/04/2019 -  Himaya Haven at HMP Birmingham stationed in the visiting center, to provide support and guidance for those who may be in need, especially if it is their first visit (in this prison); as a lot of nerves and confusion may...

02/04/2019 - Delivering at Dyson Gardens Children...

29/03/2019 - Today completed the Mental Health First Aid Training very intense 2 days highly recommend...

28/03/2019 - Today completed the Mental Health First Aid Training very intense 2 days highly recommend...

25/03/2019 - Challenging Hate and Islamophobic Building Resilient Communities at the...

23/03/2019 - The Sparkhill Park event, attracted a good number of people, young, elders, men and women. We actively engaged with a diverse range of people. issues, which cropped up, included, litter, fly tipping, neglect of the park drugs, knife and gun...

21/03/2019 - Workshop today at the Dolphin Center. First workshop delivered in Mirpuri, it was an amazing...

19/03/2019 - Justice Network Meeting

18/03/2019 - Workshop on safeguarding children and families at Bangladesh Women’s Association SmallHeath Birmingham with Razia Tariq Hadait from Himaya Haven CIC and co with PREVENT &...

15/03/2019 - Workshop on Families for life by Nicola...

14/03/2019 - Today amazing committed community activists joined street watch under the guidance of Sgt Hanif Ullah and Georgina...

12/03/2019 - Information sharing event in Sparkhill Park

10/03/2019 - The Big...

06/03/2019 - Todays meeting stop the...

05/03/2019 - Today Himaya Haven was honoured to receive an award from the High Sheriff Chris Loughran of the West Midlands In recognition of great and valuable services to the...

26/02/2019 - Development of Tyseley and Haymills. Well attended community event with businesses, community and young...

26/02/2019 - Tackling Child Sexual Exploitaion

23/02/2019 - Today at the Somali Parents Forum Meet and Greet amazing...

22/02/2019 - Meeting in Oakwood Prison regarding in future projects.

16/02/2019 - Education Centre opened in Sparkbrook.

13/02/2019 - Today at Conway School,raising awareness on our work,and keeping children safe. With Liz Whelan and Vanessa from Youth for Human Rights...

12/02/2019 - Mentoring Session

07/02/2019 - Attended an Open Day in HM Prison Birmingham Visting...

03/02/2019 - A discussion in which we had talked about how knife crime had cause the deaths of children and teen in 2017 and talked about how we can come up with possible solutions to the issues surounding knife...

02/02/2019 - Directors attending a Mentoring Training for a Pilot Scheme with the West Midlands...

30/01/2019 - Attended a safe guarding meeting for a family that we are supporting.

29/01/2019 - Today getting my level 2 in prison work signed off. I am the first ever person to complete level 2. My tutor is really impressed asked me to stay behind and speak to the...

25/01/2019 - Workshop on our prison work and gangs and violence awareness...

24/01/19 - Today attending and speaking the university seminar impact on short custodial sentences on mothers and their...

15/01/2019 - Himaya Haven held a meeting at Chai Lounge regarding a family event in order to raise awareness on street watch and neighbourhood watch.

15/01/2019 - Community engagement meeting between West Midlands Police Inspector Imran Mirza and Zia-Ul-Ummah...

14/01/2019 - Attended Starbank School's afternoon tea where they went over the work they have done over the past...

21/12/2018 - Thank you to our latest funders, Central England Co-Operative for the Making a Difference Community Dividend....

14/12/2018 - Himaya Haven pitched an idea of mentoring youths to Year 11 students from Aston Manor Academy. This was to understand what teenagers may think will be most effective in reducing serious violence amongst young people. 85% of students liked the idea...

14/12/2018 - Prison Link organised their annual certificate ceremony for their 2018 students who had completed the Level 1 in Basic Prison Work Course. This took place at Lloyds House, where our certificates were presented by Assistant Chief Inspector of WMP and...

13/12/2018 - A workshop was delivered at Ladypool Primary School on the work of Himaya Haven.

06/12/2018 - Himaya Haven were asking for donations of new toys or money to buy brand new Christmas presents for children of prisoners in HMP Birmingham. However, we managed to deliver toys to four prisons within West Midlands; HMP Birmingham, HMP Brinsford, HMP...

04/12/2018 - Himaya Haven have been offered a space in HMP Birmingham to offer emotional and practical support for families of...

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27/11/2018 - Sultan Bahu Trust opening for their Hazrat Sultan Bahu Help...

13/11/2018 - Stakeholder Event at HMP Birmingham

20/11/2018 - Muslim Hands launched their report Invisibility in Birmingham; which focuses on Muslim women in...

16/11/2018 - Himaya Haven attended the mental health awareness event hekd by APWA UK, with Razia being a guest...

06/11/18 - Himaya Haven's first ever AGM and launch of our report "Silent Victims on the Outside", held at Highfield Hall. Guest speakers included Chris Loughran High Sheriff of West Midlands, Dr. Karamat Iqbal the author of our report, Dr. Anna Kotova University of...

29/10/2018 - Muslim Women's Network UK AGM at the House of...

30/10/2018 - Introductory workshop into the work that Himaya Haven does as well as information on Gangs and Violence. 11:30am - 1:30pm. Please contact Razia to confirm spaces.

25/10/2018 - Raising awareness on domestic violence during domestic violence awareness week. Ladies in attendance were given therapeutic hand...

23/10/2018 - The second part of our workshops on resilience. 

16/10/2018 - The first part of a workshop for women on how to stay...

10/10/2018 - Being Well Works Well Conference for World Mental Health Day held by Common Unity. ...

04/10/18 - A workshop delivered at Christ Church School introducing parents to our organisation and outlining the services that we...

4/10/2018 - A workshop on the drivers of radicalisation, lead by Shahid...

03/10/18 - A steering group meeting organised to catch up and discuss issues that have arised from the last meeting and community walk....

2/10/2018 - Himaya Haven held a workshop for parents on how to be safe on the internet and how to keep their children safe on the internet too. As well as how to encourage conversations on being...

25/09/18 - A community walk on Stratford Road from the Camphill roundabout to the junction of Walford Road. In attendance were Razia and Zobia Hadait, Arif Chohan, Maz Iqbal, Shahid Butt, Inspector Imran Mirza, SanaUllah, and...

22/09/18 - Rubbish clean up in the local...

12/09/18 - Himaya Haven was invited to a round table discussion on Families of Prisoners: Towards Policy Impact at Winterbourne House and...

01/08/2018 - Himaya Haven's second meeting with Chief Inspector Phillip Cape of West Midlands...

26/07/2018 - Zia-Ul-Ummah Centre held a workshop on street self defence against knife...

19/07/2018 - Himaya Haven attended Odara's event on tackling radicalisation at South and City...

18/07/2018 - A meeting held with members of the working group created from Himaya Haven's gangs and violence workshop. We touched upon the main issues mentioned from our last workshop and discussed actions that need to be taken and how we can go about it effectively....

12/07/2018 - A workshop on domestic abuse highlighting the many forms that it can take. We had Henna Rai sharing her experience of her past two experiences with domestic abuse. ...

10/07/2018 - A hard-hitting workshop attempting to tackle the increase in youth violence and create a working group. The workshop was ran by Raymond Douglas. In attendance were community members, statutory and voluntary organisations, WM Police and...

28/06/2018 - Ladies only event to celebrate Eid-Ul-Fitr 2018, after a hard and testing Ramadan, this was put together to reward the women for all their efforts in looking after their families during this month and a chance for them to get some beauty treatments! More...

22/06/2018 - Event at Ladypool School

28/03/2018 - West Midlands Police event highlighting the affects of stalking. Kerry Daynes, Forensic and Consultant Psychologist, a survivor of stalking, shared her...

27/03/2018 - Himaya Haven visited HMP Drakehall to gift some Qurans, prayer mats and religious literature that were donated on behalf of the community, at the request of Chaplain Sarah. We spent some time with female inmates, discussing the ways we can end the stigma...

26/03/2018 - We met with Lead Commissioner of Countering Extremism, Sara Khan, alongside other women organisations. Discussions of improvements for the...

22/03/2018 - Making our own bracelets at...

14/03/2018 - Thank you to Kabir and Tabraiz from Greencoat Nursery for our lovely new...

13/03/2018 - Himaya Haven meets with Chaplains from HMP Oakwood, HMP Birmingham, HMP Featherstone prison and HMP Brinsford Youth Offenders. Also, in attendance were 6 inmates who made valuable contributions and feedback, which will be...

08/03/2018 - Celebrating Women's International Day, with the panel consisting of Dr. Laura Zahra MacDonald, Rev. Bev Thomas, Lindsey Simmons, Faeeza Vaid and Joy...

06/03/2018 - A celebration of female achievements over the years and celebrating each and everyone's achievements who attended. In honour of Women's International...

Pathway2Grow's Ladies only networking event hosted by Nadia Rasul with guest speaker Brenda Dempsey. An opportunity for women to highlight their...

  15/02/2018 - First Aid training delivered by Julian Williams (Steroplast Healthcare) alongside the launch of Lynne Baird's (Daniel Baird Foundation All Lives Matter) Bleed Control Kit. The kit was designed to help aid people with catastrophic bleeding after her...

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07/02/2018

4/2/2018 -  Community Engagement Meeting

2/1/2018 - Safeguarding Our Women Conference

2/2/2018 - Coffee Morning at Marlborough Junior School

1/2/2018 - Women Empowering Women amazing stories of peoples lives...

31-1-2018 - Safe Sound Training Workshop

24-1-2018 - Women Empowering Women...

15/1/2018 - Himaya Haven organises workshop for awareness Family matter campaign on families matters...

15/12/2017 - Conference West Midlands Police Drugs Policy Summit

14/12/2017 - Conference Dery foundation mental health end of project...

8/12/17 - West Midlands Police Commission on Gangs and...

28/11/2017 - Conference West Midlands Victim Summit With Julie Din Director Himaya Haven, West Midlands Police Crime Commissioner David Jamieson and Razia Tariq Hadait Director Himaya Haven today at the Victims Summit Razia Tariq Hadait Director of Himaya Haven with...

27/11/2017 - Post Posting all our letters to the prison and collecting of our...

21/11/2017 - Coffee Morning Coffee morning and workshop on Holistic...

31/10/2017 33. Event West Midlands Police Cyber Summit Himaya Haven attending Cyber Summit For Business with West Midlands police and crime commissioner. with Julie...

20/10/2017 - Event Emergency to Urgency Youth Crime challenges for practitioners Responding to Gangs and Serious Youth Violence Today Himaya Haven attended EMERGENCY to URGENCY Challenges for Practitioners Responding to Gangs and Serious Youth Violence @Brookfield...

17/10/2017 - Coffee...

14/10/2017 - Event Youth World Café A great initiative by West Midlands...

11/08/2017 - Workshop Key influences...

02/08/2017 - Event Tell Mama Conference The event highlighted the service provided of hate...

21/07/2017 - Event Attending the Dery Foundation awareness on mental health, We introduced our...

21/07/2017 - Launch Women Empowering Women “Forgotten Voices of...

18/07/2017 - Training Safe Talk Suicide Alerters...

13/07/2017 - Event Street Party celebrating all cultures - unity...

11/07/2017 - Coffee Morning NLP Coffee Morning with Neuro Linguistic Programme Karen Baugham...

30/06/2017 - Training Presentation Skills...

21/6/2017 - Multi Faith Iftar during ramadan Zia Ul Ummah - Victoria...

24/05/2017 - Meeting Sajid Javid Secretary of State for Communities and Local...

On April of 2017 we were visited by the home secretary Amber...

05/03/2017- We engage launch on their work on Mental Health

6th Feb 2017 - FGM Conference Female genital mutilation (FGM), also known as female genital cutting and female circumcision, is the ritual cutting or removal of some or all of the external female genitalia. The practice is found in Africa, Asia and the Middle East,...

02/05/2017 - Coffee Morning Coffee morning held at Odara which including our workshop on prevent