PennyAppeal News

The Hajj is expected to start on August 9th this year, depending on the sighting of the moon, and millions of Muslims will soon be getting ready to make their pilgrimage to Mecca or follow the hajj here at home.

Urgent flood warnings had been issued over the weekend in Rochdale, as torrential rainfall swept the North of England. Rochdale received 100mm of rainfall between the 27th and 28th of July; that’s more than an entire month’s worth of rain from a single storm.

Penny Appeal are thrilled to have won the prestigious Creative Media Award for our #AsBritishAs campaign at the Asian Media Awards 2018!

Alternative spiritual singer-songwriter, Alman Nusrat, has released his first global EP “With Love” on October 17th

On his 38th birthday, Penny Appeal’s Chairman and co-founder, Adeem Younis, makes an exciting announcement that he will be running the London Marathon for the third year in a row, to provide life-saving water to communities living in desperate poverty.

We at Penny Appeal would like to say a huge congratulations and thanks to our amazing fundraisers who managed to raise over £50,000 hiking up the highest mountain in the UK, Ben Nevis!

The World Food Day theme for 2018 is about creating a world with zero hunger by 2030. We couldn’t agree more; we work in countries across the world with our ‘Feed Our World’ appeal, feeding millions of people worldwide

The UK’s first ever Muslim Pantomime is back for a second year. Touring 17 cities, The Great Muslim Panto: If the Shoe Fits part 2 promises to be bigger and better than last year!

At least 449 homeless people died in 2017, with the average age at death being just 49 for men, and 53 for women.

Last night Indonesia was hit by a second earthquake, measuring a staggering 5.2 on the Richter scale. The earthquake weakens an already devastated country, and yet again spreads fear throughout its people. It has put temporary shelters and camps at risk of collapsing, leaving thousands of survivors fearing for their lives once again.

Over 1,400 people have tragically lost their lives, and this figure is expected to rise in the coming days as many people still remain missing and are feared to be trapped in rubble

World Teachers’ Day celebrates and raises awareness of the importance of the role that teachers play in providing quality education at all levels, all over the world