This document summarizes the mission and activities of the Second Chance organization. It aims to promote community cohesion and understanding between diverse religious groups through various educational and social activities. Its goals include empowering youth and vulnerable community members. It provides regular community events like weekly coffee mornings, Ramadan iftar meals, Eid gatherings, and excursions. It is seeking to expand its facilities and services through a new office space. The organization welcomes volunteers and donations to continue supporting community integration and understanding.

1. Fatihiya M Saad
Publicity Officer

2. The Mission of Second
Chance
 To be a model organization depicting Islamic
values for all of humanity borne out of concern
and love based on the teachings of Islam.
 To promote community cohesion through various
activities to facilitate understanding amongst all
diverse communities hence fostering harmony and
peace.
 A forum for Muslims to integrate with those of the
non Muslim faith to encourage them to learn,
explore, share, discuss and discover Islam.
 A centre for both formal and informal education.

3. Organizational Structure
Chair
Ayesha Acharya
Administration
Officer
Jamila Jones
Secretary
Ifrah Suldan
Treasurer
Daushi
Samobana
Vice Chair
Sumaya
Muganzi
Fundraising
Officer
Bibi Parker
Publicity
Officer
Fatihiya M Saad Zara Lartey
Events
Coordinator

4. Goals of Second chance
 Excelling the Youth - activities designed to give
opportunity to interact and make decision in the community.
 Support the elderly, disabled & homeless - improve
the quality of the vulnerable, living within the community.
 Education & Training - Empowering mothers to return to
the work force.
 Mental Health amongst the Community - To raise
public awareness and combat stigma and discrimination.
 Fundraising/Charity Events – Developing New projects
for and with local communities.
 Raising awareness of STDs, HIV, Aids & Hepatitis B.
To protect the physical and mental health of sufferers. To also
advance education of the general public in STDs.
 Sisters4Islam - to work alongside other faith groups in the
promotion of human rights and religious harmony.

5. Background of the Group
 The group began in 2009 as Sisters4Islam and was
the brainchild of Jamila Jones a Jamaican revert
sister who moved from Bristol and was looking to
embrace the different religious communities that
were a part of Leicester (Asian, Somali, Swahili,
Arab, African, Caribbean communities that were
all Muslim but were found in segregated clusters).
The vision was to create an Islamic based
umbrella sisterhood fostering learning and
communication that could embrace and support
women from all these groups regardless of culture,
background and faith.

6. Weekly Wednesday
Coffee Mornings
This group began in 2010 at the
request of brothers who were
doing dawah at the Clock tower
at Leicester city centre and didn’t
have anywhere to signpost sisters
who took the shahada. This was
initially a support for female reverts
but has grown in popularity that
most Women from different ethnic
backgrounds and faiths enjoy a
regular attendance.

7. Trips
and Excursions
We usually organize Eid Family
trips to theme parks (Thorpe
park, Alton towers, Twin Lakes
and seaside beaches). Again
these were mainly started for the
reverts who had no family but
became so popular with the
community that we have one
every year. Last year we received
Community First funding and we
managed to take a large group
of the Community to the seaside
at Skegness.

8. Weekend Iftar
Programme/halaqah during
Ramadhan
 This was initially began to support the Muslim
reverts who had no family so that they have a
chance to experience iftar with other Muslim
sisters.
 It became so popular amongst the community
that we would provide iftar for 100-200 people.
 Restaurants around Leicester like Koyla’s, Food
Corner, Najeeb’s, Arabella, Zagros Pizza etc also
began donating food for this event.
 So far the programme has served St. Matthews
area, City Centre, Highfields and Evington.

9. Eid
Gatherings
Again these were started
mainly for the reverts
who had no family so that
they could enjoy Eid
with the organization
members but became
very popular that we hold
one every year for the
community at Eid ul Adha.

10. BASKET-BALL
Basket ball try outs
and practice for girls
above 13 every
Saturday afternoon
run by our Youth
Events
Coordinator,
Zara Lartey.

11. Cookery
Workshops
Due to the ethnic
mix of people in
our organization we
began regular
cookery workshops to
encourage people to
taste different culinary
dishes. Also an
extremely popular way
to foster community
cohesion.

12. Quarterly Pampering
Evenings
Every 3 to 4 months we
organize a pampering
evening event to raise funds for
our activities like the
Ramadhan iftar programme, Eid
Get-togethers and trips.
Different treatments would
be offered by sisters
voluntarily and all proceeds
would be donated to
the organization. Please join us for
our next one scheduled for Sat
21st Feb 2015 at the African
Caribbean Centre in High Fields.

13. New Office!!!
Alhamdullilah by the
grace of Allah (SWT) we
have now secured our
own office premises at
450 East Park Road
Off Evington Road,
Leicester, LE5 5HH

14. Sisters4Islam becomes
Second Chance
 Projects being done
 Wednesday Coffee mornings
 Cookery workshops
 Iftar programmes
 Eid gatherings
 Pampering evenings
 Trips and Excursions
 Weekly/Monthly Halaqah
programmes
 Youth Club
 Basket Ball
 Outreach group for City
Retreat, NHS, LASS, Age
Concern, Action for the
blind, Well for living, etc
 Proposed projects at the new
Premises
 Child care/Baby sitting facilities
 Room hire for individuals/groups with
projects/classes
 Soft skills entrepreneurship training e.g.
sewing, baking, crochet, knitting, art and
calligraphy,
 Madrasah (Young children and Teens)
 Soup kitchen/Food Banks
 Clothes and Blankets for the homeless
 Domestic Violence support
 Teen/Peer Counselling
 Marriage counselling and arbitration
 ESOL /English Language Tutoring
 Life in the UK/Citizenship Classes
 After school club/Homework Club

15. Future Projects in shaa allah
bi idhnillah
Homeless Shelter/Refuge
Hostel
Projects working for the elderly
and Disabled
Care Home
College for Girls

16. If you would like to be
involved or support us contact
Chairperson,
Second Chance,
450 East Park Road, Leicester,
LE5 5HH
or contact our Administrator or myself
07949729134/07972790035
Website: www.sisters4islam.com ,
e mail: sisters4islam@gmail.com

17. Standing order form
Or fill in a standing order form for our organization
whose bank account details can be found below:
Sisters4Islam,
HSBC Leicester Clock Tower Branch,
2-6 Gallow tree gate,
Leicester.
LE1 1DA
Sort Code: 40-28-06
Account No: 84240294

18. Excellence of Generosity and
Spending in a Good cause with
Reliance on Allah
" Lend unto God a goodly loan. Whatever good
you shall forward on your behalf you shall find it
with God, as better and richer in reward”.
(al-Muzzammil 73: 20.)
"And whatever you spend in good, it is for
yourselves, when you spend not except seeking
Allah's Countenance. And whatever you spend in
good, it will be repaid to you in full, and you shall
not be wronged.'' ( Baqarah 2:272)

19. Barakallahu Feekum