On 23 May, Thursday on Colmore Row, Insight Westmids, a Community Interest Company (CIC) distributed hundreds of free sweet packs to celebrate Ramadan. About 250 packs containing; a date, which Muslims use to break their fast with, a selection of sweets and a card explaining; ‘What is Ramadan’, were handed out to people at Cathedral Square at lunchtime.
The Company received £300 Fuel funding from the Beatfreeks collective. Fuel is a pot of money which young people in the Beatfreeks Community aged 18-30 can use to react to social issues that are important to them. Atif Ali, the founder of INSIGHT WESTMIDS, decided to make the packs and apply for the funding as a result of the recent issues in the world (Sri Lanka Bombings & the Christchurch terror attack) and additionally, the vandalism of Birmingham mosques.
The idea of the packs was to promote an understanding of Ramadan, which as well as being one of the five pillars of Islam, is the nine month of the Islamic Calendar and involves a month of fasting, prayers, reflection and community.
