Sheffield Muslim community raises over £1,000 for children’s hospital

Children and elderly folks of the Darnall community came together last Thursday for litter picking while raising funds for the sick children at Sheffield Children's Hospital.

And they have amazingly raised over £1,000 in just a matter of hours, said fundraising organiser and head of Sheffield Park Academy's EAL and Community Partnership Shufqat Khan.

He said: "We had around 40 to 50 people walking the streets collecting the litter and there were students from Sheffield Park Academy and High Hazels Academy.

"Age ranged from around seven years old to the elderly folks of 60 years of age from the community walking the streets near the Industry Rd mosque picking up litter and raising funds for the children.

"I would like to thank the Industry Road mosque and its members for kindly donating over £1,000. It was a great team effort."

He said both schools are planning a series of activities throughout the fasting month for the hospital in time for Eid - a religious festival to mark the end of Ramadan.

"We are doing different activities throughout Ramadan in order to raise some kind of money or toys to deliver to Sheffield Children's Hospital in time for Eid,” he added.

He said there will be a football activity at both schools where the children will raise more money for the hospital.

The fundraising campaign, he added, will end with a cheque representation to the hospital in a couple of weeks.

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