Mr Khatana went onto explain that although the community centre has "struggled with fundraising at times", they will continue to do the best they as people rely a lot on the Karimia Institute for support in various areas.Barelvi / Islamic neo-traditionalism Shafique Khatana, 53, director of education at the community centre also spoke about the importance of helping a lot of children who regularly use the community centre as they charge as little as £1 to give extra support to those who need it. The community centre plans to continue workshops such as the Trust Building Forum that educates people about Islamophobia with the intention to ‘myth bust’ misconceptions about Islam. At the Karimia Institute, they don’t just ‘"bang on about faith" as the community centre "offers a range of services and promotes British values," he explained. Mr Belim also spoke about how the community centre is pleading to become more diverse, "connecting people from different communities and bringing them together'", especially as he's noticed more travellers that have arrived in the area. The community centre also had pop-up vaccine clinics where "all staff took part to encourage people to come along and get vaccinated", showing others that it’s safe. He said through the use of Radio Dawn, people who use the community centre were able to "dial in’" for live question and answer sessions regarding the vaccine with NHS professionals, which "gave people a chance to ask professionals about the efficiency of the vaccine". Mr Belim said the Karimia Institute felt tit had a "responsibility to protect the community’" and pledged to educate others about the importance of getting vaccinated.
Radford has had one of the worst rates for vaccine uptake in Nottinghamshire. "The pandemic has opened my eyes to how reliant the community is - whether it be help for funeral support or help with weddings, this is a lot of people's first port of call." He admitted "it was hard and numbers dropped slightly as we still needed to stick to the rules too." At the Karimia centre, there's a sense of community and people use it as their own information outlet." He explained: "The pandemic was strange and people were dying to come back as congregational prayer is better than praying by yourself.
He told Nottinghamshire Live how during the pandemic, all services were put online for all those that use the community centre, adding how '"a lot of families were scared". Throughout the pandemic, Mr Belim said the Karimia Institute supported local communities during lockdown andstaff tried to encourage others to get vaccinated. Mr Belim said some of these areas are known to be "deprived areas with families of low income and poor social mobility".
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