{"id":2162,"date":"2025-03-25T11:42:31","date_gmt":"2025-03-25T11:42:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.iqra-academy.co.uk\/?page_id=2162"},"modified":"2025-03-25T11:45:27","modified_gmt":"2025-03-25T11:45:27","slug":"charity-and-community-work","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.iqra-academy.co.uk\/index.php\/charity-and-community-work\/","title":{"rendered":"Charity and Community Work"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2162\" class=\"elementor elementor-2162\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-61c5b0f elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"61c5b0f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;,&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7181801\" data-id=\"7181801\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-92ae5d0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"92ae5d0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Charity and Community Work:<\/h1>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-78c7313 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"78c7313\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4404815 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4404815\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b0f83d1\" data-id=\"b0f83d1\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5ee78f7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5ee78f7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Our School Student Leadership team head up our Community and Volunteering work, which all students participate in. They raised three thousand pounds for the School to become a Soup Kitchen and venue for the Cities Homeless and Needy, in providing them with food and overnight accommodation at the school.<br \/>On a Global Dimension, students have raised thousands of pounds for the humanitarian appeal for students in Gaza.<br \/><em><strong>Julie Taylor International Award:<\/strong><\/em><br \/>This year\u2019s Student recipient, Noor Khan led the Student Leadership Team who carried our research on \u2018Mental Health,\u2019 which they have presented to other schools across the World as members of \u2018The Global School Alliance\u2019.<br \/>Congratulations to all our students that contributed to the exhibition in the Community <br \/>Gallery of the City Museum. Our students along with children living in Gaza contributed Poetry on their thoughts and experiences of life.<br \/>It was set up by the Hands Up Project based in Totnes <strong>(https:\/\/www.handsupproject.org\/)<\/strong> who have links with schools in Gaza. <br \/><strong>School provides Humanitarian and Protection Assistance to new Refugee Students:<\/strong><br \/>The School has a proud proven track record of taking on and looking after many Refugee students, who then have successfully gone on to University. <br \/>The School also works closely with the Peterborough Asylum and Refugee Community Association (PARCA), the H.E.L.P Charity, the Peterborough City Council and the British Red Cross who all provide support with the Students families well-being and employment advice. All the Girls are sponsored through School by the \u2018Children of Adam\u2019 Charity based in Peterborough.<br \/><strong>Global School Alliance Bronze Award:<\/strong><br \/>Iqra Academy was the recipient of this award for their international work in promoting Global Dimension as a focus in whole school assemblies and newsletters.<br \/>Important days on international calendar.<br \/>Promoting the Julie Taylor International Award for Students.<br \/>Participation in a variety of activities i.e. Sports Relief and Comic Relief.<br \/>Continuation of support for Hands Up Project.<br \/>Assemblies with Palestinian students from Gaza, West Bank &amp; Egypt.<br \/>Development charity work across the globe.<br \/>Continuation of support and work with the Children of Adam Charity.<br \/>Developing links through the Global School Alliance<br \/>Work with the British Red Cross in supporting Refugee students at Iqra.<br \/>Promoting work with our Sister School in China.<br \/>Culture Project with Colegio St. Johns, La Paz, Mexico.<br \/>Attending the Annual Student Leadership International Conference.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Charity and Community Work: Our School Student Leadership team head up our Community and Volunteering work, which all students participate in. 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