YEARS OF OUTSTANDING WORK WITH ETHNIC MINORITY COMMUNITIES WHO ARE OVER THE LAST QED? 25 YEARS QED HAS

50 Supported Directly helped organisations 1,000 people every annually year to integrate into British life, through education and support into jobs

Supported Trained 800 30,000 people Senior Managers from ethnic minorities in race diversity through education Helped 1,000 issues and training women in develop English language and life skills

Worked with 350 SMEs across and Wales to boost Invested more than Supported employee diversity 3SC to deliver £15m directly into £49m worth of disadvantaged contracts, creating communities over 5,500 jobs

2 3 INTRODUCTION FOUNDER, DR MOHAMMED ALI OBE

At QED we have a saying, ‘Everything happens for a reason, and it’s usually for the best.’ 25 years ago I was made redundant after the charity I worked for in London closed. It was for the best. I was determined to continue the work I was doing with disadvantaged ethnic communities. I designed a logo, secured premises from the YMCA and came up with a name, QED. Quest for Economic Development was born. The ‘E’ can stand for education, employment or enterprise – all the things we work towards. It was hard work starting from scratch but we had support from the local community, and a breakthrough grant from the Tudor Trust meant I never looked back. Since then, we’ve had the support of hundreds of organisations and individuals across the UK and abroad. I was born in the district of Attock in Pakistan and came to live in in 1969, aged 13. I spoke no English. My father worked in the textile mills, like many Asian immigrants of the day, and he was keen that I was educated and secured a good job after his years as a labourer. I studied at an English language centre for immigrants and went on to Huddersfield University and the Bradford University School of Management. My passion for education is deeply rooted. We have raised more than £15m, which has been invested directly into helping over 30,000 people from disadvantaged communities. As well as running seminars, training, employability and self-employment courses, we have changed the perceptions and practices of many mainstream public and private sector companies. Indirectly, QED’s projects and campaigns have influenced the lives of hundreds of thousands of people from ethnic minority backgrounds in the UK for a quarter of a century. The environment we work in has got tougher with public sector cuts and a climate of increased tension around immigration, particularly for the Muslim community. Initially, we thought ten years would be long enough to get our message across but 25 years later, our role is needed more than ever. When QED began in 1990, there were 3.5 million ethnic minorities in the UK. Today, the figure stands at over 8 million. I am grateful to numerous individuals and organisations including staff, associates, trustees and funders who have supported me for 25 years, in particular Adeeba Malik, CBE who has been with QED since 1992 and my deputy for over fifteen of those years. Here’s to another 25 years of turning challenges into opportunities.

Dr Mohammed Ali OBE, Founder and CEO of QED

4 5 QED A BRIEF HISTORY OUR MISSION

In 1990, the story of the QED Dr Mohammed Ali has participated in Foundation’s mission to support the conferences in the UK, Pakistan, several TURNING CHALLENGES integration of ethnic minorities in all EU states, Canada and the USA. Over walks of British life began. the last 25 years he has served on many INTO OPPORTUNITIES boards and committees, where he has Driven by its founder, Dr Mohammed led on ethnic minority issues. These Ali, he applied his passion for innovation The award-winning work QED does impacts on countless lives and include: the Prescription Pricing Authority; towards creating equal opportunities for all. reaches into the heart of our communities. From getting the unemployed Primary Care Trust; BBC Northern Forum; back to work, delivering English language classes to influencing Based in Bradford, QED has grown into Institute of Directors; European Integration government policy, QED fights hard for the socially disadvantaged. one of the most influential organisations Forum; Community Foundations Network; with a prominent profile in the public and Association of Chief Executives of QED’s mission is to work towards building a harmonious and prosperous private sectors. The core of QED’s work Voluntary Organisations (ACEVO); society for future generations: has been at a grassroots level delivering Department of Work and Pensions and education, training and employment the University of Bradford Council. services directly to disadvantaged • To support the integration of people from south Asian He has also been awarded numerous communities. The Foundation also and other cultural backgrounds so that they can play accolades for his work including the lobbies for change politically and Institute of Directors Award, an honorary mainstream roles in all aspects of British life. works successfully in allegiance with doctorate from Bradford University in corporations and influential organisations 1997, and an OBE in 2000. across the world. • To be an enabling organisation, accomplishing its ambitious Dr Ali is supported by the deputy CEO mission through making ethnic minority issues a central part of The vision was to be an enabling of QED, Adeeba Malik who joined the organisation, to put ethnic minorities at public policy. organisation in 1992. Adeeba has held the centre of public policy by working many ministerial and non-ministerial board in partnership with voluntary, public and level appointments with organisations as • To network and encourage organisations to work together private sector organisations. As a result diverse as British Waterways and the one hundred partnerships have been in the public, private and third sectors to address barriers Advisory Board on Naturalisation and developed over the years. to integration. Immigration – the first Asian woman to Today, QED works in partnerships across serve on most of these boards. the UK, Europe and internationally, • To maintain a strong base at neighbourhood level, delivering In 2004, she was awarded an MBE particularly in Pakistan. It pioneered a in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List for education, training and employment services direct to training programme for legal migrants services to ethnic minority businesses, disadvantaged communities. to learn English and be educated and in 2015, she received a CBE for about British life before they enter the her work on a regional and national UK to live, a project that is now being • To deliver innovative services in education, employment level as a British Muslim woman in replicated by other EU states. mainstream public bodies. and training to tackle core issues around inequality. It has worked with and secured QED employs funding from some of the UK’s and 15 core staff • To campaign and promote ethnic minority issues, for lasting Europe’s leading organisations including in its Bradford policy change and to encourage positive representation of BBC Children in Need, a number of Headquarters and UK Government departments, and the ethnic minorities. many more are European Integration Fund to deliver employed to deliver its key services. its programmes.

6 7 As part of our Silver Jubilee celebration, the following pages feature some of the key projects and campaigns QED has undertaken over the years.

TOWARDS INTEGRATION OF JOBS DIVERSIFICATION YORKSHIRE TV AND THE NEWLY ARRIVED WOMEN CAMPAIGN “KAAM KI BAATEIN” (TALKING The integration of new and settled One of our major campaigns has OF JOBS) PROGRAMME communities has been a key theme of been to encourage people from ethnic We made ten programmes each QED’s work since 1990. We have minority backgrounds to consider a featuring a non-traditional job for been supported by the EU to run wider range of jobs in all sectors of the Yorkshire Television. The message courses and campaigns in Yorkshire, economy and at all levels of seniority. reached several thousand people London and Pakistan targeted at newly We have educated mainstream and the programmes were given to arrived women settling legally in the businesses about the different voluntary groups throughout the region UK. These activities include learning experiences of diversity that to show as part of their services to English as a second language; finding exist. Some minorities have done local communities. out about Britain and how to live here; exceptionally well whilst others are QED pioneered the community job individual guidance and support; visits progressing more slowly. This means “melas” or fairs that have since to employers to see the world of work at that simple “one-size-fits-all” solutions been copied by others throughout first hand, and exploring British history have limitations and could actually the country. Our work has also and culture. exacerbate the disparities within and included the Honner Ki Battein project NARROWING THE between communities. (promoting employment through EMPLOYMENT GAP vocational training routes), and CIVIL SERVICE SENIOR JOBS encouraging the take-up of roles such QED has campaigned vigorously to CAMPAIGN narrow the difference in employment as non-executive directors on public We worked with the then Cabinet rates between minority and white service bodies. Secretary, Sir Richard Wilson, to run majority communities. We developed a nationwide campaign to encourage EMPLOYERS DIVERSITY a Yorkshire-wide partnership of five “high flyers” from South Asian community groups and helped 2,000 PROJECT/ INCREASING communities to apply for fast-track people of Pakistani and Bangladeshi MINORITY WORKFORCE civil service jobs. origin to develop employability skills REPRESENTATION and find jobs. The campaign was funded by the In partnership with Jobcentre Plus we Cabinet Office and launched by helped 350 small and medium-sized We also pioneered an initiative that Sir Richard and the late Mo Mowlam companies in England and Wales helped several thousand newly arrived MP. It featured community roadshows by auditing their ethnicity profiles and people to become economically active attended by permanent secretaries. supporting them to draw up action and a “Pathways to Employment” This project has contributed plans and practical solutions to address project that brought together businesses significantly to the current ethnic underrepresentation of ethnic groups. and young people from inner-city composition of senior jobs. Those that demonstrated good race schools. QED has been a member diversity policies were given awards at of the Department of Work and a ceremony held at the House of Lords. Pensions advisory board and feeds recommendations into new government QED also led a two-year project to policies for welfare to work. encourage people from ethnic minority backgrounds to become school and college governors and sit on the boards of public sector organisations including health authorities.

8 9 COMMUNITY AWARENESS/ It led to madrassahs putting greater development centres in Bradford, Leeds EUROPEAN INTEGRATION FOUNDER PARTNER OF THIRD ENGAGEMENT TRAINING emphasis on the wider educational and Manchester in 1985. QED built FORUM SECTOR CONSORTIUM LLP needs of children attending them. on this work during the first ten years, FOR PUBLIC AND PRIVATE QED has also pioneered EU-supported, (3SC) through growth and diversification With support from charitable trusts pre-departure measures helping over SECTOR programmes for industry. We set In July 2009, QED was one of the We trained 800 senior managers and the Department of Education we a thousand women joining their up the Asian Business Development founding partners of 3SC, a limited of large public and private sector developed three major projects with husbands so that they come to the UK Network and ran seminars on a range liability partnership social enterprise companies (such as Barclays, Halifax, madrassahs and mainstream schools in well equipped for speedy integration. of related issues. Our deputy chief based in London, that wins and Environment Agency, and British Bradford, Leicester and Bury working We also ran a pilot health awareness executive chaired the Department of manages public service contracts on Waterways) on race diversity issues and in partnership with local community programme for 200 such women Trade and Industry’s Ethnic Minority behalf of third sector organisations community engagement. The participants organisations. As a result more so that they can take better care of Business Forum for three years. using a consortium model. 3SC madrassahs are teaching a broader produced individual and departmental themselves and their families. This is manages the bidding process range of academic subjects, in particular QED has also supported a number action plans and we helped them to particularly important because Pakistani and builds supply chains of local English language. Networks have been of independent Asian business develop ways of recruiting, retaining and communities have the highest infant organisations, allowing smaller third established to improve communications development associations in England rewarding ethnic minority employees. mortality rates in the UK. sector providers to compete for and We ran these programmes throughout between schools and madrassahs. and Wales. Dr Mohammed Ali also plays a deliver large contracts. the country. EDUCATING PRIVATE PAKISTAN DIASPORA LINKS leading role in promoting social Our other partners are: Eden Project, GATEWAYS TO PROFESSIONS CHARITABLE TRUST GRANT QED used its international links to entrepreneurship in Pakistan. In a Groundwork (UK), London Learning QED conducted seven ethnic minority GIVERS support social and economic initiatives country of 200m people where 70% Consortium, National Housing of the population is under the age of focus group discussions within Our experience of working with grant to benefit both Pakistan and the UK. Federation, National Youth Agency, thirty, this could be an important way communities as part of Sir Alan givers is that many funders, mainly QED has supported several charities and New Charter Housing Trust. of tackling youth unemployment. We Langlands’ “The Gateways to the from the private sector or charitable in Pakistan including the Kashmir The 3SC board is comprised of a are also helping to recruit participants Professions Report” – research aimed at trusts, were rejecting applications from Education Foundation, Alshifa Eye senior representative from each of from Pakistan to the Commonwealth finding ways to open career paths to all minority faith groups because they Hospital, Alshifa Medical Centres, these partner organisations. Pakistan Human Development Fund, Leadership programme, run by sectors of society. These sessions were assumed these organisations were By the end of the first year, 3SC had Hazro Hospital and Chache Welfare Common Purpose/ Duke of Edinburgh held in Bradford, Sheffield, Leicester, promoting religion. We set about been awarded a Future Jobs Fund Trust School. Commonwealth Study Conference. Manchester, Newcastle, London changing that perception by running contract. It went on to become the top and Cardiff. roadshows to explain the social We developed and ran a project We have been members of the performing provider across all three Our report “Striving for Success” fed into issues these groups were addressing. funded by the British Government to European Integration Forum since branches, delivering contracts worth this research and was widely distributed Leaders from Hindu, Sikh and Muslim bring ten vice chancellors from major 2008 and are using our links in all the £49 million in the first five years - the to professional bodies throughout the communities took part in these seminars. universities in Pakistan to meet their EU states to launch a network in 2015 largest combined award, and creating country. Many of its recommendations are QED also carried out a study of the counterparts in the UK and discuss that highlights the positive contribution over 5,500 jobs through a supply being taken up by these organisations, developmental needs of three faith radicalisation on campus. Sharing made by the Pakistani diaspora to all chain of predominantly third sector which will help people from ethnic groups and made a short training underlying reasons for extremism and sectors of the economy. organisations. the approaches to address it, an action minority backgrounds to enter new areas video called Kar-Kay Dikhao (Make it Since then, 3SC has gone from plan was agreed. QED coordinated as well as make greater contributions Happen), as a training tool for ethnic strength to strength, winning a number its implementation over two years and where they are already well represented. minority voluntary organisations. of Work Programme subcontracts and held a final debriefing at the National a prime contract for Access to Work in MADRASSAH IN THE University of Science and Technology ASIAN BUSINESS Wales. 3SC will be playing a key role in Pakistan and the residence of COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES in Transforming Rehabilitation contracts. QED was one of the first organisations to Before setting up QED, our chief the British High Commissioner in highlight the importance that madrassahs executive worked for a national Islamabad. QED has also trained (Muslim supplementary schools attended economic development agency English language teachers in Pakistan. by Muslim children after school) could that focused on the needs of ethnic play in improving the academic minorities. To this end, he set up performance of Muslim children. some of the first specialist business

10 11 QED commissioned world-renowned photographer Tim Smith to take a WHAT MAKES BRITAIN series of photographs featuring some of the most accomplished Brits in their field. They share one other quality aside from success – they’re all British BRITISH? people of Asian origin.

All who took part to support QED’s work and mission. The images inspire others to show that with hard work and opportunity, anything is possible in Britain. They celebrate the social, cultural and economic contribution immigrant communities have made to British life, capturing how South Asians have enriched and shaped British identity through arts, sports, science, business and politics. With all the turmoil and racial tensions in the world, with the shadow of extremism, it’s crucial we recognise the majority of immigrants integrate peacefully and offer crucial contributions to British society.

Mishal Husain His Honour Judge Zesh Rehman BBC Television Centre, London Mushtaq Khokhar Bradford Football Club The BBC is the epitome of British Manchester Crown Court The first captain in institutions. Mishal has long been one HHJ Khokhar’s specialist area is crime, Bradford City’s 108 year history, of the leading faces of the BBC News. with an emphasis on fraud, drugs, money Zesh made history as the first player Mishal Husain Mushtaq Khokhar Born in the UK in 1973, she grew up laundering, asset recovery, forfeiture and of South Asian origin to play in in the Middle East. confiscation. He was involved in three of the Premiership. The Zesh Rehman the biggest money laundering cases ever Foundation works to get more Asians “I am proud to see the contribution involved in football. are making to our to be prosecuted in this country. society, often in fields of which our “When I came to this country in the “I have made a point of working parents never dreamed. I hope early ‘70s aged 13, I could not with community organisations and the next generations set their sights speak English and society appeared interacting with young people to ever higher, breaking down more very closed. Now the great British promote community cohesion and barriers along the way.” institutions have become much more personal development through sport. open and accessible. British Asians …you must keep plugging away have embarked upon a journey every single day and believe in which will see them becoming your dreams.” Irene Khan Adil Ray leaders in socio-economic, political and scientific spheres of life.”

Adil Ray Dr Irene Khan Shazia Mirza MediaCityUK, Salford Quays London School of Economics, London The King’s Head Pub, London Adil’s career began in pirate radio, A chancellor of Salford University, Dr Shazia Mirza is a comedian and moving to BBC Radio 5Live and BBC Khan was the first woman, Asian and columnist for the Guardian. She has Radio 4. Adil’s BBC 3 show, Is It Coz Muslim to lead the world’s largest had sell-out performances at the I Is Black? received an RTS nomination; human rights organisation, Amnesty Edinburgh Fringe Festival and made he has developed the first Asian sitcom International. Her book The Unheard many TV appearances, including on the BBC, Citizen Khan. Truth: Poverty and Human Rights has Have I got News For You?. been translated into seven languages. Zesh Rehman Shazia Mirza “I have never seen anything as a “When I first started comedy I was barrier. See it as a challenge…. “Human rights apply equally to the only Asian woman on the My inspirations are my mother for all men and women of every stand-up comedy circuit….The being herself and unconventional community. They emphasise our best way to overcome any kind of when required, and former cricketer common humanity and impose on barrier, be it one of race, gender or Imran Khan for chasing his dream, us mutual respect and understanding sexuality, is to be the best at what following his heart and changing for the rights of others.” you do.” perceptions.”

12 13 QED SUPPORTERS

Since1990 senior leaders from many aspects of public life have helped, encouraged, and worked with us to address the social and economic development issues affecting ethnic minorities. They support us in various ways: by speaking at QED events; taking part in round-table policy discussions with grass-roots community influencers; giving feedback on our work and proposed projects; and cascading our mainstream messages to their organisations, peers and spheres Mr Imran Khan Sir Nick Montague KCB Rt. Hon. Peter Hain MP Afzal Khan MEP Sir James F Hill of influence. BT. OBE, DL, DUNIV (HON) “I first heard of QED in 2005 when A former lead on civil service equality As Secretary of State for Work and “I would like to congratulate the its founder and CEO, Dr Mohammed issues, Sir Nick has spoken at QED Pensions, Peter visited our training centre QED for the excellent work it has A well-known Bradford businessman Ali, suggested I became Chancellor events and roadshows, giving and in Manningham, Bradford, and had done over the last 25 years and the and leader from the textiles dynasty, of Bradford University. Ali was a taking advice from us on race issues. in-depth discussions about ethnic minority positive it has had on the Sir James has been a supporter and Bradford University Council member employment issues to shape government lives of many. QED ambassador since the 1990s. at the time. I refused initially, but he “Promoting understanding between strategies. was persistent and persuasive. communities and breaking down “The challenges facing “The first decades of this unique prejudices and misconceptions can “Happy Anniversary to celebrate disadvantaged minority groups organisation have been a quite “I am glad he was. The role was a never have been more important 25 years of fantastic achievements.” are tough and events over the last remarkable success, and all from an landmark one in my life. It was also than it is . For twenty-five years months show that there is still much initial very small office in the south a position that assisted my work in QED have been working tirelessly to to be done. Issues such as the of the city, a city to which they have establishing the Namal College in achieve more positive relations within increasing inequality gap, social remained constantly faithful. They are Pakistan. As someone committed to and between the various groups exclusion and now the increasing widely respected for their training the power of education to transform whose diversity enriches our society threat of radicalisation means that programmes for both individual clients lives, and society at large, I am and, in doing so, to make that organisation such as the QED are and small and large corporations, indebted to QED for this opportunity. society more at ease with itself. needed more than ever. in the public and private sector, specialising on all the often complex “QED’s Silver Jubilee - a quarter of a “I saw and benefited from their “I welcome their continued efforts issues surrounding diversity. century of helping redress inequality dedication and their results when to strengthen our communities and – is a landmark year I am honoured spearheading our diversity work in I wish them all the very best for the “The next 25 years will build on the to celebrate, and I whole-heartedly the Inland Revenue, and I know that next 25 years and beyond.” quite superb foundations created offer them my respect and applause. in the years since then they have for QED under that watchful and continued to build on their strength. highly professional team of both “QED do important work in the UK I congratulate QED on their silver Dr Mohammed Ali and Adeeba integrating ethnic minorities into jubilee and wish them all possible Malik - we are indeed fortunate that British life. They are apolitical and success for the next 25 years.” they have become such excellent professional in their approach, hence ambassadors for Bradford, gaining their deserved position of enviable highly appropriate and personal respect amongst all communities. national recognition and Honours.” “I wish them well for next 25 years.”

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Lord Dholakia

QED met Lord Dholakia in Canada a decade ago to look at Canada’s integration policies.

“Opportunities are at the centre of every person’s dream. No one wants to be born poor or disadvantaged yet the reality of life is that many people suffer from discrimination. Those that are the children of ethnic minorities settled here, even the grandchildren, are still unnecessarily Hugh Harris CBE Rt. Hon. Stephen Timms MP Sir Stephen Bubb Lord Ahmed of Rotherham Baroness Manzoor of and unfairly held back from having all the opportunities they should Hugh has been active in race equality As shadow employment minister, The chief executive of QED was Lord Ahmed hosted several QED Knightsbridge CBE be entitled to. There are so many issues at a national level for over three Mr Timms has supported our work for elected and served for six years on receptions at the House of Lords Baroness Manzoor was a community glass ceilings in our society that are decades. He has been a supporter of many years and came specifically to the ACEVO board. Sir Stephen Bubb sponsored by Bradford & Bingley and development worker with Bradford stopping people being everything QED since it was founded in 1990 and take part in round-table discussions of attended the annual away day at the has been a key supporter of QED’s council when Dr Mohammed Ali set that they can be. takes a keen interest in our activities. policy issues with community activists Bradford School of Management, work for many years. up QED in 1990. She was featured “This is where the QED comes from . where issues affecting ethnic minorities in one of QED’s films to promote jobs “Congratulations to QED-UK and in “Congratulations to QED, its founder in. They build the link with the in the third sector were discussed. in the health service when she was particular to its founder and Chief “In its pioneering work on and CEO Dr Mohammed Ali OBE communities to address the chairman of the health authority in Executive Dr Mohammed Ali OBE regeneration, and promoting “QED sums up for me why our and the team for their commitment, root cause of poverty and Bradford in early 1990s. on the achievement of 25 years as employment in disadvantaged third sector is so brilliant. Offering dedication and success over a disadvantage, I congratulate a leading and very well respected communities, QED has made a very practical support and advice quarter of a century. QED has “The work that QED started 25 them on the celebration of training and campaigning organisation. important contribution. It has helped and working to make lives and over the years become a leading years ago in Bradford of turning their 25th Anniversary.” I recall the difficult circumstances when a very large number of people to communities better! I’ve seen the organisation supporting integration ‘challenges into opportunities’, Ali stepped up to the plate and saved re-enter employment; and it has great work QED have done. I’ve of ethnic minorities (particularly particularly for young people living the Project Fullemploy training centre helped build communities together. visited and been impressed with south Asians) into mainstream British in Bradford, was an impressive one. which would otherwise have closed the work and the commitment and life, via employment, training and “I have always enjoyed I am pleased to note that 25 years down. Since then, QED has flourished dedication of Dr Mohammed Ali as campaigning, addressing barriers later QED continues to work in the and made a major contribution to the my discussions with QED, and CEO and his staff team. to integration. May you continue wish the organisation well in the vital area of integrating young Asian community and economy in the locality. serving the communities and the people into mainstream British life future, for continuing success in “Congratulations on 25 years. region over many, many years.” “That experience has been recognised its vital work.” Good luck for the next 25.” through employment, training, and nationally by Her Majesty the Queen campaigning. I congratulate QED on several occasions, and also through on adapting and still going strong Ali’s membership of the Department after all these years. Have a happy of Works and Pensions National 25th birthday.” Ethnic Minority Advisory Group. I wish QED-UK and its staff well for the future in which its valuable contribution to society and the community will continue to be needed.”

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Mr Chris Hedges Ms Julia Middleton Lord Noon MBE Sir Herman Ouseley Ms Linda Pollard CBE Ms Julia Unwin CBE

Chris has supported and advised Julia is the founder and chief executive Lord Noon has supported QED for over Sir Herman has supported QED’s Linda has supported QED for many Julia has supported QED’s work and QED for over ten years. He has visited of Common Purpose, which is now two decades, both in kind and financially. work, taken part in our annual reviews years. She funded a partnership has visited us on several occasions. Bradford on several occasions and an innovative international leadership He has spoken at our events and always and met our chief executive on several between the University of York and She is always keen to give advice taken part in round-table discussions development agency. QED helped to given advice on our projects. occasions to give advice from his QED to pilot a health literacy training on our ideas. with community influencers. His reports launch the Common Purpose programme experience. programme for women in Pakistan have helped to refine community in Bradford in 1990/91 and since then “I have been a friend and supporter waiting to join their husbands in “I have known the work of QED integration and cohesion policies. we have been actively supporting each of QED-UK for many years and have “QED-UK has been an incredible the UK. for nearly 20 years after first visiting other with relevant projects. followed their progress. I have found organisation, surviving all the to see if the project could be supported “Since meeting Dr Mohammed Ali this prestigious charity organisation to economic turmoil thrown at it, while “I have known Ali for more than 20 by NatWest, the organisation I was and Adeeba Malik, I have known “Ali and Adeeba have developed be extremely generous, professional, providing training, leadership and years and have always admired his advising at the time. In those early days that there was an expert organisation an organisation which over the encouraging and a positive force in employability skills for many people strength of commitment and passion you could not help but be struck by the to which I could turn for advice, years has managed to influence at helping the needy in our society. I from minority ethnic communities. to this pioneering work. He and energy and the passion of the whole support and indeed friendship, a national and international level have also spoken a few times at Considerable praise for this success others within the organisation have organisation, as it worked so creatively as well as having a professional whilst remaining true to its roots their events. is attributable to the leadership empowered many people from ethnic to make sure that new arrivals to the business relationship. QED-UK simply in Bradford. They have been truly of its founder and CEO, Dr Ali, minority communities and helped had the best possible “The wide range of needs they cover does what it says it will do, in a effective at leading beyond their supported by committed volunteers them to fully contribute to society. language support, and all the tools is impressive to say the least. From calm, efficient and constructive way. authority by building coalitions, and staff. Congratulations are they needed to compete in the giving English lessons, helping new Nothing is too much trouble and any positioning QED and influencing warmly extended with gratitude and “The organisation has provided incredibly over-crowded and arrivals to settle in Britain and look difficulties are swiftly overcome. They real change for BME communities appreciation to all concerned.” practical skills and support for people competitive labour market. for employment, to putting projects in are constantly breaking new ground, across the UK, through employers when they need it the most and I place to reduce extremism. whilst continuing to excel at what and policy makers alike – while all hope it can continue to do this for “Since then I have watched QED they have always done.” the time remaining lovely people and “They are also affiliated with many many more years to come.” go from strength to strength. QED wonderful friends. I am very proud other organisations to bring about demonstrates all that is best about the to have known you over the years.” positive change to the lives of many community sector – providing high in our country. I support QED-UK quality services, engaging people wholeheartedly and wish them the whose voices are rarely heard, and very best on their anniversary and all then amplifying them to the highest the success for the future.” levels of government. It does this with a clear and unwavering focus on economic realities, and an unshakeable commitment to the dispossessed.”

18 19 QED QED FINANCIAL SUPPORTERS OTHER SUPPORTERS AND PARTNERS AND PARTNERS

QED would not, of course, have achieved huge success without financial QED has numerous other partners that help to deliver our projects support from organisations across the public, private and the third sectors. or provide in-kind support. There are too many to list all, but These have included: they include:

Abbey National; Allen Lane Foundation; Barclays Bank; Barrow Aagrah Group; ADAB Bury; Addsett Partnership; ACEVO Cadbury Trust; BBC Children in Need; Bradford & Bingley; (Association of Chief Executives of Voluntary Organisations): Bradford Council; Bradford University; British Waterways; BT; Attock Community Association; Bangladeshi Community Business Link; Cabinet Office; Countryside Agency; Department Association; Black Training and Enterprise Group; Bombay of Communities and Local Government (DCLG); Department Stores; Business Association, Cardiff; Clothing World; Common of Education; Department of Health; Department of Work and Purpose; DLA; Eastern European Network; Farnham Children’s Pensions; former Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills; Centre, Bradford; Hindu Cultural Society; Institute of Directors; Distributive Industries Training Trust; Emmandjay Charitable Trust; Kashmir Crown Bakeries; Mirpur University; Mumtaz Restaurant; Environment Agency; Esmee Fairbairn Foundation; European NH Hardware; National University of Sciences and Technology; Union; Forbes Trust; Foreign and Commonwealth Office;G4S; Pakistan Community Association, Kirklees; Pakistan Muslim Centre, Gordons LLP; Government Office for Yorkshire & The Humber; Sheffield; Pakistan Youth and Community Association, Leicester; Health Foundation; Henry Smith Charity; HM The Treasury; Home Punjab University; Sangat Centre, ; Shantona Women’s Office; Jobcentre Plus; Joseph Rowntree Foundation; Kellogg’s; Centre, Leeds; T Nawaz & Company; United Multicultural Centre, KPMG; Learning and Skills Council; Leeds/Bradford NHS; Leeds Rotherham; Universal Clothing; University of York; Yorkshire Sikh Community Foundation; Levi Strauss; Lloyds TSB Foundation; Marks Forum; Zouk Restaurant and many others. & Spencer; Midland Bank; National Lottery Charities Board; Noon We have also worked with 50 madrassahs, 150 primary schools, Foundation; Northern Foods; Provident Financial; Royal Air Force; 15 Pakistani universities, and various community organisations in Royal Navy; Sir George Martin Trust; Third Sector Consortium London, other parts of England and Wales and in the European (3SC); Tudor Trust; UK Border Agency; West Yorkshire Fire Union States. Authority; West Yorkshire Grants; Working Links; Yorkshire Building Society; Yorkshire Forward; Yorkshire Television; Yorkshire Water amongst others.

20 21 QED A LOOK AHEAD 2006 Runner up at the UK Charity of the Year Award 2005 Winners We have come a long way in the last quarter-century of a Charity and ethnic minorities are now represented in many Finance Award occupations, sectors and walks of life in the UK. We believe that QED has been one of the leading organisations contributing to these positive developments. 1997 Dr Yet there is still work to be done. In 1990 we thought it would take no more than Mohammed ten years for ethnic minority issues to become mainstream. We now know that this 1996 Awarded was very optimistic. Twenty-five years later and despite our many successes, there Ali receives an is still a long way to go to achieve our goal of an inclusive and diverse society. the Professor Honorary Doctorate Two key challenges have emerged in recent years - the underrepresentation of Charles Handy from Bradford people from ethnic minority backgrounds in senior roles in the public and private Alchemist Award 2000 sectors and at policy making levels, and barriers to the integration of specific University groups within ethnic minorities. Dr Mohammed Ali We are rethinking QED’s role to take account of these developments and receives an emerging issues. OBE We look forward to the next quarter of a century, committed to turning challenges into opportunities. Adjacent are just a few of the many accolades for the award-winning work of QED over the years. 2004 2014 Adeeba Malik QED wins the receives an Dan Fodio Award MBE for Excellence 2015 in Community Adeeba Malik Development at the is awarded a Muslim News CBE Awards

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