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2018
Impact
Report
1
We have reached
an amazing
milestone
May the peace, mercy and blessings This is a key component of our effort to I can say with confidence that our core
of God be upon you and your family. provide an effective and efficient grant- building blocks are in place and that
It’s been seven years since I started at giving system for those in hardship. our long-term intent is both fixed
National Zakat Foundation (NZF), and Comprehensive Zakat distribution and clear.
we have reached an amazing milestone. In 2018, we introduced our Zakat Local Zakat – together
With the help of God Almighty and thanks Distribution Strategy and introduced our We believe in the local, unified and
to your support, we have helped over Community Development Programme. balanced distribution of Zakat as a
10,000 people with over £10m of Zakat We have now renamed it the vital means to uphold submission
funds. Over a quarter of those individuals Leadership Investment Programme to to God (Islam) in our society. Our
have been supported in the last 12 months. reflect our support for the development mission remains to distribute Zakat
Thank you for your support of emerging leaders – our future transformatively across the United
I’m very grateful to our staff and imams, scholars and community Kingdom. Our vision will always be for
volunteers whose dedication and activists – as well as those already Islam to flourish in society as a source
expertise bring hope to the people who leading critical Muslim institutions. of prosperity and harmony for all.
are most in need. They have been able This unique and vital element of our So thank you for supporting the future
to assist the most vulnerable in our Zakat distribution ensures that we of Islam in our country through National
community to get on the path to being are able to do more justice to the Zakat Foundation. I look forward to
independent and feel confident about overarching purpose of Zakat. Qur’anic sharing updates with you throughout
their future. It’s amazing to see how this guidance is for Zakat to be distributed 2019 and hope that you will not only
has a direct and beneficial impact on their across eight categories, and this is stay with us on this journey, but that
faith in God and their sense of belonging what makes it such a comprehensive you will be able to help bring others
to a community. support mechanism for a community along too.
Serving people most in need of believers. In this way, with the help of our Lord,
Our Economic Empowerment Programme Always improving together we will accomplish our vision.
will continue to serve those most in need, Over the years, NZF has experienced a
and we have embarked on an exciting
redesign of our offering in 2019 to
huge amount of change. Borne out of a
desire to ensure that we are travelling
Iqbal Nasim
improve the efficiency of our service. in the right direction, there have been Iqbal Nasim
constant improvements to our strategic Chief Executive
and operational model. Now, however,
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The big picture in 2018 Updated April 2019
Last year, thanks Economic Empowerment Programme Leadership Investment Programme*
to your support, we We supported Muslims in the UK who were in We invested in leading institutions and in emerging leaders – our future imams,
were able to provide hardship, helping them turn their situation around scholars and community activists. This gave them greater capacity to provide us
Zakat grants to and become financially independent. with solutions for the challenges we face at home, at work and in wider society.
UK Muslims and
Zakat recipients across the UK
organisations.
We couldn’t have done
this without thousands
of people chosing to pay Scotland
their Zakat locally. 249
£3.4m Northern North
30 16
Zakat distributed Ireland West people were awarded vital projects and institutions
151 30
grants through our Muslim across the country were
2,500+
Yorkshire
264 Leaders Development Fund, supported. The flagship
in partnership with the Aziz initiatives were:
people supported West East
Foundation. These awardees
Midlands
344
Anglia were divided into 3 categories: MCB’s
82%
165
Ramadan
Wales Centre
18 8 4
25 Tent
for Media
Zakat spent Project
on Economic Monitoring
South
Empowerment West Religious Better Effective
37 London
Scholarship Public Representation
Programme & South
1,282 & Literacy Perception Cambridge Abu
18%
Muslim Hanifah
What your Zakat helped with College Foundation
Zakat spent Shelter 36%
on Leadership
Investment Food 28% Muslim
MCB’s
60% 40%
Programme chaplaincy
Clothing 10% Visit My services at
Mosque 3 London
Legal help 18%
Male Female universities
Other 8%
(All figures are unaudited) *previously named as Community Development
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NZF distributes
Zakat
to individuals
in need and
invests in
leaders in the
community.
We award Zakat grants to UK Muslims
and institutions, making a positive
and life-changing impact.
We have two programmes that
work together to achieve this.
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Economic Empowerment
Programme
“The result was
immediate. NZF’s
support increased
my quality of life When somebody
dramatically and
because of that, I in need applies
became a happier
person.” for a Zakat
Jamilah, Zakat recipient
grant, our
experts
Building an independent life around disability
assess their
situation
After contracting Polio as a baby, Jamilah was diagnosed
with Post-Polio Syndrome. The condition weakened her
muscles until she couldn’t walk, and in order to lead a
in detail.
normal life, she desperately needed a mobility scooter.
But she couldn’t afford one.
How did NZF help?
After reviewing doctor’s reports and recommendations,
NZF bought Jamilah a mobility scooter. Jamilah’s house
was in poor condition, so NZF also paid for new carpets.
NZF supported Jamilah so she could build a successful
life around her disability.
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Economic Empowerment Programme
How we help
“I’m almost completely
If we find they’re eligible for NZF They speak to the person applying for
support, we then identify the support so they can better understand out of debt, and I have
best way to help. their situation, then they use this
information to assess the application. everything I need
Apply
Muslims in the UK apply online. Often,
Decide
We work with the person in hardship to
to turn my life back
it’s mosques, hospitals, the police and
other charities that encourage Muslims
identify a solution that will help them
become financially independent.
around. I have faith
in hardship to apply for NZF’s hardship
grant. Sometimes, that means referring the that my business
This is how the application process
individual to another organisation that
is able to help them in a way more will be healthy
works:
1. The person in hardship contacts
suited to their needs.
Support
again soon.”
NZF and explains their situation. NZF awards financial grants wherever Ubaid, Zakat recipient
2. They give full details of their income, we feel able to improve somebody’s
expenses, assets and debts. long-term situation.
3. They provide evidence of their
identity, their situation, and their This support is used for meeting the
financial circumstances. costs of basic essentials such as food,
4. They tell us how they’d like NZF shelter, clothing and travel costs.
to help them. The grant also funds empowerment
Assess activities that help people in hardship
NZF has a team of specially trained reduce their expenses or increase
Programme Officers who work to find their income. This support includes job
the best solution to help a person in training, legal costs and debt relief.
hardship. Their combined experience
includes immigration law, working for
the local council and Citizens Advice.
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Economic Empowerment Programme
“Yes, they provided me
What impact with food and clothes,
but they also gave me
does our safety and security.”
support Samia, Zakat recipient
have?
Our Economic Empowerment Programme
allows us to act as a safety net for Muslims
in need, offering support in a number of ways:
Our cash grants and vouchers
1 free people in need from their
immediate financial issues.
Stability and safety
We offer dedicated support so Samia called NZF after fleeing an abusive marriage and
2 individuals feel more confident
about their financial
found herself homeless with a young child to take care of.
She was given temporary accommodation, but with
circumstances in the future. no food, furniture, or money, she had no idea how
they’d survive.
Our programme helps
3 individuals feel like they
belong to a caring and
How did NZF help?
NZF gave Samia support to cover immediate costs like
supportive community. food, winter clothes, and kitchenware until her Universal
Credit came through. Our grant gave her safety and
Muslims we’ve supported often stability, so she could focus on rebuilding a new life
4 report direct and beneficial
impact on their faith.
for her and her son.
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Leadership Investment
Programme
By funding these people How do we help?
We invest in
and projects, and by publicly Our Leadership Investment
recognising the importance of Programme empowers
their work, NZF is helping them individuals by providing access
emerging Muslim
make an even bigger impact. to grants and mentoring
support. Grant funding allows
Who do we help?
the individual to access
leaders and
NZF helps individuals and
education or other opportunities
organisations that seek to
they wouldn’t otherwise be
improve one or more of the
able to pursue.
organisations
following:
Public perception towards
Islam and Muslims in the UK
Religious scholarship and
that are working religious literacy in the UK
for Islam to
The representation of
Muslims in the UK
flourish
How many people have directly
benefited from this programme?
In 2018, NZF’s leadership fund
in the UK.
supported 30 individuals from
across the UK.
And we gave grants to 6 vital
projects and institutions that
have made an impact on
thousands of people here
in the UK.
14 15Leadership Investment Programme
How we helped
Development Stream Delivery Stream
Through our Muslim Leaders We supported 6 vital projects
Development Fund, in and institutions across
partnership with the Aziz the country.
Foundation, NZF invested The flagship initiatives were:
in 30 emerging leaders.
Cambridge Muslim College
The largest portion of grants
Muslim Council of Britain’s
were given to applicants
Centre for Media Monitoring
who identified as having
education and training-related Muslim Council of Britain’s
needs within our Religious Visit My Mosque “With the support of
Scholarship & Literacy category. Ramadan Tent Project
60% of applications were Abu Hanifah Foundation
NZF, Ramadan Tent
from outside London. Islamic
Muslim chaplaincy services Project has been able
counselling and various
Islamic studies undergraduate
at three leading
London universities
to reach out to more
programmes were the most
sought after choices of study.
people across London
40% (12) of awardees were and the UK and
female and 60% (18) were male.
continue our outreach,
growth & social
impact.”
Omar Salha, Ramadan Tent Project
(All figures are unaudited)
16 17Leadership Investment Programme
What impact
“The funds provided
does our
for our two lecturer
posts have supported
support
the continued have?
development of
our undergraduate Our Leadership Investment Programme
offers different levels of support to Muslim
students.” individuals and institutions:
Zainab Kabba, Cambridge Muslim College With our help, prominent
1 leaders, organisations and
scholars reach more people,
more effectively.
We give individuals the
Leaders in education and training 2 opportunity to develop skills
they can use for the benefit of
NZF funds two lectureship posts for the unique BA
programme in Islamic Studies at Cambridge Muslim the Muslim community in
College - an institution that provides emerging Muslim the UK.
leaders with world-class education, research and training.
By offering funding and support,
Students learn to apply traditional Islamic scholarship to
the ideas and context of the modern world, so they can
3 NZF is publicly promoting the
praiseworthy work of Muslim
lead with knowledge and benefit Islam and Muslims leaders and organisations.
in the UK.
18 19Leadership Investment Programme
Education
and training
to support
emerging
leaders
“NZF’s leadership fund has allowed me to access crucial
education that I wouldn’t have been able to fund myself.
I wanted access to knowledge and education that would
allow me to have even more of an influential role in
my community.
I’m dedicated to supporting Islamic education in the UK.
The fund has given me the chance to focus on my studies
without worrying about my day-to-day needs.”
Moynul, Zakat recipient
20 21Our Zakat Policy
The institution of Zakat How do we decide who to help?
Thank you for
supporting
has a strategic and NZF’s policy is based on insights
deliberate purpose, which derived from the Qur’an and
is to enable commitment the Prophetic example, as well
as from the classical jurists of
to God to thrive in society
NZF and joining
the four mainstream schools
at both an individual
of Islamic law, contemporary
and collective level. But scholars, jurists and
this purpose can only be global bodies.
achieved when Zakat is
thousands to
Our Research department is
given out efficiently responsible for forming our
and effectively. Zakat policies, ensuring they’re
Islamically sound and relevant
Our research shows that in
give Zakat
to our context and society.
order for Zakat distribution to
be effective, it must be unified, Spearheaded by our in-house
local, and balanced. Zakat specialist, Mufti Faraz
Adam, this department
1. Unified: We pool Zakat
locally in
consults with local and global
collection to enable
Zakat organisations, scholars,
coordinated and
researchers and practitioners
measured distribution.
who make sure NZF’s Zakat
2. Focused: We distribute Zakat
the UK.
distribution in the UK
in the UK to focus on serving is effective and legally valid.
the society and culture we
When it comes to deciding who
know best.
to support and how to support
3. Balanced: We distribute them, we refer to our policy
Zakat across the eight framework for guidance, as it To fundraise, volunteer or campaign
categories mentioned in the underpins our beliefs and our for NZF, please visit nzf.org.uk
Qur’an (9:60) in the UK to aspirations for Zakat in the UK. or call 03333 123 123
serve the society we know
best and for which we are
most responsible.
22 23If you have questions, feedback or ideas, please do get in touch. nzf.org.uk info@nzf.org.uk 03333 123 123 The National Zakat Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, 1153719.
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