People Not Buildings (October 2018)

National conference urges mosque leaders to invest in volunteers, staff and future leaders to ensure sustainability and progression.

The ‘Our Mosques Our Future’ conference in Manchester on Saturday 6 October 2018 saw over 400 mosque leaders from across the UK come together to share best practice and discuss mosque management, stronger governance, the role of women, youth engagement, and media training, all around the theme #PeopleNotBuildings.

The conference also saw the launch of a beta ‘Mosque Best Practice’ portal (www.mcb.org.uk/mosque), providing free downloadable resources to mosques leaders so they can develop and improve how they run their mosques.

The opening speech by Harun Khan, MCB Secretary General, can be downloaded online here. View press release here.

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“It was very inspiring to see mosques trustees, volunteers and staff come together and build a better future for us all.”

MohammadManchester

“The conference was eye-opening – The best part of the day was the opportunity to network, that objective was achieved.”

Anonymous

“As a senior trustee in my mosque, I think we need to focus more on providing better quality services and listening to other people who face the same issues. Whether it’s children, youth, management, admin, services for elderly, everything can be improved.”

SajjadBradford

“I enjoyed the short burst Ted talks and found it useful listening to other people’s experiences and challenges. I learnt a lot today about moving forward and improving the mosque.”

ImranRochdale

“I found today’s conference wonderful, it was very inclusive of every individual around Britain and I really enjoyed the workshops, especially the media interviews.”

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Thank you to our event Presenting Partner Wahed Invest and Supporting Partner Al-Khair Foundation for their generous support.

And thank you also to all our partners, exhibitors, speakers and workshop facilitators who contributed to the event:

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