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Sampad has been awarded nearly £40,000 for a vital community project in Washwood Heath

South Asian arts organisation awarded £40K to work with women in Washwood Heath

Staff ReporterAugust 5, 2021November 9, 202101 mins

Birmingham-based Sampad South Asian Arts & Heritage has been awarded nearly £40,000 worth of funding for a vital community project in one of the city’s most deprived neighbourhoods. The Baring Foundation awarded the money to the arts organisation to help them continue to develop creative initiatives to aid vulnerable women in north-east Birmingham.

Pranvera Smith and Flamur Daka have been jailed for at least 4 years each

Fraudulent charity bosses jailed for illegal trafficking racket exploiting undocumented migrants

Staff ReporterOctober 29, 202001 mins

A woman who set up a bogus charity purporting to help asylum seekers was secretly smuggling undocumented migrants into the UK and exploiting their labour to enrich herself. Turning a blind eye as scores of migrants worked in cannabis farms to pay for her ‘charitable’ services, Pranvera Smith established ‘Freedom to Stay’ in 2014 and ran the Birmingham-based group…