After making waves across the UK it was time to bring our amazing #KidBoss to see our front line work

I’m a big believer in the saying that success is 99% perspiration and 1% inspiration. As my career as an

Somebody pinch me! 10 years?! Time has certainly flown by! From humble beginnings a decade ago, through the generous support

I’ve written before about my love and connection to Pakistan, as I did then (click here to read), I often call

Last week we spent an evening with those nearest and dearest to us looking back and celebrating the incredible milestone

Penny Appeal has always prided itself on being a youth-led charity. Having set it up when I was still in

One of the biggest things that shaped me as a child and young adult was seeing my inspirational mother take

I’ve never been one to make too much of a fuss on New Year’s Eve, but this year was one

Just like the pulses in our wrists remind us we’re still alive and (hopefully) in good health, pulses in time

They say your days in college are some of the best times of your life. I remember hearing that when

The dust has just settled on our fourth side-splitting Super Muslim Comedy Tour in aid of Penny Appeal’s transformative education

SingleMuslim.com was created to provide a simple solution to a very complex problem: I needed to get married! Faced with an

The annual Third Sector ‘Excellence Awards’ highlight the incredible contributions and achievements made by almost 200,000 charities, social enterprises and

Growing up in the 1980s it wasn’t uncommon to hear the racist slur: “Go back to your country!” In fact,

SingleMuslim.com was founded to provide a simple solution to a complex problem. I needed to get married. As I approached

Growing up, I doubt I could have located The Gambia on a map, let alone imagine that one day I

Now, there are birthday parties and then there are BIRTHDAY parties. Six months before his actual birthday, celebrations for Prince

Just a week ago the new besotted Royal couple was exchanging rings in front of perhaps one of the biggest

With Ramadan just around the corner, I’m reminded of a deeply profound saying of our Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings

They say when you run a marathon, you’re not running against other people and you’re not running against a time,

The Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessing upon him taught us, “God will help a person as long as they are helping others” – generosity is always a win-win.

Henry Ford once said that you can’t build a reputation on what you plan to do. Leadership, I’ve learnt, is

When I founded my first business, aged 17, never did I imagine that journey would take me to where I

According to Google, the word ‘resolution’ originates from the Latin root word ‘resolvere’meaning to disintegrate, dissolve or solve, in this

We’ve had a phenomenal response to our #AsBritishAs A Cup of Tea campaign. So much so that we were trending

If you missed this one, where on earth have you been?! I’ve been blown away at the response to our

It’s been a phenomenal year for us at Penny Appeal and I can’t think of a better way to close

This week saw the heartfelt launch of Penny Appeal’s UK Winter Appeal campaign. Building on the exceptional work in response

For the first time in a long time, I actually felt nervous walking up to the podium this week to

On the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of every year our country marks the sacrifice

People sometimes ask me, what gives me the drive to get up every morning and take on the world, the

In a few short years Penny Appeal has grown from a small outfit raising a couple hundred thousand pounds to

The word ‘legend’ is often thrown around rather carelessly, but the word is hardly enough to describe the giant of

A couple weeks ago I had the genuine pleasure to spend some time in Monaco with the inspirational business tycoon

It’s become Penny Appeal tradition to host a staff celebration dinner after Ramadan. We take stock of the year gone by over

A lot has been said about the increasingly infamous Eid reception hosted by the Prime Minister last week. While some

If you type in “Eid” into google image search, you’ll find a blend of eastern-themed cartoon caricatures and panoramic pictures

It’s the perennial question on the tongues of journalists, politicians and even civil society leaders, not least in the wake

Ramadan is almost here! As we gear up for the busiest month of our personal and professional lives I’m reminded

It’s been almost a week since the dust has settled on Penny Appeal’s latest charity tour featuring one of Britain’s

Running the London marathon has been the most gruelling and inspiring feats of my entire life. After months of training and preparing