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Posted by | 2nd August 2021
Sajda Mughal featured in Guardian Outspoken series

7/7 survivor and JAN Trust CEO, Sajda Mughal OBE, has been featured in The Guardian as part of their Outspoken series to mark the newspaper’s 200th birthday. Read more here...

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Posted by | 15th March 2021
Sajda Mughal: Stay silent – or do your job and risk losing access and funding

Our CEO, Sajda Mughal OBE, wrote in Third Sector about the impossible choice the government is forcing charities to make between appeasing the government and doing their jobs of advocating...

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Posted by | 14th January 2021
Sajda Mughal: BAME-focused funding must continue to grow after the pandemic ends

Our CEO Sajda Mughal wrote in Third Sector about the obstacles confronting BAME-led organisations and increasing funding for organisations to truly tackle issues faced by BAME communities. Read more here...

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Posted by | 20th September 2020
Sajda on Times Radio

Our CEO Sajda spoke with Kait Borsley on Times Radio in an intimate conversation about her experience on the 7th July 2005. She spoke about the pioneering Web Guardians™ she...

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Posted by | 17th July 2020
Like any other Brit, Shamima Begum has the right to a fair trial

7/7 survivor has written in the Metro about her belief that Shamima Begum should have the right to a fair trial like any other Brit. She also speaks of the...

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Posted by | 7th July 2020
After surviving 7/7 I’ve campaigned tirelessly against extremism – I wish the Government would too

15 years after the 7/7 bombings, our CEO and survivor Sajda Mughal has written for the Metro about the governments counter terrorism strategy and how it has failed members of...

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Posted by | 7th July 2020
7/7 15 years on: Survivor Sajda Mughal details her experience traumatic experience

15 years on from the terrifying 7/7 London bombings attack, Sajda Mughal features in the Metro. She speaks about her experience and how she has since then dedicated her life...

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Posted by | 7th July 2020
7/7 15 years on: Sajda Mughal speaks to Nick Ferrari on LBC

15 years after surviving the London bombings, Sajda Mughal spoke to Nick Ferrari on LBC about her traumatic experience on the Piccadilly tube train that was bombed by Germaine Lindsay. ...

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Posted by | 7th July 2020
7/7 15 years on: Sajda Mughal speaks about Web Guardians on Sky News

15 years after the London bombings on the 7th of July 2005, Sajda appeared on Sky News to speak to Kay Burley about her harrowing experience and how she has...

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Posted by | 5th July 2020
7/7 15 years on: Sajda Mughal appears on BBC News

Sajda Mughal OBE featured in a BBC London News piece about the 7/7 attacks 15 years on. She speaks about the Web Guardians™ programme designed to build community resilience through...

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Posted by | 4th July 2020
7/7 15 years on: Sajda Mughal urges government reform to tackle terrorism

The 7th of July 2020 marks 15 years since the London bombings in 2005. Sajda Mughal survived the bombing at King’s Cross station, and since then, has dedicated her life...

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Posted by | 28th February 2020
‘I’m a Londoner – I survived 7/7 and now fight extremism’ – Sajda Mughal’s interview with the Evening Standard

JAN Trust CEO Sajda Mughal spoke to the Evening Standard for the I’m a Londoner series, about surviving 7/7 and how the experience led her to the work she does...

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Posted by | 13th February 2020
Sajda Mughal OBE on BBC News speaking about Streatham terrorist attack

After the Streatham attack JAN Trust CEO and 7/7 survivor Sajda Mughal spoke to BBC News about the need for change in our approach to Counter Terrorism, to prevent future...

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Posted by | 13th February 2020
Sajda Mughal – Streatham attack – the need for a shakeup of the counter terrorism strategy

After the 7/7 London bombings Sajda Mughal OBE gave up her plans for a career in The City to help tackle extremism and advise the government. She told Ria Chatter...

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Posted by | 7th February 2020
Nazir Afzal on Streatham terror attack: Funding cuts to organisations like JAN Trust leads to terrorism risk

  ‘The view of most with inside knowledge of the prison system is that funding cuts have reduced the ability to manage this risk. Outside prison, organisations committed to preventing...

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Posted by | 6th February 2020
JAN Trust Patron Nazir Afzal speaks about Streatham terror attack

‘A small proportion of this cost could be used to fund preventative and de-radicalisation programmes such as the Jan Trust in London run by Sajda Mughal, herself a survivor of...

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Posted by | 9th December 2019
London Bridge attack – UK counter-terrorism failing victims and survivors

"You will not change a person's deeply entrenched radicalised mindset with only a couple of hours of deradicalisation support a week"   Our CEO Sajda Mughal OBE has written an...

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Posted by | 20th November 2019
Islington mums taught to spot and tackle online radicalisation and gang grooming

"I am sure that they will take what they learnt here into the wider community making Islington safer for us all." We’ve been mentioned in the Islington Gazette! We recently...

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Posted by | 2nd August 2019
Patron Nazir Afzal – Cash-Strapped Charities like JAN Trust must be supported

‘Isn’t protecting our communities worth shaking the money tree?’ Our Patron Nazir Afzal has written in the ByLine Times about JAN Trust’s lack of funding from the government. Significant funding...

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Posted by | 8th July 2019
London 7/7 terror attack survivor Sajda Mughal says she still has nightmares 14 years on

Our CEO Sajda Mughal reflects on surviving the 7/7 bombings in London, 14 years on from the attacks and speaks to the Evening Standard about her the experience.  This terrifying,...

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Posted by | 8th May 2019
REVEALED: Prevent women’s network collapsed over complaints of ‘bullying and intimidation’

“These allegations made by some of the most engaged counter-extremism experts in the country clearly need to be investigated” – Our CEO Sajda Mughal OBE has spoken out about her...

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Posted by | 21st January 2019
Nazir Afzal’s Diary: Why government cuts to further education are bad news for the whole country

“I hope that the Prevent department of the Home Office realises the mistake it has made cutting funding for Web Guardians. If it’s good enough for Google, then why not for...

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Posted by | 16th January 2019
Sajda Mughal: Can profits truly protect the vulnerable?

If we continue to allow financially driven companies to do this work, we are playing with fire. The marketisation and privatisation of welfare services over the years has led to...

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Posted by | 12th January 2019
‘A mother tells me her son joined Isis and is now dead’

Read our piece in The Guardian for an insight into our CEO’s working week at JAN Trust! It is tough work but rewarding in order to improve the empowerment of...

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Posted by | 22nd November 2018
7/7 Survivor Sajda Mughal OBE speaks out about lack of support post-attack

“Terror Survivors like myself are being consistently let down and treated with disregard by the government.” Our CEO Sajda Mughal has spoken out about the lack of NHS mental health...

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Posted by | 8th July 2018
7/7 survivor Sajda Mughal: Prevent antiterror plan is ‘failing’

JAN Trust CEO, Sajda Mughal OBE has spoken out over concern she has about the current counter-terror strategy, Prevent in The Times. Mughal has worked with the programme for over...

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Posted by | 26th March 2018
Sajda Mughal OBE appears on Victoria Derbyshire to talk about the Parsons Green attack

Sajda Mughal OBE has appeared on Victoria Derbyshire to speak about how online radicalisation can be prevented. On Friday the 23th of March 2018, just before Ahmed Hassan was jailed...

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