Noorin Ahktar
Noorin Ahktar wants to change Britain. She goes out interviewing the people at the top – leaders of the council, councillors, public service providers and holds them to account in a way accessible to her community. Her aim is to make sure some communities know about the changes being made in public services – she promotes and raises awareness in ethnic communities – she now has a rogramme called ‘Community Time’. She has set up a blog, and uses radio and tv channels to make the short programmes in English, Urdu, Punjabi, and a number of different languages.
Noorin thinks some communities are wrongly perceived as ‘hard to reach’ – she challenges this point of view with her truly innovative and brilliant work. Her inspiration is the fact if people of aware of what is going on around them, they will have the knowledge to be able to do things.
Manjit Singh nominated Noorin for the active citizen award, one of the shortlist categories for Birmingham’s Local Hearts Awards.
Hi Noorin. I like what you’re doing. Congratulations on your award, you deserved it. Is there a certain topic you interview people about or is it anything about the community.
People know what is going on around them but it’s just that they dont know what to do about it and others are just lazy and feel that this sort of stuff should be left for the police. Theres not much you can do to make these people see because they wont listen. What are you planning to do to make these people see what is going on around them and how they can overcome the problems? Some communities are not perceived as ‘hard to reach’however, some are. What do you think about Lozells?
Good luck! :)