UK Muslims Gearing Up for Beacon Mosque Awards 2024 in Greater Manchester

November 20, 2024

British Muslims are anticipating the 7th Annual British Beacon Mosque Awards 2023, the ceremony celebrating successful mosques, madrasahs, imams, scholars and volunteers across 10 categories with independent judges selecting the winners from the shortlisted finalists
Faith Associates, through Its Beacon Mosque project, will be hosting the awards and Gala Dinner ceremonies on November 23rd at Werneth House in Greater Manchester / Oldham.
The categories include best run mosque, best youth service, best outreach service, best convert support service, best mosque volunteer, best future design, and others.
Over 500 Mosque leaders from all over the UK will be in attendance in the events taking place during the Mosque Expo 2024 taking place at the same venue. The Mosque Expo the biggest gathering of Mosque and Madrassah leader and teacher in the UK will look at matters of leadership, development and design.
Shaukat Warraich the CEO of Faith Associates Said “The British Beacon Mosque Awards are a time to celebrate the success and services that UK Mosques provide, especially after the riots this summer, where many of our Mosques were threatened”
“There have been over 200 nominations and 1000’s of people have voted for their Mosque to win this years awards, a clear sign of the Love people have for their Mosques in the UK”
The Beacon Mosque initiative and the British Beacon Mosque Awards were established in 2018 following a decade long process of research and development.
In 2019, the Mosque Expo was launched as an annual event, dedicated to the leadership of mosques, madrassahs and Islamic educational institutes across the UK and beyond. There will be industry professionals speaking in 30 seminars and over 50 companies will be exhibiting and delivering workshops
Held in Greater Manchester this year, the event is expected to draw more than 1000 attendees.