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Kurshida Mirza BEM - Interfaith champion and charity founder

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Kurshida was born in India and came to the UK as a child. Her background in community work focussed on different social issues within communities. She founded Trubys Garden Tea Room, an interfaith café, in 2014. She founded the Great Get Together Iftaar MK in 2017; it brings people from all faiths and the wider ...
Hannah Olarewaju - Founder, themusicroom (tmr)

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The Music Room (tmr) is a platform for live music, arts and for cultural experiences. It has become a focal point for creatives in the city over the past five years through its live events and networking sessions. To hear Hannah telling her story click on the audio bar above her photo.
Gamiel Yafai - Diversity Leader

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Gamiel is Founder and CEO of Diversity Marketplace, which supports its clients with their diversity and inclusion objectives. The organisation has won Global Diversity and Inclusion Awards and in 2023 won Business of the Year at Milton Keynes Business Achievement Awards. Gamiel has been chair of the Milton Keynes Homeless Partnership and a trustee of ...
Fola Komolafe - Business and Charity Leader

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Fola was born in Lewisham in London but went to school and university in Nigeria. She returned to the UK to work and study computer science at postgraduate level. She has held leadership roles in finance and banking and has been involved with the MK Food Bank since 2006. She is a member of the ...
Dr Mylvaganam Veeravahu & Dr Ratneswary Veeravahu - Leaders in the development of Neath Hill Murugan Temple

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Dr Mylvaganam Veeravahu and his wife Dr Ratneswary Veeravahu were born in different areas of Northern Sri Lanka, where they both studied and practised medicine before moving to the UK in 1975. Since 2008 they have worked with other community volunteers to establish the Murugan Temple in Neath Hill. To hear them telling their story please ...
Baldip Sahota - Fencing and Para-fencing coach

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Baldip represented Great Britain in Fencing as a teenager, competing in numerous international tournaments. After training as a pharmacist he moved to Milton Keynes, where he later became a fencing coach. He has coached medal-winning para-fencing athletes, notably for the London 2012 and Rio 2016 Olympics. To hear Baldip telling his story please click on the ...
Anouar Kassim MBE - Founding Director, Milton Keynes Islamic Arts and Culture

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MKIAC has been operating in Milton Keynes for over two decades. Anouar was awarded an MBE for his work in building community cohesion and understanding of Islamic Arts, Heritage and Culture. MKIAC has recently been given National Portfolio status and funding from Arts Council England. To hear Anouar telling his story please click on the audio ...
Albert Bernard - Ex Police Officer

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Albert moved to the Lakes Estate in Bletchley from London at the age of seven. When he joined Thames Valley Police in 1984 he was the first Black police officer to work in Reading. He returned to Milton Keynes in 1994 to lead a Neighbourhood Policing team on the Lakes Estate. He retired in 2014. To ...
Pioneer Tales Revisited

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This project features the stories of 16 individuals who have been pioneers in their own communities or professional lives in Milton Keynes. It celebrates their stories and the work they have done to enhance the lives of others in the city and beyond. This project was inspired by the seminal 1985 project ‘Pioneer Tales’ by Jane ...
A Festival Of Bygones (16 July 1976)

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In my article on the 1951 Festival of Britain celebrations in Bletchley I was able to make only a passing reference to the wonderful exhibition held by the Chamber of Trade at the Assembly Hall (now Wilton Hall) during that month. I will now remedy this, for to my mind the three-day exhibition was the ...
Worlds Apart In Sport (9 July 1976)

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While writing my recent article about Bletchley’s Olympic runner, Charles George Constable, the thought came into my head that sometime I might look back on local athletic and sporting achievements with a view to finding the best all-rounder Bletchley has even produced. I have now chosen my man and I nominate him not only champion of ...
What's In A Name? (2 July 1976)

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I liked the Gazette’s story of a few weeks back about Mr Jack Parslow Kirk’s refusal to be removed from Drayton Parslow, the village which gave him his second name. The trouble started when Mr and Mrs Kirk and their neighbours were told their semi-detached houses in New Road were unsafe owing to subsidence and would ...