The Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association in Sheffield were on the streets this weekend to support the Remembrance Day Poppy Appeal. The nationwide youth group that works with young Muslim men and boys were fundraising as part of the Poppy Appeal in support of members of the Armed Forces and their families. Sheffield Live! reporter Shamaan Freeman Powell spoke to Saad Tahir.
The Lord Mayor, in keeping with tradition, bought the first poppy at the steps of Sheffield Town Hall to launch this year’s Poppy Appeal. The Royal British Legion’s Poppy Appeal recognises the memory of the fallen and the future of the living. The appeal caps a year where the people of Sheffield have remembered tragic events of the First World War, which claimed the lives of 4,898 members of Sheffield City Battalion, and the 100th anniversary of the Battle Of The Somme. Simon Thake reports for Sheffield Live!
The Sheffield Ahmadiyya Muslim Association has been selling poppies to collect money for the British Legion. Under the slogan Love for all, Hatred for none, AMA has collected £60,000 nationally for the poppy appeal.