Charity Awards 2016 Winner – Children & Young People
June 9, 2016
The Active Change Foundation is delighted to announce that it has taken the top prize in the Children and Youth category at this year’s Charity…
Read moreTEDxDanubia
May 19, 2016
In May, Hanif and few members of the team traveled out to Hungary to deliver a TED talk, emphasizing the importance of challenging extremism at…
Read moreBAFTA Winner – My Son the Jihadi
May 8, 2016
This powerful programme documents the daily struggle Sally Evans and her youngest son Michael have faced since Sally’s eldest son Thomas travelled to Somalia to…
Read moreYLP – National Graduation Ceremony
April 7, 2016
This year we concluded all nine of our Young Leaders Programmes, holding one closing ceremony for all the areas! We had over 260 young leaders…
Read more#NotInMyName
September 10, 2014
Around the world, the peaceful religion of Islam was being tarnished and manipulated by ISIS/Da’esh amongst other terrorist groups. ACF wanted to fight back, and…
Read moreYLP TV
September 3, 2014
To complement our young leaders programme, the YLP TV launched on our YouTube channel. This allowed young leaders to comment on the programme as well…
Read moreYoung Leaders Programme
September 1, 2012
In 2012, we launched what would soon become our flagship programme. The Young Leaders Programme(YLP) sought to create community leaders through the empowerment of young…
Read moreOutreach & Engagement Programme
August 1, 2008
Following the success of our youth centre, we launched our Outreach team as part of a new programme. Through our experienced team, composed of community…
Read morePEARLS
September 1, 2007
Female engagement is essential to strengthening communities, and as a group that are far too often ignored, we sought to create a programme that recognized…
Read moreCumbria Project
February 1, 2007
Our Cumbria project unites young people from our local community, some of whom were involved in anti-social behaviour and gangs, with members of statutory bodies…
Read moreDefendin’ Da Hood
August 1, 2005Defendin’ Da Hood was an initiative that brought together all the gangs in Waltham Forest, a feat not replicated to this day. By forming a partnership…
Read moreRamadan Project
November 1, 2004During the month of Ramadan, ACF opened its doors and encouraged young Muslims and young people not taking part to come down to the centre….
Read moreYouth Centre
October 2, 2003
Too many young people in our local borough, Waltham Forest, had nothing to do and nowhere to go. In many cases this resulted in the…
Read moreACF Founded
October 1, 2003
Fuelled by his alarm at witnessing an increase in violent street crime and the growth of gangs within the Walthamstow area, Hanif Qadir knew he…
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