Uniting the Ummah through networking Showcasing Arts / Businesses / Charities info@emeraldnetwork.co.uk

Since its inception, Emerald have hosted (directly or been involved assisting indirectly), in excess of 140 events across the UK - predominantly in London, with others in Manchester, Birmingham, Leicester and Sheffield.

Based on demand, we are happy to host events in a town or city near you, simply contact us and inform us of the likely demand.

Most of our networking events are primarily centred around an informal dinner setting (hence usually use restaurants as venues). The purpose of the events are to enable individuals to network with Muslims in a respectable environment (strictly non-smoking, no alcohol served) and use for their own benefit - summarised as A-B-C - arts, business and charity - amongst the underlying benefit of making friends and contacts.

Attractions at the events; past, present and insh'Allah in future, include. art and photography exhibitions, performing artists (comedy, nasheed artists), quiz nights, charity auctions and activity based socials such as archery, bowling and photography masterclasses.

The events also act as an excellent forum for voluntary, community or charity/not-for-profit organisations to promote themselves and/or raise funds.

Emerald has hosted events which has resulted in monies being raised for victims of natural disasters and other worthy causes, incl. Bangladesh Cyclone, Floods, Burma Cyclone, China Earthquake, Ethiopia, Gaza, Haiti, Japan, Pakistan Earthquake and Floods, Somalia, Sudan - amongst many others since 2005.

Other benefits include raising the profile and communicating to a wider audience, the excellent work of voluntary and community based organisations. A case study example is that of the various Saturday Schools in London - incl. South London Supplementary School, which benefited from Emerald by using the platform to recruit volunteer teachers from the wide professional representation in attendance at the event (eg. Accountants, HR, PR, Doctors, IT, Journalists, Lawyers, etc), and raising the awareness of their school to potential students too in the South London and surrounding catchment areas.
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If you have any community-related or charity venture that you would like us to promote or work together, please contact us - if it's in keeping with the emerald vision of uniting the ummah and the A-B-C notion, we'd be delighted to hear from you. Meantime - self promotion via FACEBOOK group for EMERALD
 
EmeraldNetwork has been featured in a variety of media since our inception to varying degrees and capacities, incl. full features, interviews, event listings, reviews ... they include the following (not exhaustive list):

BBC website, BBC Radio Manchester, BBC Asian Network
British Satellite News, Channel 4, Emel magazine, Guardian, MuslimCafe.tv, TIME magazine