The Ahmadiyya Muslim Association UK is holding its annual charity walk for peace in Morden Surrey on 19th June 2011. The association is one of the oldest established Muslim community's in Britain and has been organising charity walks since 1985 in the UK. First walk was held on 18th May 1985 in Tilford under the guidance of the then supreme spiritual head Hadhrat Mirza Tahir Ahmad. Since then they have been held in the Yorkshire Dales, the Bournemouth seaside, Bradford, Hartlepool, Gillingham, Morden and Croydon. From humble beginnings of raising a few hundred pounds, hundreds of thousands of pounds have since been raised for local, national and international charities.

The current Supreme spiritual Head of the Community Hadhrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad guided the community to raise money for local charities. Among the beneficiaries till now are Acorn Children Hospice Trust, Action for Children, Age Concern Birmingham, Age Concern Croydon, Age Concern Merton, Age Concern Wands worth, Age Concern/Help the Aged UK, Alton Community Centre, Alzheimer's Society, Amar, Asians Women Association, British Heart Foundation, Cancer Research UK, Chicks, Croydon Opportunity Pre School Group, Eye Clinic Camera Appeal, Forget Me Not, Friends of Mayday Hospital, Garwood Foundation, Great Ormond Street Hospital, Help the Aged England, Help the Aged Wales, Help the Hero's, Home Start, Humanity First, Kingsley Centre, Leukaemia Research, Mayor of Alton Charity, Mayor of Croydon Charity, Mayor of London Charity, Mayor of Sutton Charity, Mayor of Waverly Charity, Mind in Croydon, NCH, New Addington Good Samaritans Pop In., NSPCC, Oxfam, Pancreatic Cancer Research Funds, PDSA, Phyllis Tuckwell Hospice, Prostate Cancer, Ronald McDonald House Charities, Rosie's Helping Hand, Royal Hospital for Neuro Disability, Rural Life Centre, Samaritans of Birmingham, Samaritans of Croydon & Sutton, Sandwell Coronary Unit, Save the Children, Scope, Seagull Trust, Shooting Stars , Sikh Sewa International, Sparks, St. Basils, Strathkelvin Talking Newspaper, Surrey Community Development Trust, The Royal County Hospital, The Royal Marsden Cancer Charity, Treloar's, We are McMillan Cancer Support and Woodland Trust.

The Ahmadiyya Muslim Association is a religious organisation that seeks to present the true interpretation of Islam and advocates its peaceful dissemination. It was established in India in 1889 by Hadhrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, (as) who proclaimed to be the Promised Messiah and reformer of the age as prophesized in the old scriptures and by the Holy Prophet of Islam (saw).

The Association is vigorously active in caring for the underprivileged and has opened numerous schools, colleges, dispensaries and hospitals in various countries where care for the sick and education is offered to all irrespective of their race, colour or creed and their ability to pay. Projects for providing clean water were started in Burkina Faso, Sierra Leone, Gambia, Niger and Tanzania. In recent times, it has provided food aid and provisions along with medical assistance to the victims of wars and catastrophes all over the world including Bosnia, Turkey, Japan, Iran and Sierra Leone. Following the Tsunami and earthquakes in South Asia, it was prompt in providing assistance to the victims by establishing field hospitals and other means of help.

The Association's activities have been well received. Her Royal Highness Princess Anne awarded the Princes Royal Certificate of Thanks to the Association for its support to the Save the Children and in the foyer of the Great Ormond Street Hospital is a plaque acknowledging the contribution of the Association to its cause. Community's charitable work has been applauded by national and international leaders. Last year's walk was held in Birmingham and over £162,000 was raised and distributed to various charities.

This year we hope to raise well over £200,000 pounds from this walk which will be distributed to local and national charities including Age UK (Croydon), Age UK (Merton), Bradford & District Autistic Support Group, British Heart Foundation, Fircroft Trust, Great Ormond Street Hospital, Humanity First, One Life, Parkinson's, Royal London Society for the Blind, Samaritans of Croydon & Sutton, Shooting Star Chase, Sparks, St. Basils, St. David's Hospice, Stop Harming our Children, Ways to Work, WCTT and We are McMillan Cancer Group.

Sadr Ansarullah,
Ahmadiyya Muslim Association UK.