Overview
- Volunteers from the Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association fanned out after dawn prayers on January 1 to collect litter in towns across the country, according to local reports.
- Around 160 members from Farnham, Ash, Farnborough, Aldershot, Bordon and Bournemouth worked in Bournemouth with about 40 residents and church members to clear streets, car parks and public spaces.
- Seven Yorkshire branches joined early, with teams cleaning in Sheffield, Rotherham, Doncaster, Spen Valley, Scunthorpe and Huddersfield.
- Activities included litter-picking with supplied bin bags and grabbers, partnering with residents and churches, and in some areas donating hot food to homeless people.
- Organisers invoked the community motto “Love for All, Hatred for None,” local clergy publicly praised the work, and AMYA highlighted guidance from Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad and the tradition’s role in easing pressure on council services.