About HCR

Shanawaz Yousaf – Chair

Nadeem Raza – Trustee

Sharaz Manzur – Trustee

Despite being a charity from a small town, our volunteer network spans the UK and beyond. We are fortunate to have a diverse group of supporters, including doctors, teachers, businesspeople, and imams. Alhamdulillah, we are blessed to have earned the trust of so many individuals dedicated to our cause.

HCR’s charity work ranges from providing emergency relief to helping the poor and needy break free from poverty through livelihood support, education, and skills-based training programmes. Alhamdulillah, we are one of the few charities with established schools, skills training centres, and IT training centres.

We operate a 100% Zakat Policy, ensuring that every penny of your Zakat is distributed among the eight categories mentioned in the Quran. For other donations, we follow a 90% donation policy, meaning 90 pence of every pound donated goes directly to the poor and needy, with the remaining 10 pence covering administrative, transportation, printing, and marketing costs.

Example: Zakat Donation – If you donate £10 of your Zakat to HCR, all £10 will be distributed to the poor and needy. No funds will be used for administration, marketing, or salaries.

Example: General Donation – If you donate £10 towards our water appeal, £9 will be spent on providing clean water to the poor and needy, while £1 will cover administrative, transportation, printing and marketing costs.

We are a UK-based international relief and development charity. Inspired by Islamic teachings of empathy, generosity, and selflessness, we focus on alleviating poverty and suffering across the world. We operate a 100% Zakat Policy, which means every single penny of your Zakat will go to the victims of poverty, wars, and natural disasters.

Before you support our Food Appeal, Water Appeal, Gaza Emergency Appeal, Syria Emergency Appeal, Pakistan Floods Appeal, or any Emergency Appeal, remember to make the intention that you are donating for the sake of Allah first and helping your fellow Muslim brothers and sisters second. This is very important because as Muslims, whatever act of worship we do, we do it for the sake of Allah.

Along with our emergency appeals, we are working on some amazing projects which will, Insha’Allah, bring prosperity to many Muslim homes from around the world. Donate your Sadaqah and Zakat to our projects like Build a Masjid, Livelihoods for the Poor, Sponsor a Widow, Sponsor an Orphan, Sponsor a Nikah, Donate a Sewing Machine, or help educate the Ummah by donating towards education projects, Sponsoring a Hafiz, Sponsoring a Child in Education, or supporting young people in university and Islamic education. Donate with confidence, Insha’Allah, every penny of your donation is your Amanah, and we will try our best to spend it on people who are in need.

Every year, we as Muslims celebrate two seasons the most: one, Ramadan, and two, the first ten days of Dhul Hijjah. During these blessed days, we put all our efforts into pleasing Allah سُبْحَانَهُ وَتَعَالَى by performing good deeds. Here at HCR, we provide you with the platform to perform an important act of worship: charity. In Ramadan, you can donate to the Ramadan Food Appeal, and Ramadan Zakat Appeal, Donate Your Fidyah, Donate Your Fitrana, and Pay Your Kaffarah for Breaking an Oath or Kaffarah for Breaking Fast, especially during the blessed nights of Laylatul Qadr. In Dhul Hijjah, we are here to help fulfil your duty of performing Qurbani. Whichever cause you choose, choose it with confidence. Insha’Allah.