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Community PlazaCommunity Plaza

Building Brighter Futures

With only £10 a month, you can support our youth centre and help build brighter futures.

Donate £10/month

Current programmes

• Knife Crime Workshops• Drugs and Awareness Classes• Homeless Feed and Accommodation• Hate Crime Centre 24/7 Hub• Domestic Violence Sessions• After school homework club• After school sports sessions including boxercise, snooker, pool, darts, table tennis• Mentoring programme supporting 42 young people aged 16–18• Interview practice, job club and CV writing• Mental health counselling currently supporting 26 individuals with 2 hours each per week• Crimestoppers sessions• Antisocial behaviour distraction sessions between 10pm and 2am• Women's academy practical sessions and one-to-one homework support• Literacy and numeracy classes each week to support the local communities• Disability toilet to be developed at the Plaza• New commercial kitchen required to support ever-expanding weekly homeless feeds• IT suite to be installed alongside music studio to engage young people and develop social enterprises• Knife Crime Workshops• Drugs and Awareness Classes• Homeless Feed and Accommodation• Hate Crime Centre 24/7 Hub• Domestic Violence Sessions• After school homework club• After school sports sessions including boxercise, snooker, pool, darts, table tennis• Mentoring programme supporting 42 young people aged 16–18• Interview practice, job club and CV writing• Mental health counselling currently supporting 26 individuals with 2 hours each per week• Crimestoppers sessions• Antisocial behaviour distraction sessions between 10pm and 2am• Women's academy practical sessions and one-to-one homework support• Literacy and numeracy classes each week to support the local communities• Disability toilet to be developed at the Plaza• New commercial kitchen required to support ever-expanding weekly homeless feeds• IT suite to be installed alongside music studio to engage young people and develop social enterprises
Our Team

The people behind the Plaza.

Meet the leaders driving safety, inclusion and opportunity across our community.

Portrait of Mohammed Zafran

Mohammed Zafran BEM, BCAc

Founder & Director

Visionary social entrepreneur and UK Peace Ambassador. Recipient of 50+ national awards including a Queen's Honour, with over 48,000 young people impacted through his work.

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Portrait of Thomas McGeever

Thomas McGeever BCA

Director · Deputy Chair, Crimestoppers

Respected Birmingham community leader with over a decade tackling knife crime, championing education and building trust across the West Midlands.

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Portrait of Tayyab Hayat

Tayyab Hayat

Ambassador

Semi-professional footballer, Rising Ballers presenter and West Ham Foundation ambassador, using sport and media to tackle youth violence and inspire young people.

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Portrait of Wasim Khan

Wasim Khan MBE

Ambassador · ICC GM – Cricket

Former English cricketer and ex-CEO of the Pakistan Cricket Board, now ICC General Manager – Cricket, championing youth development and grassroots opportunity through sport.

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Portrait of Julian Nistor

Julian Nistor BEM

Community Leader · Crimestoppers Ambassador

National ambassador for the UK Romanian community and West Midlands Crimestoppers Ambassador, championing integration, cohesion and crime prevention.

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Portrait of Alan Edwards

Alan Edwards

Regional Manager · Crimestoppers UK

Crimestoppers UK Regional Manager working with Community Plaza to help young people report crime safely and anonymously, building trust and safer communities.

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Portrait of Andre'a Accison

Andre'a Accison

Senior Fearless Youth Outreach Worker · Crimestoppers

Has reached over 36,000 young people and trained 1,500+ professionals across the West Midlands with the Fearless message — county lines, knife crime and hate crime awareness.

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