He said through the use of Radio Dawn, people who use the community centre were able to 'dial in’' for live question and answer sessions regarding the vaccine with NHS professionals, which 'gave people a chance to ask professionals about the efficiency of the vaccine'. Mr Belim said the Karimia Institute felt tit had a 'responsibility to protect the community’' and pledged to educate others about the importance of getting vaccinated. Radford has had one of the worst rates for vaccine uptake in Nottinghamshire. 'The pandemic has opened my eyes to how reliant the community is - whether it be help for funeral support or help with weddings, this is a lot of people's first port of call.' He admitted 'it was hard and numbers dropped slightly as we still needed to stick to the rules too.' At the Karimia centre, there's a sense of community and people use it as their own information outlet.'

He explained: 'The pandemic was strange and people were dying to come back as congregational prayer is better than praying by yourself. He told Nottinghamshire Live how during the pandemic, all services were put online for all those that use the community centre, adding how ''a lot of families were scared'. Throughout the pandemic, Mr Belim said the Karimia Institute supported local communities during lockdown andstaff tried to encourage others to get vaccinated. Mr Belim said some of these areas are known to be 'deprived areas with families of low income and poor social mobility'.

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