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Sadaqah Support in Leeds
Last updated 21 May 2026
Leeds Sadaqah flows split between the established Pakistani community in Harehills and Beeston and the student-led giving around Hyde Park and the universities. The platform unifies these into a single visible request feed.
About Leeds's Muslim community
Leeds has around 75,000 Muslims (around 9% of the city, 2021 census), with the community concentrated in inner-east and inner-south wards.
Leeds combines a long-standing British-Pakistani community in Harehills and Beeston with a fast-growing Muslim student population at Leeds University and Leeds Beckett, plus significant Somali, Yemeni and Iraqi Kurdish communities.
How Sadaqah Support UK works in Leeds
Sadaqah requests in Leeds tend to cluster around term-end (international student hardship in May–June), winter (utility bills in LS8 and LS11), and Ramadan (iftar costs for hardship families). The platform connects donors with these patterns.
Local resources in Leeds
Makkah Masjid (Brudenell Road), Leeds Grand Mosque and Jamia Masjid Bilal (Harehills) all run Sadaqah-funded welfare. Iqra Centre Beeston has a community kitchen. Leeds Asylum Seekers Support Network handles overlapping refugee Sadaqah cases.
- Known mosques and centres: Leeds Grand Mosque (Woodsley Road); Makkah Masjid (Brudenell Road); Jamia Masjid Bilal (Harehills); Iqra Centre Beeston
- Muslim-served areas: Harehills, Beeston, Hyde Park, Burley, Chapeltown
- Local council: Leeds City Council
- Community-relevant organisations: Leeds Muslim Women's Group; Leeds Trinity Foodbank network; MEND Leeds regional team; Leeds Asylum Seekers Support Network (LASSN)
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Sadaqah Support UK
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