• Business Man,
• Mentor,
• Community Activist,
• Former Councillor in Bristol.

Peer pressure meant I dropped out of school when I was younger but that did not stop me opening a butchers business when I was just 17. I am now the proud owner of a chain of butchers spanning South West England.

I like to keep busy and have since completed GCSE’s and A-Levels and am planning to study a law degree. But it is my community involvement that got me interested in standing for council. The local Lib Dems saw what I was doing in the community and asked me if I would stand for election and I said yes.

I am still involved in a huge range of projects and organisations from the local regeneration project on Easton and the local Mosque through to mentoring projects for young people who want to start their own business. I am the founder of a community legal advice service which opened its doors last year.

You can get a lot done as a councillor and sometimes it is the small things that make a difference. I set up a Muslim Funeral Committee to help repatriate deceased Muslims to their desired countries of burial and helped Bristol City Council make a dedicated kitchen for Halal School meals.

Basically I knew there was an opportunity and vital service needed in this area that was profitable in the way that I could give back to the community and empower them and so this was the way to do it. If the community still wants me then I’ve achieved something – it means that I’m doing something right and that I’m helping to empower people who will also lead the way.