Councillor Awale Olad -- AMA

[OfficialAMA]

@OfficialAMA

May Allah grant you successes in all your endeavours and keep you steadfast walaal

Thank you! I hope and supplicate the same for you.

 

[Prime Minister]

Great question! I’ve, for many years, pushed for ’unlocking the entrepreneurial zeal’ of the Somali community in the UK. So we have many businesses here that are Somali owned and run.

Each local authority has it’s own programme for tackling unemployment, but here in Camden, we have a cross-departmental taskforce looking at cracking endemic unemployment across our many vulnerable communities.

Covid-19 has made matters worst - we did a great report on this and how we’re going to respond to the new challenges we’re facing. Happy reading:

https://www.camden.gov.uk/documents/20142/181204604/Disproportionate+impact+of+COVID-19+on+Black%2C+Asian+and+minority+ethnic+communities+evidence+base.pdf/38907a27-5852-2c79-31ed-f5f609b47399?version=1.0&t=1593609941789&download=true

Thank you brother I appreciate it I will read it.

 

[OfficialAMA]

Another question for the councillor: how has Covid-19 impacted your ability to do your job?

My constituents no longer have direct access to me, which is a shame but I’m doing my best to speak to them online and over the phone. Trying to juggle all the extra responsibilities has not been easy, but alhamdulilah.

 

[Admin]

we will be ending the AMA here. thank you to our guest Councillor Awale Olad for joining us today.