About BHMC
Welcome from the trustees
Welcome to the British Muslim Heritage Centre (BMHC)…a national centre that is designed to serve as a focus for Muslim Heritage and identity in Britain. The BMHC will focus on Muslim Heritage by encouraging balanced social cohesion, peaceful coexistence and promoting community development. These elements constitute a significant challenge to Muslims residing in the West, particularly in Britain, and it is the aim of the BMHC to help British Muslims rise to this challenge.
In addition, the Centre will provide a national and International interface for understanding, cohesion and harmonious relations with British society at large. The Centre is envisaged as fulfilling a variety of social and economic functions, assisting and encouraging the Muslim community to play an active role in mainstream British and European institutions. It will be a centre of advice, guidance, counselling, training, engagement and on-site services.
The building site acquired for the project (the former GMB National College), is one of significant historical prestige and recognition of architectural beauty. The Grade II* listed building, set in approximately 8 acres of land, now stands as an iconic landmark not only for Manchester but for the North West and indeed for the whole of Britain. Due to its antiquity, however, the building requires much by way of restoration and refurbishment, the first phase of which has already begun.
The long term vision at the BMHC possesses both a national and international dimension as it seeks to reach out not only to the local community, but to the wider British, European and International communities as well. This aspect of the project renders it unique in the sense that it is the first ever project spearheaded by the Muslim community to be wholly dedicated to the cohesion of people of different faiths, cultures and backgrounds on both national and international levels.
It is a charity, registered by the Charity Commission with registration number 1110104.
