A practical, heart-centred full-day workshop for imams, volunteers, and community leaders.
empower your mosque or organisation to welcome newcomers to Islam with compassion and confidence
Every year, thousands in the UK embrace Islam, but many feel lost, overwhelmed, or unsupported in those critical early moments. Our workshop equips your team with the tools and compassion to ensure no newcomer to Islam ever feels alone.
workshop modules
our workshop helps you to:
- Support seekers sensitively and without pressure
- Facilitate shahadahs with dignity, calm, and confidence
- Foster belonging, autonomy, and long-term engagement
- Avoid common pitfalls and harmful community behaviours
- Address key challenges such as family tension, identity shifts, loneliness, and vulnerabilities
- Build systems, policies, and spaces that truly centre the needs of newcomers to Islam
- Offer effective and holistic emotional, spiritual, and practical support during the first 30 days
- Certification given upon completion and ongoing support, advocacy, and collaboration with New Beginnings
Introduction
Meaning of da’wah and intentions. New Beginnings Ethos
Module A
Walking in Their Shoes
Module B
Meeting The Seeker
Module C
The Moment of the Shahadah
Module D
After the Shahadah – What Now?
Module E
Convert-Led, Not Community-Controlled
Module F
Family & Community Integration
Module G
Flexibility in Fiqh: The Imam’s Role
Module H
Systems, Safeguarding, & Long-Term Support
Wrap-up
Key takeaways, resources, and future commitments
See What Others Are Saying
Don’t Just Take Our Word for It…
This training was life-changing for me for so many reasons. It has really shown me the importance of emotional and spiritual intelligence and sensitivity, from being curious to welcoming new converts.
This course was one of the best courses I have completed in my life. Its style provoked deeper thought and encouraged us all to look through a deeper lens than just actions to take, but to anticipate consequences of actions and to take steps to create simple, effective ways to offer safe, effective support for everyone we encounter, from casually curious to post-shahadah.
The workshop surpassed my expectations. Our aim is to be able to do a course like this for Muslims about giving Dawah.
Investment
£495 (excluding travel costs)
Whether you are an imam, volunteer, committee member, or community leader, this workshop ensures you can offer the kind of care that reflects the prophetic model: Empathetic, gentle, wise, and welcoming.
Ready to Book?
Book your workshop today and equip your community to support every new Muslim with care and excellence.
* Delivered over the course of a day (Sunday 9am – 6pm) by Shaykh Bilal Brown.
* Maximum capacity – 25 participants
why our workshop
The concern for converts to Islam is an area that has been much neglected for decades. The number of converts to Islam in the UK, and abroad, is growing exponentially, with the majority of them being women. Despite the noble efforts of a few small organisations, this need has not been fully met as of yet. People who convert to Islam generally have a myriad of needs. We aim to fulfil and serve the needs of those new and old to Islam in a holistic manner.
Our workshop is uniquely designed by specialists who deeply understand the conversion journey from lived experience, frontline support work, and years of research. This is not a theoretical lecture or a generic da’wah seminar; it is a practical, real-world training that tackles the emotional, cultural, spiritual, and organisational challenges converts face every day. Through powerful case studies, interactive scenarios, and prophetic guidance brought to life, we give your team clear, actionable tools to transform the way your mosque or organisation welcomes and supports new Muslims.
Communities that complete this workshop will have the ability to create warmer environments, more confident volunteers, and have far greater retention and wellbeing among newly converted Muslims.
If you want to offer support that is truly compassionate, professional, and aligned with prophetic methods, this workshop will equip you and your team to do exactly that.