Click the links below to read the stories of other people helped by projects SLF has supported:
Lynne at the Terry Booker Foundation
Alex at the Aspire project
Andres at Streeetbeatz
Jennifer at Spires Streetlink
Aaron at the Emmanuel Youth Project
Samuel at the AHOY Centre
Gemma at Eco-Actif
Mustafa at Osmani Trust's Aasha project
This is Mustafa's Story
“When I was 15, I started mixing with the wrong people, I got kicked out of school because I was involved in anti-social behaviour, robberies & fraud. People around me started hating me. They had no trust in me, no respect for me. I felt like a no good waste of space.
I ended up being referred to a Youth Offending Team and the police sent me to [Osmani Trust's] the Aasha project. Aasha work with young people who are involved in crime, youth conflict and anti-social behaviour. Aasha helped me get accredited training, opened the doors of employment and kept me off the streets.
Now I am in full-time employment and doing an access course in youth community and social work. I feel like I have a responsibility toward helping people who are facing problems like I faced. I can repay the community back for the damage I caused.”
The Aasha Project at Osmani Trust has received a significant grant from SLF to fund its work with BAME youth.