Enterprise

Corporate partner views Trust at work

Shalini Khemka, Investment Director at LDC (Lloyds Development Capital) and CEO of The London Entrepreneurial Exchange, visited Mumbai Mobile Crèches (MMC) recently where she witnessed the inspiring work of our charity partner.

Over 50,000 children of migrant construction workers live on building sites in Mumbai. MMC runs day care centres providing health and education services on the sites themselves. Since 1972 MMC has reached out to more than 150,000 children who would otherwise be left to wander on the dangerous sites while their parents worked.

Mumbai Mobile Crèches also trains women from migrant communities to become teachers so that they can run centres themselves. MMC aims to be a demonstration model of quality childcare for construction sites across India. Continue reading Corporate partner views Trust at work…

The Princes Charities in Burnley, UK

When growing up, there weren’t opportunities for young people like me in Burnley nor were there many BME role models. Having completed my A-level’s at college, I did not know what I wanted to do in life My volunteer work as a sports coach at a local council gave confidence and helped me get my first full time only at the age of 19.

When my contract as a Community Sports Coach ended two years later, my mentor encouraged me to apply for a job at The Prince’s Trust. My initial reply was “I’d never get a job there, I’m from Burnley. They only employ posh people.” Little did I know that a few weeks later I’d be working for The Prince’s Trust. I started working for the Princes Trust in September 2008, a time when many of my friends were struggling to find jobs even with a university degree.

My role as a Programme Executive – Engagement gives me an opportunity to help young people overcome challenges that I had once faced. I was also very keen to contribute to the development and progress of my home town, and being a part of this team has given me the platform to do so! I believe that young people in the BME community now have what I was missing growing up in Burnley; a role model who they can look up to and talk to.

Awais Javid