Young people surviving in India’s urban slums are escaping poverty through employment with support from partners at St James’s Place Wealth Management Group in London.
Joining forces with The British Asian Trust, The St. James’s Place Foundation is helping to provide skills and training to get young people into work.
“We are targeting some of the most underprivileged people in the urban slums of India and equipping them to enter the world of employment,” said Alan Young, St James Place Partner. “Many of them would have little or no chance in life. Anything we can give will help to change the lives of young people for the better.”
The St. James’s Place Foundation, founded in 1992, aims to improve the quality of life for those people in need as a result of disability or disadvantage. The Foundation seeks to achieve direct, tangible results from the support given.
“Working with the Trust has enabled our Foundation to put something back into a part of the world where many people have not enjoyed the chances in life that we or our clients have. It is important for us to feel that we have made a difference in this way,” says Alan Young.
“I like the fact that we know exactly what our money is being spent on and that we can see the results for this ourselves.”
Support from the Foundation is creating links between the job market and slum residents through training in life-skills, technical subjects and basic English. Students are then helped into employment through entry level jobs in the sectors of science and technology, finance, marketing, health and home-care services, communication and hospitality services.
“The British Asian Trust is large enough to make an impact, but small enough to nurture a very personal relationship with its supporters and to create a strong link between them and the initiatives they support,” says Alan Young.
“I would recommend the Trust to others without hesitation because of its high standards of professionalism and its focus on charities that can really make a difference to lives of those living in South Asia.”
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