Welcome to NIDA TRUST Calling Communities Together

The future of a nation is its youth. In today’s world they are faced with many challenges such as drugs, lack of role models, crime etc. It is therefore, essential to focus on developing our future by investing in the development of our youth.

Nida Trust will provide targeted projects to provide opportunities for the youth to develop and enhance their skills for the betterment of the local community and humanity at large. As a Trust, our aim is to:

Provide projects that will tackle some of the social ills that have engulfed our communities such as drugs, anti social behaviour, territorial conflicts, gang warfare, teenage pregnancy, youth crime, etc.
Make good role models as mentors for the youngsters.
Provide physical activities to enable them to stay away from streets and taking part in any anti- social behaviour.
Provide leadership training for them to lead their respective communities in the future.
Organise youth conferences to make people aware of different issues confronting the youth of today.
Raise awareness about leadership issues.
Promote youth activism on local issues.

For further information, please contact Abdul Wahid, the director of youth development on 07886396295 or email a.wahid@nidatrust.org.uk

1. Ash – Shabab Project

This project will be delivered in five seminars in 5 different locations. These locations will include venues from East London, West London, South London, North London and the Central London. This project will focus on issues that are facing the youth at this current age. It will further help to develop the leadership skills and the qualities of our young people to get involve in local projects in order to create a better local environment.

The project will be aimed at youth who show an interest in issues affecting themselves and their community, and who want to actively change their situation. It will cater for youth from these groups:

Youth from all backgrounds
Youth from London region
Youth from both genders
Youth aged between 14 – 25 years old

2. Youth Leadership Course

This is a tailor made 3 months intensive leadership training programme. This course will focus on the following topics:

Leadership style & Qualities
Managing teams
Marketing an idea successfully
Project management
How to write a successful funding bid
Motivating others
Public speaking
Managing time
Managing meetings
Interview skills
Strategic thinking

We will aim to offer the above topics to faith groups, youth groups, schools, youth clubs, and any other organisation that may be interested. The main age group is 16 – 25 years old.

3. National Youth Conference

This conference will aim to bring young people from all different background to share and discuss issues that are relevant to them and develop strategies for the way forward.

The main aims of this project are:

to enable young people to share their experiences
to help young people to develop strategies for the future
to enable young people to identify challenges and barriers to their development
to develop the intrinsic motivation within young people to lead community issues
to provide young people with the platform to network

It will cater for youth from these groups:

Youth from all backgrounds
Youth from whole country
Youth from both genders
Youth aged between 14 – 25 years old
Youth groups, school, community organizations and faith groups

4. Meet your leader

One of the major issues cited by the youth of today is that their elders, who are the leaders of their community, do not listen to them. This is due to a lack of communication and understanding between the youth and their elders. The blame does not solely lay on one party or the other; however, a compromise needs to be reached between the two for the betterment of the community at large.

The proposed Meet your leader Project is aimed at bridging the gap between young people and their community leaders. It aims to achieve this by highlighting the role of leadership in a community, the work that is carried out by leaders of a community, a company and even in politics. It also aims to describe the qualities that make a good leader from the perspective of young people, and to help young people develop their leadership skills.

As a result, what is envisaged is that by the end of the Project, young people will be in a position to understand the role of leaders, and they would have been given the confidence to pursue positions of leadership to implement their unique leadership skills and styles. The project aims to give young people the necessary information and guidance to understand the role of leaders, how to become a good leader and how to avoid the same grievances they have from being repeated to others.

5. Youth Mentoring

Researches indicate that role models have a significant positive impact on youths. One way to promote such role models is thorough youth mentoring. We will use young people from various professions to become youth mentors. We will provide the relevant training before they can become one.

The main aims of this project are:

to enable young people to share their experiences
to help young people to the various social problems, such as drugs, etc
to develop the intrinsic motivation within young people to lead community issues
to provide young people with the platform to network
to break barriers between leaders and the youth
to enhance the concept of role model
to develop confidence within young people

It will cater for youth from these groups:

Youth from all backgrounds
Youth from London
Youth from both genders
Youth aged between 10 – 25 years old
Youth groups, school, community organizations and faith groups
Socially excluded groups

6. Nida Youth Network

Youth networks are crucial to encourage young people to share their views and at the same time enable them to develop future strategies.

The main aims of this project are:

to enable young people to share their experiences
to develop the intrinsic motivation within young people to lead community issues
to provide young people with the platform to network
to break barriers between leaders and the youth
to enhance the concept of role model
to enable the youth to understand the process of voting and other democratic institutions

It will cater for youth from these groups:

Youth from all backgrounds
Youth from London
Youth from both genders
Youth aged between 14 – 25 years old
Youth groups, school, community organizations and faith groups

7. Youth Leadership INSET

We deliver this programme upon request from different institutions. We cover the following topics:

Leadership style & Qualities
Managing teams xx Effective Communication skills
Marketing an idea successfully
Project management
How to write a successful funding bid
Motivating others
Public speaking
Managing time
Managing meetings
Interview skills
Strategic thinking

For the above topics to be delivered in your centre, you should book early to avoid disappointment.

Youth Development