Charity & Volunteering Club

What we do

At Syed Ahmed Shah Trust, we provide specialist support that empowers young people to make positive changes and rediscover their hope. They want a future they can look forward to, and we’re here to help make it happen. Working alongside young people, their families, and their community, we will not rest until, together, step by step, we’ve created a society built for all children.

Young people come to Syed Ahmed Shah Trust when they have low self-esteem. When they live in families who can’t afford the next meal or the next size up in school uniform. Or when there’s no one else to lean on.

Young people come to Syed Ahmed Shah Trust when they need someone to talk to, for therapy, or sometimes just a bite to eat.

To help with their problems, to talk to their parents and teachers, or sometimes not talk at all. We work with young people for as long as it takes, and we’re with them no matter what.

We also listen to their needs and campaign and lobby on their behalf. We want to make sure they are heard at the local and national level.

They know better than anyone what will make all the difference. They’re happy to start over again and try something new to reach their goals, and we’re there to give them the encouragement they need.

We take inspiration from the courage and hope we see in young people every day, fuelling our belief that every young person deserves a good childhood.