BCPD Trust Innovation Centre

Aim

Inspiring young people into Careers, Business and Sports

BCPD Trust is inspiring young people into Careers, Business and Sports. We need your help to develop new training courses and continue offering our charitable services to young people.

BCPD Trust provides mentoring through our professional voluntary members; guidance, information and support for youngsters who want to achieve something in life. This is a UK registered charity (Reg No. 1158134) managed by experienced professionals from Engineers to Lawyers who want to help the next generation from their community succeed in life and establish reputable and skilled profession.

Our Objectives

To act as a resource for young people by providing advice and assistance and organising programmes of physical, educational and other activities as a means of:

• Advancing in life and helping young people by developing their skills, capacities and capabilities to enable them to participate in society as independent, mature and responsible individuals;
• Advancing education;
• Relieving unemployment;
• Providing recreational and leisure time activity in the interest of social welfare with a view to improving their conditions of life.

The Trust is currently working with the community and young youths in Luton and surrounding areas operating from its office in Britannia House, Luton, UK.

Listed below are some of the key areas we are helping youngsters;

• Online Business Innovation Centre provides opportunities, guidance and a platform for young entrepreneurs and professionals to start their own business.
• Professional Mentoring, Career Tips and Guidance.
• Provides training courses on IT, life skills and learning.
• Organise regular sports club activities, Youth projects, Day Trips and other activities for the development of youths.

Our website www.bcpdt.org.uk provides full details of our activities, career profiles of professional members, information about different career paths, job offers, links to information portals and training opportunities.

In 2014 we organised a social community networking event for 160 guests and held a Young Entrepreneurs Competition inspirng new innovative business ideas. Our guests included Mr Anwar Choudhury – British Ambassador to Peru, Mrs Sabrina Hussain - CEO of NTV, Mr Mark West - CEO of Bedfordshire & Luton Community Foundation, Mr A Bari – Director of Royal Regency, Mrs Parvin Begum – Director of Crescent Hall, Dr John Beaumont-Kerridge - Acting Associate Dean at University of Bedforsdhsire, Luton Mayor Cllr Mohammed Farooq, Entrepreneurs and Community People.

We established the Luton Online business Innovation Centre and Sports Club. To date over 300 people requested information or advice on how to setup a new online business. There are over 100 people accessing our business knowledge portal on a regular basis. There are many young entrepreneurs applying for a business solutions package to enable them to start-up a new business. Many people completing training courses on IT, Life Skills Learning and finding work as a result.

We are organising regular sports activities every two weeks for young people including outdoor expeditions and camping trips. In 2015 we are planning a laser warfare team building event aswell as a climbing expedition to the top of Snowdon in Wales. Our plan is to develop new training courses and continue offering our existing support and services to young people.

Our Organisation

Executive Members These members manage BCPD Trust and consist of voluntary positions held by founders and members. Left to right in the picture below.

• Shahin Uddin is a solicitor in a partnership firm offering a wide range of legal services to the community.
• Ifthekher Alom is a Health and Safety Trainer and has also established and run two businesses in the catering trade.
• Sundar Ali is a Charted Engineering Manager with 15 years’ experience working in the Mobile Telecommunications industry supporting the introduction of new technology for UK mobile operators EE and Three.

Professional Members These members really want to provide mentoring and other support to the next generation in their community.

Community Members The backbone of the trust is the community members who rally support, raise funds and organise events to support our cause and raise awareness.

Junior Members These members actively encourage young youths in their local community to engage and get involved with BCPD Trust activities.

We have 22 active volunteer Community, Professional and Junior members supporting our regular activities. They are professionals from many disciplines such as engineers, teachers, solicitors, community leaders and students with a wealth of skills and experience to support our Trust. The Trust has over 80 registered members who provide various level of support.

Decisions about organisation operation, strategy and development is done by the executive committee and supported by members. All members engage in discussions around new ideas and proposals to improve the operation and services offered by the organisation during.

If we raise £2,500:

That will really help the Trust and your funding of £2,500 will go towards the operational costs of the Luton Online Business Innovation Centre for 3 months.

• Provide Professional Mentoring, Career Tips and Guidance to young people.
• Provide existing FREE training courses on IT, life skills and learning.
• Provide a platform for people to develop their business skills and start up online business.

If we raise £5,000:

That will be a great help and your funding of £5,000 will go towards the operational costs of the Luton Online Business Innovation Centre for 6 months.

• Provide Professional Mentoring, Career Tips and Guidance to young people.
• Develop and provide new FREE training courses on IT, life skills and learning.
• Provide a platform for people to develop their business skills and start up online business.
• Create a hub for technical experts to provide guidance and information on new online business solutions and techniques.

If we raise £10,000:

That will be an amazing support and your funding of £10,000 will go towards the operational costs of the Luton Online Business Innovation Centre for 12 months.

• Provide Professional Mentoring, Career Tips and Guidance to young people.
• Develop and provide new FREE training courses on IT, life skills and learning.
• Provide a platform for people to develop their business skills and start up online business.
• Create a hub for technical experts to provide guidance and information on new online business solutions and techniques.
• Organise a laser warfare team building event aswell as a climbing expedition to the top of Snowdon for a group of young people from a deprived community.

You’re Pledge of;

• £1 will cover cost of a note book and pen for 1 person
• £5 will provide 1 hour cost of sporting activities for 1 child
• £15 will provide 1 hour costs of training 1 young person
• £35 will cover 1 days costs for running the innovation centre

This project closed unsuccessfully on 8th March 2015