Aikyam UK (1190179)
Trustees:
Kirit Mistry President Anandkumar Joshi Treasurer Shivani Patel General Secretary
Trustees Report: 01 February 2022 to 31[st] January 2024
About Aikyam UK:
Aikyam UK is growing charity working with youth and young adults aged 8 to 24. Aikyam UK’s primary objective to date has been to create awareness of our existence targeting youth and young adults. Aikyam UK has also built solid working partnerships with many local organisations, community groups and with local community.
Aikyam UK aims to work with youth and young adults in two ways.
1, Aikyam UK provides support internally or externally via signposting to any youth and young adults who seek support with any issue. Issues include but not exclusive to, Gang Culture, Mental Health, Wellness, Bullying, Racism, Addictions and anything a youth or young adult may require support with.
2, Aikyam UK supports Youth Lead Social/Community Action Projects. To date, we are actively working on 3 youth lead projects which are, Ending Period Poverty, Gang Culture and Knife Crime and also Domestic Abuse. These projects are brought to Aikyam UK by local youth who require support to ensure they can reach their goals/targets.
Aikyam UK also provides support to other local charities and volunteer community groups which to date have included CVSS (Corona Virus Shakti Seva) and Mobile Apps Learning for the Elderly.
Aikyam UK is currently supporting South Asian Health Action on numerous health related projects. These projects include Core20Plus5 which is through the NHS and also on other Medical Research projects in way of recruitment, promotion and awareness.
Aikyam UK now also has a weekly youth radio show on a local radio station, EAVA FM, 102.5 FM. We go live every Wednesday between 4pm and 6pm. This is transmitted locally but can be heard worldwide through our online link: EAVA FM 102.5, listen live (radio-uk.co.uk). Via our radio show, we get amazing feedback of issues being faced locally and also discuss different topics each week. Topics have included Hate Crimes, Criminal Justice System, Online Safety, Bullying, Drugs and Substance misuse, Addictions and many more. We try and pick a relevant but different theme each
week. We have also had special guests including the Police Crime Commissioner of LLR (Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland). We have also had guests from a Prisoner Release support service and people with lived experiences of the Criminal Justice System.
Aikyam UK were also invited by ITV Central News to discuss the law change around the use of “NOS” aka Nitrous Oxide. This was the substance used legally by youngsters until the recent law change. We believe this was a huge success as local incidents of usage has fallen drastically.
Aikyam UK has also partnered the Local LLR NHS ICB and is working on project research for the HPV vaccination. This is an ongoing project and a proposal is due to be sent May 2024.
Links:
Youth Lead Anti Gang and Knife Crime campaign interview - https://youtu.be/dsgjdYZVZiM
Supporting Local Community Group with Teaching Elderly on Mobile Devices and Apps and general technology –
https://youtu.be/pZr2G9aDkYM
https://youtu.be/PmmXEuX6RZw
https://youtu.be/_mkXthF3YUk
This is done weekly so many links available via the channel as per the above examples.
The Future:
Aikyam UK has built great working relationship with NHS Trust Leicester, NCS (National Citizens Service) and local Schools.
As well as our existing working relationships, we have working partners which include South Asian Health Action and Avanti Schools.
Through our local network and partnerships, we are launching a new long-term project called Project EANC (Embedding a New Culture) Leicestershire.
This project will aim to change negative trends in our society and local culture by working with youth focusing on early intervention and prevention over cure.
Further details can be provided on request. Aikyam UK is currently creating the proposal for which we already have over 50 local commited partners including businesses, individuals and organisations including NCS, NHS, Leicester Police, Leicester City Council, South Asian Health Action, Avanti Schools and many more.
Contact us
Email: Aikyamuk@gmail.com
Website: www.aikyamuk.org (Currently under construction) Socials: @AikyamUK Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and YouTube Please give us a follow. Thank you.
Aikyam UK.
Aikyam UK
Statement Of Financial Activities
Year ended 31st March 2023
| Total gross income Total expenditure Net |
2023 2022 £0 £320 £308 £790 -£308 -£470 |
|---|---|
| Total Funds Carried Forward | -£138 £170 |