about us

London Somali Youth Forum is a youth-led organisation that has been established to meet the needs of young Somali people in their respective boroughs in London.

Objectives

Our main objective is to support, empower and inspire young Somalis in London and neighbouring areas through the provision of advice, counselling, mentoring, training, development and community representation, and all other activities that contribute to the above.

Our Vision

To be the voice of young Somalis in London.

Our Mission

To empower and inspire young Somali people in London by working in partnership, providing leadership and acting as a strategic voice for promoting equality, representation, good leadership and effective decision-making.

Our Values

• Promoting equality and diversity amongst our members and beneficiaries working in partnership and developing effective relationships to work collectively to meet the needs of young Somalis.
• The views and experience of young Somalis.
• The importance of role-models for young Somali people.
• The strength of our collective and strategic voice and the different organisational cultures of our members organisations
• Active participation of our members and their beneficiaries and the contributions they can make to our organisation and our community and society as a whole
• A quality service provided in a flexible and adaptable manner that meets the needs of our members and their beneficiaries.
• Promoting respect for the principles of tolerance, honest, integrity, trust and decency
• Encouraging the active involvement and participation of our members and their beneficiaries in decision making processes.
• The Somali community, culture, language and history.