Osmani Trust and partners recognised for building safer and more resilient communities
Osmani Trust’s First Responders Project has received the Contribution to Enhance Community Safety Award at the inaugural Sported Awards 2025, marking major recognition for a community-led initiative focused on community safety training, youth engagement, and emergency response awareness. Led by local organisations including Osmani Trust and Mile End Community Project, the project helps young people and residents act confidently in emergencies before professional help arrives. Osmani’s official announcement says the initiative has already reached over 200,000 people through film, creative campaigns, and multilingual outreach.
A grassroots first aid and emergency response project with real impact
The First Responders Project is designed to show that early community action can save lives. Partner information describes it as a creative and community-led campaign that raises awareness of the simple actions people can take in emergency situations while waiting for emergency services. The award itself was given through the inaugural Sported Awards, where the official winners coverage names Mile End Community Project as the recipient for the campaign entitled “The First Responders”.
Backed to grow across Tower Hamlets
Backed by the MyEnds Programme and London’s Violence Reduction Unit, the project is now expanding with more youth training, a mobile app, and accessible resources for local communities. The MyEnds programme itself says it supports locally designed interventions that put communities at the centre of tackling violence, which fits the First Responders model closely.
For full details read the press release below.
For more information and enquiries please contact:
kamrul.islam@osmanitrust.org
nurull@mileendcommunityproject.org
