London Islamic School has won the Team London Environment and Healthy Living Award 2017 for outstanding contribution to volunteering (Photo: LIS)

London Islamic School, a Muslim Secondary school for boys, has been awarded the Team London Environment and Healthy Living Award 2017 for outstanding contribution to volunteering on November 6.

The Team London Awards ceremony celebrates the individuals, teams and corporate volunteers who are making outstanding contributions as active citizens in their communities and helping to make the capital, London, the best city it can be.

London Islamic School achieved this award for providing opportunities in volunteering through its Youth Travel Ambassadors scheme. Youth Travel Ambassadors comprises of a number of student volunteers working in partnership with the transport for London to promote active travel in the school and community. The team came up with a project they named Energy & Safety: Our Priority #Energize which involved a campaign consisting of a series of team-led assemblies as well as partner assemblies with NGO’s educating students and staff about safe and responsible travel, health and wellbeing.

Mohammad Yaser, Head of Citizenship at London Islamic School, said, “The entire volunteering project from start to finish was an amazing experience for the boys and all involved. This experience has provided the YTA boys with an insight of the real world.”