Tahmid Islam

Tahmid was awarded a BSc from Queen Mary University London for Economics and Politics. He also received a full scholarship as an Urban Scholar Fellow from the Harvard Graduate School of Education for Learning Design, Innovation and Technology.

He has since worked on the Bristol City Council/William Monroe Trotter Collaborative for Social Justice as a policy advisor. In this role, Tahmid developed ambitious advocacy campaigns that achieve economic justice for marginalised communities in Bristol.

Tahmid also worked as a Programme Manager for Peace First, working remotely for a global online platform in a diverse team supporting young people to create community social action projects across Europe. He  project managed the growth of a global online learning platform to over 37 countries across Europe, coached over 200 leaders in developing social entrepreneurship projects for public impact and developed a collaborative partner network of over 60 youth organisations in Europe.

Finally, Tahmid worked for the UK’s largest community organising network Citizens, representing marginalised people and communities from across London and nationally, organising campaigns for policy change. In this role, he also organised communities to build their power including establishing two local alliances and one national coalition. 

For Citizens, he managed multiple projects including pushing the London mayor to view violence as a public health issue and worked collaboratively with leadership and community to develop power analysis of political landscapes. 

Tahmid is particularly interested in building greater connections between residents and local government. Supporting governments to see the value of working collaboratively with residents with lived experience to find solutions to challenges they experience. He gets to do that work in the TOPC program.