S PA Lo n d o n
London: We did it again!
- “We have achieved many of our goals for
our community”!
Namaste,
or SPA London, 2013 has been a
year of consolidation, and we have
achieved many of our goals for our
building and for our community. These
are just a few highlights…
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Building Loan to Donation
One of our main aims this year was to visit
the community members who generously
gave us loans for the purchase of the
building in 1997. We humbly requested
that they convert the loans to donations
to allow to us to strengthen our financial
position and also to complete renovations
to our building such that it is accessible
to the whole community. Although this
task is not completed, we have made
substantial progress and a big thank you
to all the community members who have
converted their loans to donations. Once
this exercise is fully completed we will
be creating a plaque recognising these
generous members of our community.
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Car Park and Drainage
Although it doesn’t sound that exciting,
one of the main obstacles in our building
was the unfinished car park which meant
reduced accessibility to our community
and also the reduced capacity for
external hires. But this year we have
delivered.
Our car park is now complete, with
the generous help of our community
members, a £10,000 grant from the
Big Lottery Fund and most importantly
the Lad Construction Team whose
generosity has again delivered a project
the community can be proud for a long
time to come.
PLF Charity Dinner Dance
On Saturday 23rd February 2013, the PLF
(Prajapati London Foundation) hosted a
Spring Charity Ball for over 200 guests
at the stylish Shah Memorial Hall in
Kingsbury. The evening supported a
charity that I have been working very
closely with for the past 7 years. BGMS
(Bharatiya Grameen Mahila Sangh) is
an orphanage for over 100 children
and a refuge for women, the aged and
partially impaired in Bangalore, India.
The orphanage is faced with many
challenges. Recognising each one
would simply be endless. The charity
night helped raise awareness of the
great work that BGMS undertakes and
also raises funds for child sponsorship.
My target was to achieve sponsorship
for 50 children at the orphanage. The
night accompanied fabulous food
that was donated by Raj Foods and a
talented live Indian band. The night was
a real success and guests partied the
night away. By the end of the evening,
53 children were sponsored in total -
that is worth over £11,000.