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S PA P r e s t o n Diwali Show 2012 BAE System prize draw! - “Preston continues to improve with fresh new ideas”! Please follow us and ’like’ our page on SPA Preston to find the latest on events and news. P reston Branch continues to improve with our aim to bring fresh new ideas to Samaj events and activities using feedback from our members. One of our aims this year was to develop our branch website. Since our last report, our webmaster, Jayeshbhai Mistry, with the assistance of Eleshbhai from London has worked hard to develop the site. The revamped website is now live and open for In 2012, Natubhai Tailor and Khushalbhai Kumar organised an overseas trip to Italy in conjunction with Baba Holidays. Following the success of this first overseas trip, a 12 Day tour of Bali and Malaysia has been organised by them from 14th to 25th October 2013. The response for this trip has been excellent and we would like to thank all those taking part in the trip and for supporting the samaj venture. We wish all partaking on the trip an enjoyable and memorable trip of a lifetime. Once again, one of our members, (Jayeshbhai Lohar), was the lucky winner of the Sports Kit draw run by BAE Systems and won £600 worth of sports kits for SPA Preston. BAE Systems has been running this sports scheme for local community for a number of years and are pleased that our community has benefited from it. Our members are proudly wearing this new kit which has the SPA Preston logo as well as the sponsor’s name. Finally, we take this opportunity to thank all our committee and members for their continued support and help throughout the year. SPA (UK) Preston branch would like to wish everyone a very Happy Diwali and a Prosperous New Year. Jai Shree Krishna, SPA (UK) - Preston Branch ifuf“p¡ Op L$fsp„ d““p¡ Op h^pf¡ JX$p lp¡e R>¡. A¡d“¡ dV$pX$hp“y„ dyíL¡$g A¡V$gp dpV¡$ R>¡ L¡$, A¡“¡ ê$Thhp dpV¡$ Ås¡ S> âeГ L$fhp¡ ‘X¡$ R>¡. kyrdÓpb¡“ A¡“ rd”u, brd¯Nlpd 69 Our cultural programmes includes Shradhdh Bhajans, Navratri, Diwali Show and the New Year gathering. Our Diwali Show is the most popular event. To ensure that we cater for all members at the initial planning stage, member’s feedback from the previous year is taken into consideration, especially when selecting the venue and timing. Our Diwali Show Co-ordinators sought and prepare a wide selection of items, producing a highly entertaining programme. As well as stage items, we have continued with the ever popular Preston Diwali Show Quiz which entertains and encourages all members to participate regardless of their age. all to access (www.prestonprajapati.org.uk) . We anticipate the website will provide another medium for communication and we encourage all members to use the website and to provide useful material for upload.