SECRETARY
BALU B HAI L AD
Namaste,
Jai Shree Krishna to SPA (UK) Trustees, Working
committee, Prathindhis and fellow members.
Shree Prajapati Association (UK) trustees, office
bearers, Pratinidhis and branch committee Another year has flown by and this year has
members. My best wishes for the New Year. been the hardest for me to keep motivated and
My sincere thanks to the previous HQ committee continue in all the years as Secretary. Despite
for guiding me as well as training me to take over streamlining the decision-making process, it
the post of secretary for the year 2017/18. Special would appear the trustees are still taking time
appreciation goes to Jitubhai (past President) to find their feet; it seems adapting to change
and Hansaben (past Secretary). is never easy, and communication and decision
It’s not long since I and the new committee
members have been elected as office bearers in
May 2017. The work of SPA (UK) has been carried
on by the various sub committees and as such my
workload has been reduced.
making still requires multiple prompts.
Despite this, SPA (UK) is still regarded highly by
many community groups and sub committees
have continued to excel with very successful
events as highlighted herein:
The activities carried out have been summarised
below by Hansaben and myself and you can Mahilas
read the full details in the reports from the sub The newly elected committee in 2015 with
committees published in Sandesh. My thanks Pushpaben, Dakshaben, Shardaben and
to all the committee members who worked as a Praveenaben from Tameside settled into their
team under the leadership of elected leaders. role with their first event; the family fun day
Balubhai Lad J.P. (Bradford), Secretary, SPA
(UK), 2017-2018
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at Draycote Water, followed by an excellent