Sewa Day - National Blood Donation Drive April 2017 The biggest national blood donation drive by the Indian community ever in the UK.

Photos Donation Drive April 2017

Photos Donation Drive April 2017

Photos from Rugby Donation Drive April 2017 Amit Ghelani, Our Sewa Day Ambassador from Harrow Receiving Blood

Photos Donation Drive April 2017

The Blood Donation Facts 38 blood donation sessions in the England and Wales. We managed to register over 300 people to donate blood. This 300 as % of the current blood donor register from the Indian community is approx. 2.9%, which is fantastic effort. The largest group 60 was from the Bolton Swaminarayan Mandir Session Based on the size of the Hindu community in that area, Rugby have done a brilliant job to recruit 32 Donors

Impact of Sewa Day As a result of the Sewa Day Campaign there has been an 37% increase in the number of new recruits from the Indian Community. Sewa Day Impact

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Actions for Oct / Nov Drive We need to broaden our reach in the community by getting other national organisations to work in partnership with us. Utilise the new 300, registered donors to act as ambassadors for our campaign in Oct / Nov Identify new venues within our communities that meet the Blood Donation venue criteria, so we can get the process going for these to be Risk Assessed. Identify sessions in each location well in advance of Oct / Nov so maximum number of slots can be allocated for the Asian Community. Review the material and process produced for this campaign to ensure any faults, errors and improvements are introduced. Produce a short Video to communicate our success in April

Acknowledgements Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh UK City Hindu Network - London Shree Swaminarayan Mandir in Bolton and Kingsbury Gujarat Hindu Society (Preston) Bolton Hindu Forum Vishwa Hindu Parishad – Ilford Shree Prajapati Association UK Ramgarhia Gurdwara, Bradford Bradford Lakshmi Narayan Hindu Temple Hindu Society – Bradford University.

Lets Listen To Amit’s Story Thalassaemia mainly affects people with a South Asian heritage Sickle cell disease mainly affects people from the Black community. Between 13,000 and 15,000 people in the UK have sickle cell disease. It is estimated that 1,000 people in the UK have thalassaemia

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To Help the Environment What We Do Sewa is a universal concept, which involves performing an act of kindness without expectation of reward To Bring A Little Joy Where None Exists To Relieve Hardship & Poverty To Help the Environment

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2016 Sewa Day Stats!!! 120 Projects Carried out Across The UK in 41 Towns and Cities Over 5,000 Volunteers took Part

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What We Have Achieved In 2016 Over 40 Community Halls Cleaned Blood Donated 40 Donors Registered Help improve the Environment Hundreds of Homeless Fed Smiles put many faces

What We Have Achieved In 2016 20000 Volunteer Hours What you have achieved is Awesome. Can you put a price on it ? Over £20,000 of Food Donated to Food Banks

Example Of what can be achieved. Sewa Day Projects in Bradford

Please Contact me with your Idea’s Harkishan Mistry Sewa Day - UK Project Manager Harkishan@sewaday.org 0787 3344483