Monthly Archives: October 2013

Bulletin 34 | October 2013

Meetings:
5th October 2013 Home Secretary visit to the General Assembly Meeting of Sikh Council UK at Gurdwara Amrit Pirchar Dharmik Deevan Oldbury. The Home Secretary was a guest……
17th October the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby hosted a reception of Faith leaders at Lambeth Palace. Mankamal Singh and Surinder Singh Jandu -representatives of Sikh Council……

 

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Anouncement of Home Office Funding

Sikh Council UK is pleased to confirm that the Home Office has announced that it will provide the Sikh Council UK with a grant of £60K to provide assistance to destitute, trafficked and vulnerable people from North India if they wish to voluntarily return back home. The Council is waiting on a formal confirmation and expects the scheme to commence sometime in November when full details will be advertised in the Panjabi/Sikh media.

It is worth noting that the Immigration service already holds surgeries in 10 Gurdwaras in England for those people who may wish to return on a voluntary basis and the widespread media coverage relating to destitute Panjabis sleeping rough and the sexual exploitation of vulnerable women.