THE Home Office asked a Scottish Sikh group to back moves to send people back to India two months ago, The National can reveal. The information comes as the groups says Indians in Scotland feel “targeted” by the department in the wake of two dawn raids carried out in Glasgow […]
Home Office Raids – Sikhs in Scotland Comment
Sikhs in Scotland Comment on Glasgow Home Office Raids Charandeep Singh, Director, Sikhs in Scotland, said: “We remain deeply concerned by Home Office raids in Scotland. “The recent forced removal of two Sikh Panjabi men in Pollokshields, Glasgow, which resulted in a ten hour stand-off between the Home Office and […]
Scottish Elections: Pam Gosal makes history as First Scottish Sikh elected to Scottish Parliament
Pam Gosal makes history as First Scottish Sikh elected to Scottish Parliament Permjit Gosal [aka Pam Gosal] has made history as the first ever Scottish Sikh and woman of colour to be elected to the Scottish Parliament in the 2021 Holyrood election. Winning as a candidate for the Scottish Conservatives, […]
Sunday National Newspaper: Scotland-wide effort sees India Covid crisis appeal hit target in 30 hours
Scotland-wide effort sees India Covid crisis appeal hit target in 30 hours By Nan Spowart, Journalist, published in Sunday National 2nd May 2021. Click here for full story on Sunday National HORRIFIC scenes of people dying in the streets of India from coronavirus have sparked a fund raising campaign in […]
India Covid-19 Appeal
Support Sikhs in Scotland’s Covid-19 Appeal for India:India is experiencing a deadly wave of coronavirus deaths, and hospitals are unable to meet the demand for treatment. Despite getting through the pandemic for a year, the country’s healthcare system has completely collapsed under the crushing weight of the pandemic. People are […]
Sikhs in Scotland welcome Scottish Government’s commitment to international human rights & democratic freedoms
Sikhs in Scotland welcome Scottish Government’s commitment to international human rights & democratic freedoms On 17th March 2021, representatives from Sikhs in Scotland met with the Scottish Government’s Cabinet Secretary for External Affairs, Mike Russell MSP to raise the community’s concerns on the ongoing Farmers Protest in India, regarded as […]
Sikhs in Scotland Support Farmers Protest
Farmers Protest Sikhs in Scotland support the Farmers Protest in India – the largest human protest in history.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson Recognises The Sikh Food Bank
Prime Minister Boris Johnson Recognises The Sikh Food Bank with “Points of Light” Award Charandeep Singh, from Glasgow, leads ‘The Sikh Food Bank’ – a 50-strong team of Sikh volunteers who have delivered over 80,000 meals and food parcels to families across Glasgow, Edinburgh, Dundee and Aberdeen. Charandeep, who is […]
Sikh Food Bank boss wins Pride of Scotland award after distributing 100,000 meals
He’s the man who organised a mass foodbank and throughout lockdown has helped many a man, woman, and child. Charandeep Singh, the man behind the Sikh Foodbank, utilised the facilities at the Gurdwara to help thousands of people across the country. As well as instilling this, he ensured that the pillars of the […]
Pride of Scotland Award for The Sikh Food Bank
THE co-founder of The Sikh Food Bank has received a Pride of Scotland award for his work helping to deliver 100,000 meals to families in need through the coronavirus pandemic. Charandeep Singh, 30, was given a Special Recognition Award at the inaugural event, at which he was described as a […]