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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 […]

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 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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

A COMMUNITY group formed to deliver lifeline lockdown help has served up 80,000 meals to vulnerable people. Volunteers created The Sikh Foodbank in late March to aid shielding and struggling households from all backgrounds. As well as basics, it has provided culturally-specific groceries not normally found in food bank parcels […]

Meet Britain’s happiness-spreading heroes: let’s celebrate the people doing remarkable things in response to the pandemic, as nominated by you. The Independent publishes its annual Happy List, which this year honours 50 remarkable heroes in a crisis who have helped others during the Covid-19 pandemic. These are some of Britain’s most […]

Sikhs in Scotland have welcomed the announcement by First Minister Nicola Sturgeon that Places of Worship can re-open on Monday 22nd June for individual prayer. This will be the first time Sikh Gurdwaras will open for worshippers since the lockdown began in March 2020. Since then, Scottish Sikhs have been […]

AT THE beginning of lockdown, Glasgow’s four Gurdwara’s were forced to close and the Sikh community was scattered across the city. Some seven weeks later, the community has since become mobile, helping more then 50,000 people in the city through their mobile foodbank deliveries and other initiatives. Co-founder of the […]