A young man walked into the Darbar Sahib Hall whilst paat was taking place. At the time there were about 50 members of the sangat in the Darbar hall. The young man walked in wearing shoes and no head covering, he lit a cigarette as he walked in the Darbar Hall. The individual walked towards […]
2nd July 2016; Executive Committee meeting was held in Leeds 8 th July 2016; following the post-Brexit racism that had occurred the Integration Minister, Baroness Williams, held a Roundtable to discuss what more Government can do to prevent events such as these happening in the future. The Sikh Council UK took an active part in […]
7 th December 2015 formal launch of Safer Sikh Partnership took place in the UK Parliament at a special event hosted by Seema Malhotra MP The Safer Sikhs Partnership is a project developed by the Community Safety Sub-Committee of Sikh Council UK in response to calls from both those running Gurdwaras and Sikh organisations and […]
The dominating issue in January 2016 was the campaign following the arrest of Paramjeet S Pamma in Portugal on 18th December 2015 9 th January 2016 Executive Committee meeting during which discussions took place by way of updates and the continuation of a vigorous campaign. 24th January 2016 Sikh Council UK supported a fundraising […]
Efforts continued during this month predominantly on the campaign of arrest of Paramjeet Singh Pamma – below are some of the continued activities by Sikh Council UK 5th February 2016 supported the global Sikh Justice rally relating to the arrest of Paramjeet Singh Pamma 6th February 2016 Executive Committee during which discussion continued about actions […]
The Sikh Council contributed towards the review of crematoria provision and facilities highlighting some of the issues. 8 th March 2016: the Sikh Council UK was asked to provide evidence on genome editing by Nuffield bioethics. This was done on behalf of the Council by the Sikh Missionary Society a member organisation. 17th March 2016: […]
Judo Association Policy; The Sikh Council UK worked closely with the Judo Association and a parent to agree a policy that will allow Sikhs wearing a patka to take part in competitions. Further work would be needed to get wider international acceptance. 19th April 2016: Representatives of the Council met briefly with the David Lelliot […]
7 th May 2016 Executive Committee took place at Gurdwara Sri Guru Singh SabhaCoventry 7 th May 2016 General Assembly took place at Gurdwara Sri Guru Singh SabhaCoventry Representatives of Sikh Council UK attended an event at Guru Tegh Bahadur Gurdwara Leicester where amongst the guests was Simranjit Singh Mann president of the Sikh political […]
18th June 2016 The Sikh Council UK organised a discussion on consensus based decision making model based upon Sarbat Khalsa traditions. The Sikh Council UK was developed on this model. The Sikh Panth is at a point in its history where this concept needs to be revisited and given practical shape so that important decisions […]
8 th October 2016 the first General Assembly of the 4th Administration took place at Guru Nanak Prakash Gurdwara Sahib – Coventry 29th October 2016 the first Executive Committee meeting of the 4th Administration took place at Ramgarhia Gurdwara Family Centre and Community College-Coventry Progress Preparations have been underway during this month where proformas were […]
