## **Trustees Report 2019 & 2020** Engage, Educate, Empower We are a Patient, Carer and Community led charity, supporting the South Asian Community with health challenges to empower them to make better health choices. ## **About Us** South Asian Health Action (SAHA) are a growing charity based in Leicester, UK. We seek to engage with, educate and empower the South Asian community on health challenges facing the community so that they can make better health choices. Our current focus is diabetes, kidney disease, organ, blood, and stem cell donations. We aim to shape local, regional, and national health policies. Our future goal is to become the UK’s leading patient and community led health care charity, facilitating awareness and change amongst the South Asian community. ## **Our Three Goals** ## **Engage** - We aim to create a discussion with our communities to facilitate change in attitudes, behaviour, and health. ## **Educate** - To facilitate the provision of education amongst our communities on all aspects relating to long-term health conditions and their prevention or management. ## **Empower** - To empower our communities by providing them with the support and information they need to maintain good health and wellbeing through practical advice, training, and health education. ## **What We Do** ## **Diabetes:** SAHA runs a monthly support group for people from South Asian communities with Type 1, Type 2 and pre-Diabetes. We welcome carers and family members to attend as well. We meet on the second Tuesday of every month at Santosh Community Centre (2a Wingfield Street, LE4 5DS) 7pm to 9pm. We also carry out Risk Assessments for Type 2 Diabetes to help members of the community find out how at risk they are of developing Type 2 Diabetes. ## **Kidney Disease:** We raise awareness of kidney disease with a focus around increasing living kidney donation within South Asian communities. We have produced a living kidney transplant videos to demonstrate the need with South Asian communities. We have produced a video targeted at Hindu, Sikh, and Muslim communities to meet their culturally sensitive needs. You can find this on our YouTube channel (search for us using ‘South Asian Health Action’) ## **Organ Donation:** We have set up Hindus, Sikh, and Muslims Embrace Organ Donation Awareness Campaigns, where we organise events and drives to increase the number of South Asian people registered on the NHS Organ Donor. If you would like to join our team of volunteers to help _Engage, Educate_ and _Empower_ our communities please email us at **southasianhealthaction@gmail.com** . Or if you are a recipient, donor or a donor family and want to become a Community Ambassadors or share your story we would welcome your support so get in touch with us. ## **Blood Donation** We work with NHS Blood to help increase blood donations from South Asian Communities. ## **Stem Cell Donation** We raise awareness about blood cancer and blood disorders and help with specific stem cell drives by taking stem cell samples on behalf of the NHS Blood and Transplant. ## **Mental Health and Well Being** We have worked in partnership with community organisations to tackle the stigma of mental health and tackle mental health stigma in south Asian communities and work with service providers to provide culturally sensitive and competent services. **Saha has continued to develop from strength to strength and achieved the following outcomes:** 1. SAHA have continued to promote our Hindus, Sikhs and Muslims Embrace Organ Donation Campaigns and work in partnership with faith community organisation. 2. Created a Living Kidney Project for the Hindu and Sikh community which resulted in an educational video being produced with our Community Ambassadors this project was in partnership with University Hospitals of Leicester, Leeds Teaching Hospital, Warwickshire University with funding support from NHSBT. We organised 3 community engagement events to raise awareness of the Video and Project with Hindu and Sikh Community Organisations. 3. We have continued to develop our team of volunteers and now have created a SAHA Leicester team covering Midlands, SAHA Leeds team covering Yorkshire with members from Lancashire and SAHA London. ## 4. Community Engagement Events and Presentations have been our focus to raise more awareness of Organ, Blood and Stem Cell Donation 5. International Partnership and awareness in Mumbai – India Our Chair were invited to give a presentation on SAHA work in UK and explore future Collaboration. 6. International Partnership with Indian Transplant Team at the World Transplant Games in Newcastle UK and explore future Collaboration. 7. Supporting Launch of the Ang Dhann Karo with Lehmber HussianPuri Bhangra Singer from Punjab India & UK Artists as part of Natasha Organ Donation Awareness 8. Organ Donation Law Change in England 15[th] May 2020 Through SAHA Medical Advisor Dr Sunil Daga and Medical Colleagues we promoted key messages in 9 South Asian Languages. ## 9. SAHA also happy to support BLM movement. ## Forward Plan for 2021: 1. Build Capacity of workforce so we can grow the charity as we have continued to work with our team of committed Trustees and Volunteers. 2. Continue to develop South Asian Community Ambassadors in Leicester, Leeds, and London. 3. Work on Raising awareness of Long-Term Health Conditions supporting South Asian Patients, Carers and Communities. 4. Explore Collaboration and Partnerships with Local, Regional, National and International Organisations to continue to champion our work as a patient, carer and community led charity and focus on community engagement, patient public involvement, advocacy, research and influencing Health Policy. 5. Work on our key themes Organ, Blood, Stem Cell and Mental Health. ## **Contact Us** **Head Office Base Leicester with Regional Ambassadors in Leeds and London** 10 Haddon Street Leicester LE2 0GG Email us at: southasianhealaction@gmail.com Website: https//: southasianhealthaction.org.uk Or follow us on social media: **Twitter** : @SAHealthAction Facebook **Page** : @SouthAsianHealthActionSAHA **Instagram:** @southasianhealthaction **YouTube:** SouthAsian Health Action ||South Asian Health Action|South Asian Health Action|South Asian Health Action|Charity No
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