. SOUTH ASIAN
. HEALTH ACTION
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Trustees Report aDd Accounts
Year ended
31st December 2023
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1171789

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SOUTH ASIAN
. HEALTH ACTION
ÉNfjA6E - EDUCATE- tMPOWEIi- EXPLORE
SAHA Chair's Report for year ended 31st Decemt*r 2023
Refiection from the Chalr of the Board of Trustees".
South Asian Health Action is a patient, carer and ¢￿rnMUnrty led charity to ensure
Soulh Asian patients and carers living ¥Mlh10Trg tem conditions ar8 engaged in
helping to shape culturally sensitive health arvj social care serVi￿s. &>me of o
Trustees are also living wth loro tenn o)ndith)ns.
Unfortunately. all of our office bearers of our Charity have had several challeroes
during this period. mainly to ill health, majix road aGGident and personal health
thallenges, which has resuiled in the reportiro delays.
During the year under review our ch￿ continu8d to support South AS1￿ Patients,
Carer8 and Communities INing wrth health ojndits'ons such as Diabetes, can￿r,
ResF4ratory, Mental Health, OffJan, Blood and Stem Cell, Covid-19 vaccirn h881tancy
and other r81atsd ailments.
We have over ihe ¢x)urse of this year fonnej strong partnerships aThJ collab)ration
with many national and lotsl organisations, such as Macmillan. Roche, NHS Race
H8alth Observatory, NHS England and NHS Leicester, Lei￿tershire RU￿and, NHS
Core 20 Plus 5, Health Inequalities Project, Leicester City Council Public Hèalth,
Universty HosrAtals of Leicester, National Voices arKI Egalty Health and other such
organisations.
We also support olher Charities suth as L￿os, Diabetes UK and ot￿r local
community arKI farth led organisations.
We focused on recruibng and training new volunteers through our community
connectors programs. who then knere equipped to help SUPFQrt people in the
South Asian Communities.
We present our annual report tog8ther with the financial statements of South Aslan
Health Action for the year erKled 31 St De￿rnber 2023 We o)nfirm that the annual
report and financial statements of the charity comply with the currert statutory
requirements, the requirements of the Charitys goveming document, and the
provision of the Statements of Recommended Practice (SORP).
Structure & Govemance
Establish&Y in 2017, the Board of Trustees are resp)nsible for the governan￿ of
Ihe Charity and for ensuring the Charity pursues the objectwes for it was
founded. Trustees are appoinbj under the terms of the charty's goveming
documents.
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Board of Tru8tses
The Charfty is govemed by a Board of TNstees. Tnjstees during the year were as
follows:
Qrit Mistry
Neeta Kathhela
Shirin Shahid
Karun Maudgil
Dhiren Cesai
At present. there are no specific poli(aes regarding minimum or Ma￿muM lergth of
tenure for Trustees.
SAHA seeks to enable and empower South Asian communith'es to make infomed
choices about their health ard wellbeing and, seek their active participation in
addressing some of the systemic inadequacies in healthcare affecting these
Commun￿e$. SAHA'S actiwties revolve arouThJ three pivots.. South Asian communities,
healthy liwng and well-being arKI, taking adion to transfom healthcare systems.
Our mlsslon
To achieve greater equality in thé quality a￿1 ¢ufiural appropriateness of healthcare
for South Asian communities by brokering critical dialogu8 arKI ac*ion between th888
cornmunities arvj mainstream institutiorL8.
Our vi8ion
South Asian CA)mmunitres will become more irrtegrated into the design delivery of
healthcare Servi￿8, leading to more nOn￿l$crIMInat0ry, culturally appropriate and
patient and community-led ser￿￿S.
We Engage, Educate, Empo￿ter arvj ExF4ore ￿ryth the communities to enswe our
missions are achieved.
Engage:
To eroage with South Asian communtties to influen￿ attitrj￿s and
behaviours abjut heatthy liviry
To engage wilh mainstream instituti￿$ to art¢ulale the I￿althcare needs.
concerrts arKI aspirations of South Asian ccmmunities
Educate:
To facilitate health education activities to help peo&Ye wilh long temi
conditions
To dialc*aue crtlically with mainstream institutions to 8nsur8 that th8y hav8
greater understandings about tre healthcare needs
Empower:
To emwwer our comrnunities to take grEater Gcrtrol over their ￿althcare
choices and arti¢)Jlate Iheir needs
To enable a￿1 empJwer mainstream institutw)ns to develop more irclusive
services by partneriro up, ccrfreating and co4esigning health¢aré servi￿$
th Soulh ￿'an cc*nmunrties
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Explore:
To seek the parh'cipation ervJagement of S¢)uth Asian communities in
heaithcare research
To ensure that mainstream institutiorts adopt participalcry and evidence-
based research approaches arKJ invcAve our communities in dec4sions about
the design and ddivery of healthcare seN<%s
SlrategiG priorities:
1. Grow SAFLA into a V4EII-govemed, effectively managed and financrally sustainable
Charty.
2. Partner wth mainstream healthcare providers to enable them to ervJage more
actively V#ith South Asian ¢ommunibes in the co-design, deliv8ry arKI scruts'ny of
healthcare 8eNces.
3 To educate and empower South Asian communities to make hea￿hler life choices.
4. To rase awareness in local Communities about the significance of organ and tissue
dMation with the South Asian communtties
5. Work Y*ryth the NHS regarding health inequalities.
Volunteern
Our pool of volurteer base is increasing on an on•going basis. The volunteers
come from all walks of life, indudirvJ Patients, Carers and Health ca￿ Community
Workers from the South Asian communities.
We train. SUPFQrt, and celebrate the amaziTrJ Y￿rk our volunteers do, knowng that
their ￿ntribUtIon is essents'al to fulfilling our missions. Their y￿111n9n8Ss to dev¢Xe
their time arKI expertise for free is incr&Jible, could not have achEved what we
have done over the yearwithcArt our volunteers.
Responslblllty ststemont
The finaKial statemerts have been prepared in ac£ordance wilh the Charity
Commission's rryulations.
Durir¥J the financial year. a review and in aW)rdan￿ with our goverrMrYJ documents,
the Board of Trustees unaniM￿S1Y agre&J approved the re¢tasgffication of
project$ to refiect our finanGial pc6ition. All the proJects ￿ere fully delivered
and complet￿1.
The Trustees are responsible for keeF4ng proper accounting records that a
sufficient to show and explain the Charti￿5 transactions disclose wtth
reasonable accuracy the financial position of the Chaiity. Tr￿y a￿ also responsible
for safeguarding the assets of the chatity hen￿ for taking r88ponsible steps for
Ihe prevention and detection offraud aThJ other irregularities.
Kirit Mistry
Chair of Trustaes
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