Trustees, Annual Report for the period
Period start date
Period end date
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03
2021
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ection A
Reference and administration details
Charity name
Social Education Voluntary Association (SEVA) Trust UK
Other names charity is known by
SEVA Trust UK
Registered charity number (if any)
1172654
Charity's principal address
44 Wood End Close
Sharnbrook
Bedford
Postcode
MK44 1JY
Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity
Dates acted if
not for whole
ear
Trustee name
Office lif any)
Name of person lor body) entitled
to appoint trustee lif anyl
Charan Sekhon {Mrl
Dr Baljit Upadhyay (Mrsl
Shital Gandhi {Mrs)
Kunwarjeet Pannu (Mrsl
Satnam Galsin (Mr)
Chairman
Charity Iruslees (by resolulionl
Charity Iruslees (by resolulionl
Charity Iruslees Iby resolulionl
Charity Iruslees (by resolulionl
Charity Iruslees (by resolulionl
Vice-chair
Community Engagemenl
Youth Group Coordinator
Treasurer
10
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)
Name
Dates acted if not for whole
ear
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Names and addresses of advisers {Optional infomiation)
e of adviser
Name
Address
Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional infomiation)
Section B
Structure, governance and management
Description of the charity's trusts
Constitution adopted on 2210112017 (amended on 20102120191
Type of governing document
How the charity is constituted
Charitable Incorporated Organisation {ClO)
Trustee selection methods
Appointed by resolution by the charity trustees
Additional governance issues {Optional infomiation)
Policy & Procedures in pla￿..
You may choose to include
additional information, where
relevant, about..
1. Covid19 Guidance for Volunteers
2. Covid19 Risk Assessment
3. Complaints Policy
4. Equality & Diversity Policy
5. Safeguarding Children Policy
6. Safeguarding Adult Policy
7. Date Protection Policy
8. PhotographylFilming Consent Forms
9. Volunteer RecruitmenUApplication Fomi
10. Volunteer Induction Check List
11. Volunteer Code of Conduct
12. Volunteer Expenses Policy
13. Feedback Fomis
14. GDPR Info & Notifications
15. International Projects {Risk Assessment Checklist & Matrix)
16. Students COVID19 hardship grant application fomi
policies and prO￿dureS
adopted for the induction and
training of trustees.,
the charity's organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the charity
works.,
relationship with any related
parties.,
trustees, consideration of
major risks and the system
and prO￿dureS lo manage
them.
Section C
Ob"ectives and activities
Education - For the public benefit to promote the education of students
from Black and Minority Ethnic (BAME} background in Bedfordshire and
elsewhere in England and for underprivileged communities in northern
India and elsewhere in India in such ways as the charity trustees think fit.
including, but not limited to..
Summary of the objects of the
charity set out in its
governing document
{1 } awarding to such persons scholarships, maintenance
allowances or grants tenable at any university, college, school
or institution of higher or further education.,
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{2} providing coaching, mentoring to furtheran￿ of that
education, guidan￿ for higher studies, oversees studies or for
entry lo any occupalion, Irade or profession on leaving any
educational establishment.
Health & Wellbeing - For the public benefit to promote health &
wellbeing among BAME communities in Bedfordshire and elsewhere in
England and underprivileged communities in northern India and
elsewhere in India including, but not limited to=
(3) coordinating health awareness (including mental health) and
yoga sessions.,
(4) arranging or assisting in organising health checks.
Environment - To promote for the benefit of the public the conservation,
protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment
among BAME communities in Bedfordshire and elsewhere in England
and underprivileged communities, farmers and pollution affected areas in
northem India and elsewhere in India in such ways as the charity trustees
think fit, including, but not limited to..
{5} coordinating sessions to raise awareness of ecological and
environmenlal sustainability, local and global environmental
issues and challenges.,
{6} arranging or assisting in environmental monitoring and
sharing the f indings with the local communities and the
appropriate bodies.,
{7} promoting eco-friendly and sustainable lifestyles including
helping lo explore renewable energy sources such as solar
and wind power.
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Main Activities..
1. COVID19 Community Support in the UK
The Global Coronavirus pandemic brought tough times for all, disrupting
our day-to-day lives. In addition to the immediate impacts on health, jobs
and income, the epidemic caused major issues for all. However, the
impacts of COVID19 have been more severe for the most disadvantaged,
Black, Asian & Minority Ethnic IBAMEI communities, vulnerable and
elderly, low-paid and part-lime workers especially the international
students and homeless people.
We are a small but a dedicated charity which is run by unpaid volunteers.
We do not have any paid staff in our charity {more details in the next
section, page 131. As listed in the objects section, we mainly focus on
Ibul are not limited to) Education, Health & Environment related projects
in Bedfordshire and educational support for disadvantaged children in
India. Due to the Coronavirus pandemic, Trustees decided to focus on
COVID19 community support projects using funds from educational
projects. Just before the first national lockdown started on 23103120,
panic buying triggered major shortages of staple food and daily
essentials. The elderly and vulnerable, people wth special dietary needs
and the international students (who were unable to travel back to their
home countries) were impacted badly.
Summary of the main
activities undertaken for the
public benefit in relation to
these objects {include within
this section the ststutory
declaration that trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit)
We undertook the relevant risk assessments to ensure we can deliver the
support safely and we put in place the needed safeguards to protect our
volunteers and trustees involved in this projecl. We followed the
Governmenl and Bedford Borough COVID19 guidelines and rules. We
also kept up-to-date with the Charity Commission guidelines and
constantly reviewed our COVID19 and other H&S processes. We
provided the relevant PPE equipment and items to protect all involved in
these proiects.
Leading from the front and under the leadership of our Chair, all Trustees
joined the volunteers. All working as a strong team, we delivered many
key projects without a single paid staff member. We are truly proud to be
the first charity in Bedfordshire run by all unpaid volunteers to set up free
food hubs for the local communities and for the international students as
well as setting up various partnership projects to reach a maximum
number of people who were desperate for urgent help and support.
Our total spending on COVID19 projects (food, health & wellbeing) was
£15,998 that included £10,375 grants support. Full details of all our
income and expenditure are listed in the accounts section and here is the
summary of our key projects and outcomes.
1.1 Food & essential items support:
During 2020-21, we supported..
1. 350+ families and individuals facing hardships
2. 750+ International Students {inc. fee & accommodation
matters)
3. 50+ homeless
4. 1 Women's Refuge Centre in Bedford
We delivered..
5. 4000+ Food Parcels
6. 2000+ Hot-meals
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Through joint projects..
7. 1000 Hot4neals
8. 230 Ready cooked vegetarian meals
9. 500 Food Parcels & Meals for people on special dietary
needs
10. 324 Food Parcels
Total = 8000+ Meals & Food Parcels
Note.. Though we scaled down our food support operation during summer
2021, our staple food support and hot meals for the most vulnerable and
exceptional cases is still continuing t(Fdate. More details are on our
social media handles @SEVATrustUK
1.2 Donations for other local and national charities involved in
COVID19 food support projects = £1500
£1100 donated to Khalsa Aid, UK to support their COVID19 projed for
International Students
£250 donated to Sri Guru Ravidass Bhawan & Community Centre,
Bedford to support their COVID19 hot-meals project for NHS staff &
Emergency Services
£150 donated to Dunstable Food Bank (Bedfordshire) for their COVD19
projects and for their donation of food towards our projects.
1.3 Food Donations to other local charities and joint projects
support= £1493.95
£1000 food, groceries and ready cooked meals delivered to SGRS,
Bedford (a registered charity) for their COVID19 hot meals project in
Bedford for NHS staff, emergency seNices, vulnerable families and
international students.
This joint project enabled SGRS to deliver around 1230 meals {1000
freshly cooked hot-meals and 230 ready cooked Asian meals).
£443.95 (Atta, Rice and Asian Groceries) part of our joint project with
ACCMIUK) Bedford Iregd. charity) to support elderly and other
vulnerable people from BAME and other communities. During this joint
project from 19103120 to 30106120 total 324 food parcels were delivered.
Donation of staple food Ivegetarian} for Sathya Sai and SHITAL
organisations who delivered over 500 food parcels and hot meals in
Milton Keynes and Cranfield. Both organisations supported us for our
international students COVID19 support projects.
1.4 Food hubs. students support, free door-to-door deliveries &
collaborative work
In addition to all the above joint initiatives, we set up various food hubs in
Bedford, Luton and Milton Keynes, all managed and run by SEVA Trust
volunteers. We advertised about our support via social media, local
community and faith groups to ensure people can access the support
services we offered. Local and national media highlighted our efforts.
Support for homeless and rough-sleepers in Bedford
Working with SMART CJS (a charity supporting homeless}, we supported
over 50 homeless and rou
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of staple food for 6 months (Sept 20 to March 21). At the end of this
project we received the following feedback.
"We are in awe of the breadth of woth done by our friends al the SEVA
Trust UK in Bedford and overseas. We are exlremely grateful to then7 for
theirpractical support to SMAR T Prebend and the homeless and rough
sleepers that we have acconimodated during the past year. The SEVA
team made 14 deliveries of staple food to our temporary homeless hotel-
base throughout the pandemic, helping SMAR T CJS to provide hundreds
of meals and snacks. To mark several significant occasions such as
Christmas and Easter, volunteers also delivered treat trays consisting or
delicious freshly made cakes. The Trust s ongoing commitment and
thoughtful gestures help vulnerable people who need our help to feel
valued and cared for. We believe that the SEVA Trust's actions and
compassion has helped many rough sleepers to lead healthier lives and
thus they are better able to make positive and lasting change. A great
and lasting gift to make- thank you for all that you do to make lives
betterl" _ Anita Mccallum, CEO, SMART CJS
Support for children and parents of Biddenham International
School and Sports College, Bedford
Following a request from the school, we supported over 50 families
during and post lockdown periods. These families were facing hardships
due to loss of family income andlor COVID19 self-isolations. We are
touched by the messages and feedback many parents sent us. The
school management thanked our volunteers for this support.
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Support for flood impacted rural communities of
Bedfordshire during Christmas 2020
After a tough year for all and running community support projects
throughout the year without any break, we decided to take a short break
during X-mas. However, record levels of rain caused swerve flooding and
Bedford and surrounding villages were impacted badly. Large numbers of
properties were evacuated on X-mas day with a few hours, notice. Led by
our Chair, all trustees supported by our volunteers provided immediate
food support lo over 15 families living in temporary accommodation
andlor with friends.
Whilst helping Bedford flooding affected communities, we liaised with
Bedford Borough Council Response Team and our Trustees decided to
enrol SEVA Trust UK on Bedfordshire Local Emergency Volunteers
Executive Committee IBLEVEC). This is a partnership of about 30
charitylvoluntary and community group organisations that work together
in an emergency to provide support to those affected. The group is
directly involved in the official command and control groups set up by the
emergency services and councils and assist in the coordination of the
voluntary sector response. Being part of this group allows us to get to
know all about the emergency response structures and be involved in
any emergency response formally and in a coordinated way. We agreed
to assist with sharing warning and informing with diverse communities in
event of any emergency and related info this group want to share.
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Support for International students, liaison with universities,
students unions and the Indian High Commission (HCII,
London
We worked closely with the students support teams of Cranfield
University, University of Bedfordshire and University of Hertford5hire to
identify the students who needed urgent help and delivered a wide range
of staple food and hot meals to their residence throughout the COVID19.
We set up a dedicated studenls support leam lead by our Chair Charan
Sekhon and supported by our Vice-chair Dr Baljit Upadhyay. Our team
dealt with a wide range of students, issues including requests and
queries about fee support, rent & accommodation. health, wellbeing and
emotional support.
We were listed as COVID19 Support Group by the Indian High
Commission (HCI), London who compiled a list of leading charities and
groups offering help to international students and tourists stranded during
the national lockdowns. Large numbers of queries came through this
route and we attended regular online meetings involving the HCI team,
community and charity reps and the other stakeholders.
We received an excellent feedback from the Indian High Commission and
many Communrty and Charitable Groups involved in this projects who
had the full insight of our ongoing efforts.
In additional to our direct liaisons with the universities, we worked in
collaboration with two national students, unions to ensure we can reach
maximum number of students in need..
INSA (India National Students Union)
NISAU (National Indian Students & Alumni Union)
Both the unions advertised our serVI￿S on their social media platforms
and directed regular queries for food and other support we were able to
offer. We supported over 750 students with staple food, hot-meals,
advice and support for university fee and rent issues, help and advice
regarding overseas travel, mental health and emotional support. Many
NHS doctors, pharmacists, lawyers and other professionals volunteered
to support our work helping students facing tough limes who had no
family support in the UK.
We received really positive feedback from a large number of students
and the student unions. Many left their feedback and comments on
Google Review and on our social media platforms @SEVATrustUK
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Launch of 'Adopt an international student, initiative and
issued 6 hardship grants
We held an online Zoom and Facebook Live session on 21. Feb 2021
covering COVID19 Challenges & Issues for Intemational Students,
Support Efforts by SEVA Trust UK & Launch of new Project'Adopt an
International Student,.
Attended by students from around 5 Universities, SEVA Trust UK & India
trustee's team, volunteers & coordinator, our adviser Dr Opinderjit Takhar
MBE, Director of Sikh & Punjabi Sludies, University of Wolverhamplon,
Ms Anima Barnwal
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Commission, London} reps & volunteers of local community and
charitable groups all joined in. We launched this project with the aim to
connect international students with local families from their own culture
so that in the event of an urgent help, a local family can support them.
In the first stage this project we SUC￿$sfUllY connected 15 Indian
students in Bedford and Luton to local Indian families.
We introduced hardship grant application prO￿sS and issued hardship
grants to 6 students1£100 per students} in need of urgent help14 grants
paid by 31103121 and 2 paid in the first week of April 20211.
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Work with Bedford Borough, UNISON & other organisations
We worked closely with Bedford Borough Council lead community
support hub, providing volunteers for free food deliveries and free
inlerprelalion services for people for whom English is not their first
language. We worked with UNISON Welfare Offi￿r$ and Reps of
Bedford and Luton who helped to identify people in need. Some UNISON
reps also volunteered to deliver food parcels. We were featured in the list
of helpers Bedford Borough Council, CVS Bedford and UNISON
prepared to signpost people in need.
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Volunteers network & COVID19 working policies and
procedures
In order to respond to emergency support situations, we need a strong
network of volunteers. We are pleased to strengthen our volunteers and
supporting partners, network. During the peak times of COVID19 crisis,
we had over 25 volunteers covering the food hubs and doing daily home
deliveries of food and essentials. Though COVID19 brought tough times
for all but a big positive outcome was that large number of people from all
communities came forward to help and support. We set up all the needed
COVID19 related policies and procedures to ensure we can provide
safe working environment to all our volunteers and throughout the year
we regularly reviewed it.
We feel proud to complete this tough year without a single H&S related
incident or any other shortfall. This demonstrates our commitment, ability
to plan, handle and deliver complex and emergency projects wthin tight
deadlines.
Big Thanks to All our supporting partners and volunteers
It was a very tough year for all but we reached-out to a very large number
of people and students. It was only possible due to a collective effort and
support by all. We received amazing support from many local and
national organisations who provided us with some of the staple food we
needed. Many individuals offered to help us with food shopping, door to
door deliveries and other support.
We would like to thank the following and everyone else who supported us
in one wa
or another.
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Bandhan Bedford Group (Indian Women Group)
UNISON East Anglia {Env. Agency) Branch
Maharashlra Mandal London
Baba Zorawar Singh Baba Fateh Singh Gurdwara Milton Keynes
Sri Guru Ravidass Temple & Community Centre, Bedford
Guru Nanak Gurdwara, Bedford
Guru Gobind Singh Gurdwara, Kempston
Sri Sathya Sai and SHITAL Organisations, Milton Keynes
Inter Collegiate Prayer Fellowship IICPF), UK
Akhilesh Sharma Srinivaslusha Charitable Trust, London
Indian High Commission, London
Indian Students Unions
Dr Uma Rajesh - NHS Doctors Group (Hull & East Yorkshire)
Dr Vishen Ramkisson- One Health Care
Dr. K Gajana- Indian Association Manchester
Arpan Kaur- NHS Pharmacist, Bedford
Jat Singh Patti {Senior Lawyer l - Stanmore Law Pradice
Urvi Shah Vision Solicitors
Shalini V Bhargava- MD Aschfords Law
Dr Sally McGrath - Biddenham School, Bedford
Catherine Ward, UNISON- Bedford
Pastor Bryce Heard - Nottingham
Vishal Thakrar- Go Dharmic
Rikul Patel Jalaram Foods, London
Irina & Maria Ermakova - Bedford
Hilary Clifton Bedford
Hannah Ventisei- Bedford
Saurabh Sethi- Bedford
Jatinder Singh - Bedford
Jasjot Singh - Bedford
Pallavi Sahonle - Bedford
Mr & Mrs Surinder Gupta- Bedford
Seema Grantham - Bedford
Devinder Kaur Gabri- Bedford
Sati Kaur Judge- Bedford
Mr & Mrs Ram Bangaru - Bedford
Kuladeep Tajamudilli - Cranfield
Satej Dessai - Cranfield
Heema Chauhan- Cranfield
Palwinder Kandola - Hitchin
Balbir Chowdhary- London
Sanjeev Tiwary- London
Rajeev Sachdeva - London
Ella & Raj Shah- Luton
Balbir Kaur - Luton
Paul Britzer & Keerthi Eadara- Luton
Naminder Kaur Shergill -milton Keynes
Harbind Singh Seyan- Milton Keynes
Amrik Singh Hothi - Milton Keynes
2. COVID19 Community Support in India
Our main focus has been on UK projects this year. However, through
SEVA Trust (India) many disadvantaged children received support
further details in the Education section below
and SEVA Trust India
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team supported 'Feeding From Far food project in Govandi, Mumbai,
where most of the daily wage {low paid) workers reside, and who have
been struggling to sustain in the lockdowns.
3. Health & Wellbeing
Activities in the UK
From Oct 2020 to March 2021 we facilitated and delivered:
52 Free Online Health Awareness, Exercise and Yoga Session (two
sessions per weekl with average 55 participants per session (mainly
BAME females). This is regarded as 'hard to reach, group and needed
urgent support for their health and wellbeing throughout COVID19.
15 Free Online Sessions on COVID19 and Health Awareness by Medical
Practitioners, NHS Doctors and Consultants.
50 Exercise and Yoga mats donated.
Sept 20: To support Public Health team at Bedford Borough Council our
Trustee Dr Baljit Upadhyay volunteered to represent our charity on this
new community support group whilst acting as the 'Covid19 Health
Champion for Bedford,. This group was jointly set up by Public Health
and Bedford Borough to engage with the diverse communities on the
COVID19 related matters.
From Sept to Oct 20: We supported and attended NHS Test & Trace
App Stakeholder Engagemenl Project meetings led by NHS {Fuad
Hendricks- NHS Stakeholder Engagement Lead) and provided useful
community feedback that helped to improve the NHS Trace & Test App.
Dec 20: Provided feedback and suggestions to Bedford Borough Health
Overview and Scrutiny Committee to help with their review lo look at the
communication and language barriers people experience in accessing
and using health services.
Feb 21: We supported Bedford Borough Council and Public Health lead
research looking to identifying what is happening locally in terms of food
poverty and emergency food support during COVID and took part in this
study program and provided useful infomiation and feedback.
Activities in India
March 21: SEVA Trust India team organised a large blood donation
camp in collaboration with Shree Bala Ji Dham Haldri and local youth
groups of District Ambala, Ha ana
India
Nearly 150 people donated
blood raising 141 units of blood. The event was attended by large
numbers of youth groups and reps from rural communities as well as
many reps from voluntary groups working on social causes.
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4. Education
Activities in the UK
2020121: We continue working with many public sector organisations
including Borough Council Communities, Team Bedfordshire, Fire &
Rescue and Police Communit Cohesion teams to
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our local events and social media among BAME communities who are
underrepresented in public Servi￿$.
Mar. 21: Further to a request from Biddenham International School &
Sports College to deliver a presentation to their student as part of their
learning, we delivered this session on the given topic of the 'Con￿pt of
giving and helping others, to help the children and raise awareness about
helping others.
Feb. 21.. We held online Zoom and Facebook Live session involving
international students from 5 universities to discuss the challenges they
face and lo put in pla￿ needed support to ensure they complete their
studies. 6 students received a hardship grant of £100 each.
Aug. 20.. SEVA Trust team lead by our Chair, played an instrumental role
in supporting Bedford Bandhan Group who organised Indian
Independence Day celebrations in Bedford on 15108120. The unique
event was held as per COVID19 protocol and it was a combination of
virtual and an outdoor ceremony involving the unfurling of the Indian flag
which was broadcast live from the old Town Hall. The online event was
attended by around 200 people.
Our team engaged with many community groups and helped in sharing
information with the student groups. This was a great community and
educational event that helped in promoting community cohesion and
involved the youth and diverse community groups.
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Jan. to Mar. 21.. We along with SEVA Trust India forged partnerships
with..
Strive 2 thrive Edu, USA based NGO - To provide free online tutoring to
children in India from disadvantaged and low income background who
are unable lo afford private education.
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Enlight a Kid, Canada based NGO- To provide educational grants and
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Activities in India
1. As we reported in our last year's report that the donation of £5000 we
sent during 2019120 for educational support projects in India (donation
Ref.. FCRA 1722100241, due to COVID19 that project was delayed and
delivered in Jan. 2021. This project was led by our SEVA Trust UK Ilndia)
team in collaboration with Zila Yuva Vikas Sanghthan (ZYVS) supported
by local schools and teaching & academic professionals.
40 children from low-income and disadvantaged families received high
spec Samsung Galaxy Tablets 8.0 to help with their online learning.
These children were selected from 12 different villages in Pakhowal
Block & one student from a village near Jalandhar in Punjab Ilndia). All
children were selected by the teaching & academic staff based on their
famil
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track record. Due to Covid19 all study moved online and these children
were unable to afford smart devices to study online. SEVA Trust India
team also provided projeclors, CCTV cameras and other equipment to a
number of rural schools to help to improve educational facilities.
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5. Environment
Activities in the UK
Due to our focus on the COVID19 projects, we were not able to organise
any major activities on the environment but we promoted 'World
Environment Day, and 'Sikh Environment Day, led by the Eco-sikh
through our social media platforms.
Activities in India
May 2020: We were invited to be part of panel discussions on the topic of
Coronavirus Pandemic- Challenges and revival af the environment
organised by Guru Nanak Engineering College, Ludhiana, Punjab Ilndia}.
Our Chair was one the keynote speakers and the discussions covered
environmental issues for the UK and India.
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6. Other input and support
1. We helped young drivers and families who contacted us during
COVID19 for help regarding lack of driving test slots at Bedford Centre.
We raised this issue with Bedford MP who wrote to Transport Minister
and updated all parents who contacted us for help.
2. We provided useful input and feedback in 'COVID19 Community
Conversations & Group Consultation, lead by the Harpur Trust involving 5
local charities and community reps. It covered many topics such as key
challenges, issues and how best we can support local communities.
3. Our Trustees attended various online community meetings and events
throughout the year including the Charity Commission for England and
Wales Annual Public Meeting 2020 on 01110120.
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Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional infomiation)
Our motto is 'True Service to Humanity,. All SEVA Trust UK team
members (Trustees, Supporting Teams and Advisers) are fully committed
volunteers. Any donations received go to fulfil the charitable aims and
objectives, not to pay salaries to anyone or expensive overheads.
Here is the financial value of unpaid and voluntary work delivered by our
teams to support local communities through Education, Health and
Environmental work (based on national minimal wage 2021 figures)
You may choose to include
further statements, where
relevant, about..
policy on grantmaking.,
policy programme related
investment.,
contribution made by
volunteers.
5 Trustees- 36 hrs Iweek = £3211week = £16, 692 per year1£8.91 per
hr)
4 Youth volunteers (age 21 to 241- 12 hrs Iweek= £100 = £5200 per
year {8.36 per hr)
4 Youth volunleers (age 18 to 201- 8 hrs Iweek= £52 = £2704 per year
(£6.56 per hr}
12 Volunteers (age 25 & overl- 36 hrslweek - £3211week - £16,692 per
year {£8.91 per hr)
Total contributions - £41 288
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SEVA Trust UK Team has given voluntary input equivalent to 41 k in
2020121. This does not include the work and input given by SEVA
volunteers in India.
Section D
Achievements and performance
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Section D
Achievements and performance
Achievements, Awards and Media Coverage
Summary of the main
achievements of the charity
during the year
Our main achievements are already listed above. Here is a snap-shot of
our COVID19 support work for this year in a short video clip..
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Here are details of recognitions and awards received.
1. All our volunteers worked very hard and we are proud to receive the
'Non-Profit Organisation of the Year- London & South East Award, for our
services and response to Covid19
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2. Our Chair Charan Sekhon and Trustees Shital Gandhi received 'Sports
Hero's Award, from Bedford Borough Council for supporting diverse
communities, especially the elderly and women through free online health
and yoga classes.
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3. We received a 'Certificate of Appreciation, from HM Lord Lieutenant
and High Sheriff of Bedfordshire for the COVID19 community support
work.
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4. We received an excellent feedback and a letter of commendation from
MP for Bedford Mohamed Yasin and MP for North East Bedfordshire
Richard Fuller.
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5. Our Chair Charan Sekhon received a special award from the Sikh
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cohesion.
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6. In addition to all the above activities, on behalf of the UK Indian
diaspora, we led a campaign for better direct air connectivity between
London and Punjab. We have been inleracting and working with many
charitable organisations in the UK and Punjab. One of the most common
issues faced by all charities supporting the youth development &
educations projects in Punjab is the lack of direct connectivity leading to
a long and stressful journey. Therefore, we decided lo work on this issue
in partnership with other NGOS and we were so pleased with a massive
positive outcome as the direct flights finally commenced from London
Slansted to Amritsar, Puniab.
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Section D
Achievements and performance
Media Coverage:
BBC Look East News
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BBC Wortd News (English)
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BBC World Service (Hindi)
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BBC Online
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Section E
Financial review
Brief statement of the
charity's policy on reserves
NIA
Details of any funds materially
in deficit
NIA
Further financial review details (Optional infonnation)
You may choose to include
additional information, where
relevant about..
the charity's principal
sources of funds {including
any fundraising).,
how expenditure has
supported the key objectives
of the charity.,
investment policy and
objectives including any
ethical investment policy
adopted.
All details covered in our financial statement (Ref - Receipts and
payments accounts Report CC16a)
Section F
Other optional information
Section G
Declaration
The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees, report above.
Signed on behalf of the charity's trustees
Signature{sl
Full name{sl
Charan Kanwal Singh Sekhon
Position (eg Secretary, Chair,
Chair & Trustee
etc}
Satnam Singh Galsin
Treasurer & Trustee
Date
2111012021
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March 2021

Independent examiner's report to the trustees of
Social Education Voluntary Association (SEVA) Trust UK
for the year ended 31 March 2021
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of Social Education
Voluntary Association {SEVA) Trust UK (the charity) for the year ended 31 March
2021.
Responsibilities and basis of report
As the trustees of the charity you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts
in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 ('the Act,).
I report in respect of my examination of the charity's accounts carried out under
section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed all
the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of
the Act.
Independent examiner's statement
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no matters have come to my
attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any
material respect..
1. accounting records were not kept in respect of the charity as required by
section 130 of the Act., or
2. the accounts do not accord with those records.
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the
examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a
proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Signed
John O'Brien Msc, FCCA, FCIE
Employee of Community Accounting Plus
Date 2811012021

CHARITY COMMISSION
FOR ENGLAND AND WALES
lolunlary Association ISEV Tru,.
>654
SEVA Trust UK
Receipts and payments accounts
CC16a
For the period
from
To
Section A Receipts and payments
Unrestricted
funds
Restricted
funds
Endowment
funds
Total funds
Last year
to the nearest
to the nearest É
tothe nearest £
to the nearest£
tothe nearest É
A1 Receipts
DonalioD$ & Gift Aid
Grants
Refunds
Fundraising
28,751
2B.751
1D,3T5
8.500
10,37S
59B
Sub total(Gross income for
ARJ
29,349
10,375
35,724
8,840
A2 Asset and investment sale¥,
lsee tsblel.
Sub total
29.349
10,375
39,724
8.840
A3Pa
ments
Chanlabl8 3clivities & proje¢t$ ICOMD19
f(th SUPPDrt & he8llh prDieclsl
Don¥iions&supwrttO Other UK ch8rhe$
Hardship ICOffiD191 grantto students
Insuran
Other Expenditure (Postsgtr, Stationary,
3,442
10.375
13.817
700
1,50D
1,050
400
153
153
100
126
128
307
s,ooo
459
Edu¢aiion¥l support yoiects In India
Chanly Events & Meeting$
Staff Salary- No staff
Goverence Costs
Sub total
5.623
10.375
15.998
7.616
A4 Asset and investment
purchases. Isee table)
125
Sub total
125
Total payments
5.623
10,375
1S,998
7.741
Net of receipts/(payments)
A5 Transfer5 between funds
A6 Cash funds last year end
Cash fund$ this year 9nd
23.726
23,726
1.099
6,988
30,714
6.988
30,714
5,889
6.988
CCXX R1 accounts ISSI
2711012021

Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
Unrestricted
funds
to nearest£
Restricted
funds
to nearest£
Endowment
funds
to nearest£
Cat•goriès
Datails
B1 Cash funds
Current Account balance on 31103121
30.700
Cash In hand
14
Total cash funds
30,714
Igiree ￿ceIpts Qnd poyment5
accDunt(s11
Unrestricted
funds
to nearest£
Restricted
funds
to nearest£
Endovmignt
funds
to nearest£
Details
NA
Fund to whlch
asset belon
Cost loptionall
Curwnt valu8
Details
NA
B3 Invg$lm9nt assgts
FLJnd to which
asset belon
Gene￿1
Currentvalue
Details
Mobile phone S1￿ purchased 06101121
Cost loptionall
$99
B4 Assets retained for the
charity's own use
Fund to whlch
relates
Amount (Juo
Whon duo
Details
Independent Examination Fetr
BS Liabilit19$
G8Deral
420
Signed by one or two trustees on
behaw Df all the trustees
Signature
Date of
roval
Print Name
Satnam Galsin
2111012021
Ch8ran S8khon
2111012021
CCXX R2 accounts ISSI
2711012021