Praise for our Chairman, founder of Sussex Indian Punjabi Society; Baldev Soni (See Wednesday 19th August Evening Argus)
https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/18658961.praise-sussex-indian-punjabi-society-founder-baldev-soni/
Ben Hutton vs. Bankim Chandra – The Tennis Showdown! match on Saturday 5th September raises £4,260
To help much needed refurbishments to squash courts at Hove Fitness & Squash Club, so it can continue nurturing fantastic talents across many different age groups.
Coronavirus (COVID‑19) – Latest Advice
The free NHS COVID-19 app is a vital part of the NHS Test and Trace service in England, and the NHS Wales Test, Trace, Protect service and can be downloaded here: https://covid19.nhs.uk/
You can find out more about what the app does at https://covid19.nhs.uk/what-the-app-does.html and this link includes a list of translated resources about the app https://bit.ly/2SunizD
Otherwise click here to see latest Government advice on Coronavirus (COVID‑19)
There are three simple actions we must all do to keep on protecting each other:
- Wash hands – Keep washing your hands regularly
- Cover face – Wear a face covering in enclosed spaces
- Make space – Stay at least 2 metres apart – or 1 metre with a face covering or other precautions
Brighton and Hove City Council’s Falls Prevention Team have also made the following film of strength and balance exercises that you can do at home. It includes subtitles in English, and the film description on YouTube includes instructions of how to view subtitles in other languages: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DGd-I8I8vM
Beach Clean – Sunday 20th September 2020
Sussex Indian Punjabi Society is again supporting the beach clean up group; Surfers Against Sewage on following dates, times and locations. Note different start location/times to previous beach cleans. I will endeavour to be at start times for them both. Observe latest COVID19 guidelines; eg Keeping to social distancing and limit groups to 6. Look forward to support from anyone who might be interested.
Date : Sunday 20th September 2020
Time: 11:00am – 13:00pm (participate for whatever duration suitable for you)
Meet Location : On the beach by The Warren next door to Electric Arcade and under the Zip Wire Tower by Brighton Pier). Let organisers know you going to event via;https://www.facebook.com/events/596971440981916
Bags/Gloves/Pick sticks : If you have your own, please bring for social safety reasons and in case limited stock available for volunteers.
Lets show Brighton Indian Community cares passionately about our beaches and are available to help during these difficult and unusual times. Currently council resources are stretched and social behaviour a bit poor from some not taking their rubbish back home if bins full.
Details of this and other campaigns can be found on:
https://facebook.com/events/s/brighton-hove-sas-plastic-prot/596971440981916/?ti=icl
Local Indian Artist Wanted
Are you an Artist? Do you paint, draw, sculpt, illustrate, make jewellery, work in clay or textiles? Then why not exhibit, show off your talent (why not?) and perhaps sell your work by taking part in the Artists Open House (AOH) Festival in May? Black Minority Ethnic Community Partnership (BMECP), in conjunction with AOH, are offering this exciting opportunity to take part in an exhibition over the 4 week-ends in May to be held in their building in Fleet Street, near Brighton Station. If interested, for further details please contact Davinder Dhillon by email on davinderdhillon@hotmail.com or Chandrakant Mehta on cjmehta48@yahoo.co.uk. It doesn’t matter if you are an amateur or a professional, just take part and be proud! Hurry – don’t miss this wonderful opportunity
Artists!
Exhibit Your Work With BMECP
As part of this May’s Artists Open House Festival
The Black and Minority Ethnic Community Partnership (BMECP) are inviting artists to exhibit and sell their original artwork as part of this May’s Artists Open House Festival.
We would love to offer this opportunity to all artists, and especially BAME artists, to showcase their work in this event.
Just behind Brighton Train Station, the BMECP building offers spacious rooms and hall areas for displaying work, with disabled access.
Costs of the exhibition, will be dependent on space required and commitment to the entire festival period.
Please register your interest asap by contacting us via the details below.
We strongly recommend viewing the exhibition areas prior to registration. Please call to make an appointment to visit the building.
BMECP Centre
10A Fleet St, BN1 4ZE
Tel: 03003 031171 01273 624792
Email: Edit: edit@bmecp.org.uk ; Meryam: meryam@bmecp.org.uk
His Royal Highness, the Duke of Gloucester meets Chattri Memorial Committee, SIPS, GCS
His Royal Highness, the Duke of Gloucester, visited Brighton yesterday (19th November) to meet members of the Chattri Memorial Committee and view the Indian Gate and the World War 1 Exhibition at the Royal Pavilion. Davinder Dhillon, the Chairman of the Chattri Memorial Group co-hosted the visit with the Lord Lieutenant. Local volunteers, including Bankim Chandra & Balbir Gohler from SIPS and Chandrakant Mehta from GCS, can be seen in the photographs below. Later the Duke opened a new extension at St Peter and St James Hospice in Chailey and then visited the Pestalozzi Project for young people in Seddlescombe.
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Photos from ©Tony Mould: My Brighton and Hove