SIKH SANJOG 

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Foundation Scotland - Improving lives, building communities
£15,000	20/07/2022	To employ an Advocacy Worker for a period of three years.
Women's Fund for Scotland - Grant to Sikh Sanjog
£5,000	16/12/2020 12	The grant will contribute towards the costs of a full-time Social Media Manager post for 12 months and associated digital software platform and Admin & Management costs. This is an existing ....more The grant will contribute towards the costs of a full-time Social Media Manager post for 12 months and associated digital software platform and Admin & Management costs. This is an existing part-time role and the group is seeking funding to extend this role to full-time hours. The role will be responsible for setting up and managing a digital forum for each of the groups where service users can stay connected and gain support; and for creating an online Social Media content (blogs, news releases, newsletters etc.) to reach out to BME women and young people. This is to address the need for an online presence, urgency of which has been highlighted by the Covid-19 pandemic. It’s anticipated that 40 people will benefit.
Corra Foundation - HDG-20/5436
£40,000	10/12/2020	towards the outreach work with families experiencing poverty.
National Lottery Community Fund - Covid-19 Impact on the Scottish Sikh Community
£8,400	06/08/2020 9	This group will use the funding to conduct research through to December 2020 to investigate the impact of COVID-19 on the Sikh communities across Scotland.
Scottish Government - Sikh Sanjog
£7,838	15/05/2020	Detailed description not provided.
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Sikh Sanjog
£1,621	07/04/2020	To enable Sikh Sanjog to purchase necessary IT equipment so staff can digitally support up to 14 families and 15 young people in and around Edinburgh who are from different minority ethnic ....more To enable Sikh Sanjog to purchase necessary IT equipment so staff can digitally support up to 14 families and 15 young people in and around Edinburgh who are from different minority ethnic communities and who would otherwise benefit from regularly partici
National Lottery Community Fund - Community Conversations
£10,000	10/08/2018 11	This group will provide a six-month mental health and wellbeing programme designed by the Mental Health Foundation. Sessions will be topic-based on different aspects of mental health and will include ....more This group will provide a six-month mental health and wellbeing programme designed by the Mental Health Foundation. Sessions will be topic-based on different aspects of mental health and will include reflection.
Comic Relief - Sikh Sanjog
£40,000	30/11/2016 24	Sikh Sanjog is a leading and well established organisation working with BME (especially Sikh) women in a deprived area of Edinburgh. They are unique in tackling the issues these women and girls face, ....more Sikh Sanjog is a leading and well established organisation working with BME (especially Sikh) women in a deprived area of Edinburgh. They are unique in tackling the issues these women and girls face, providing a drop in service and supporting and sign posting women experiencing a range of issues including DV, social isolation, mental health issues, low self-esteem. They support girls and women into education and employment, provide awareness raising in schools as well as tackling some of the cultural barriers entrenched in the community.They have established the only social enterprise café in Scotland, run by women from the Sikh community, called Punjabi Kitchen, which provides authentic Punjabi food to the wider Scottish community.
National Lottery Community Fund - Sikh Sanjog's 'Pathways to Employment' Programme
£413,939	15/08/2012 48	This project will support 40 women from minority ethnic backgrounds to access appropriate job seeking services and employment opportunities in social enterprises. The project will target women from ....more This project will support 40 women from minority ethnic backgrounds to access appropriate job seeking services and employment opportunities in social enterprises. The project will target women from the Sikh Bhatra community in Edinburgh, but will be open to women from other minority ethnic groups.
National Lottery Community Fund - There is no project name available for this record
£10,000	15/01/2010 12	Sikh Sanjog aims to develop the employability skills of minority ethnic women to increase their access to learning, volunteering and employment opportunities. The idea is to develop a learning centre ....more Sikh Sanjog aims to develop the employability skills of minority ethnic women to increase their access to learning, volunteering and employment opportunities. The idea is to develop a learning centre to provide training courses and generate income with the aim of becoming self-sustained. This grant will be used to commission research on the costs of developing such a learning centre and the feasibility of becoming income generating.

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Directors (4)

Legal constitution

• Charity registered in Scotland on 01/11/1990, number: SC004495
• Registered at Companies House on 18/06/1999, number: SC197352

Filing Record

Main office

20 Hopetoun Street, Edinburgh, EH7 4GH

Objectives

The objects for which the Company is established are to promote the advancement of education, the improvement of health and the furtherance of the social welfare of the children and families of the members of the Sikh and wider Ethnic Minority community living in Edinburgh. To support women from the Sikh and wider Ethnic Minority communities to access Employment opportunities and to offer employment opportunities within Sikh Sanjog and the Social Enterprise Community Cafe.