Over the last decade Snehalaya UK has provided support the vital work that Snehalaya India does to protect, advocate for and rehabilitate vulnerable members of its local community. 

 

How we help

 

The UK office was opened in 2014 and is staffed by volunteers. It's objectives are to:

 

• Raise funds for communities in most need, specifically women and children affected by HIV, gender-based violence and the Sex Trade.

 

• Build and maintain an advisory body of experts and professionals who provide training, support, advice and mentoring.

 

• Support the development and management of volunteering programmes

 

• Collaborate with the board and senior management of Snehalaya India to support the strengthening of strategy and governance.

 

• Build the capacity of the UK organisation in order to effectively deliver our charitable objectives

 

Snehalaya UK supports these objectives by raising awareness of Snehalaya's programmes amongst the Indian diaspora here in the UK and wider international community. It does so through public campaigning, hosting fundraising events, and developing partnerships with organisations and community groups that can help us to deliver better services for longer. 

 

The organisation works to develop and grow sustainably and to ensure good governance, so that we can continue to grow to meet the needs of India's most vulnerable populations.

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Snehalaya UK is a virtual organization with no fixed base or office or staff, what they do have is a lot of passion and commitment.

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Achievements

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Snehalaya UK has developed successful partnership and funding including:

 

• Three projects with Malala Fund to promote girls’ education

• The Her Voice campaign highlighting gender-based violence

• Connecting Classrooms project with the British Council managing five years of teacher exchanges between UK and India

• Mercury Phoenix Trust funding since 2015

• Official charity partner of Just Bollywood student dance competition led by Imperial College London for two years

• Leeds Beckett University volunteers

• Leeds University RAG volunteers

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Our Board

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Volunteering and Placement

 

We offer opportunities to enable people across the UK to become more active in charitable activity, campaigning for causes with our Board of Trustees and to apply their unique skills to our Indian projects on location in Ahmednagar, Maharashtra. Unfortunately we do not currently have the capacity to manage virtual volunteers in the UK.  

 

Find out more about the placements and opportunities here.

 

 

How you can help

 

We're looking for partners who feel strongly about investing in women and children in India, and improving healthcare and access to services, and education. If you would like to find out more about what we do and how you can get involved contact give@snehalaya.org

 

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