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Trinjan members were invited by Chiswick House & Gardens on 18th May 2021 to participate in their ‘Mind Food’ project based around plants and nature for mental health and wellbeing. It was the first time they had seen one another since lockdown, and they spent a very enjoyable day outdoors together in the kitchen garden.

After the huge success of our recent Table Tennis & Dance project, we are launching a new project on Tuesday, 12th December 2017. We believe there is a need for a similar project of a longer duration to encourage women to participate in group activities

Bhangra session will be held every Tuesday from 6 pm to 7 pm from 12th December 2017.  Instructor is Harjit of Munde Punjab De.

Table Tennis and Board Games sessions will be held on every Sunday from 10.30 am to 12 pm from 17th December 2017. Board games will include Carom board and Bridge.

All sessions will be held at Thistleworth Social & Tennis Club, 129A Ridgeway Road North, Osterley, TW7 5LX

Pleease email [email protected] to register

This Project is supported by Hounslow Council.

16 members of Trinjan visited the magnificent Marble Hill House on Friday, 23rd June 2017. They enjoyed the guided tour of this Palladium villa set in 66 acres of outstanding riverside parkland near Richmond in West London. Marble Hill was built for the remarkable Henrietta Howard, mistress of King George ll.

Mohinder Dosanjh, chair & founder of Trinjan received a cheque of £500 from Lions Club at their Event to mark 40 years of being a charity. Ten members of Trinjan attended the event.

In 2016, Lions Club donated £500 to The Mulberry Centre at one of Trinjan’s monthly meetings.

Trinjan and Acton Lions Club are planning to work together to raise funds for worthy causes.

Skye – Louise  is 5 years old girl with Spina Bifida. She is unable to walk, crawl or weight bare. She is a very happy little girl with a cracking sense of humour. She started main stream school this year and although at the lower end of the class academically she seems to be keeping up and has a huge fan base.

The type of wheelchair Skye needs is costing £3000.

This project aims to encourage women of all ages and abilities to participate to stay physically and mentally healthy. In addition all participants will get ample opportunity to socialise and make new friends. With an ageing population, people are now more at risk of developing Alzheimer’s and Dementia in later life. According to a documentary about Dementia on the BBC last year, playing table tennis and taking up a hobby like dancing on a regular basis enhances memory and mental agility. Playing table tennis is a great way to stimulate the brain and promote quick thinking while improving hand-eye coordination. Table tennis is a low-injury risk sport that keeps one fit and flexible, without putting severe stress on joints.

It was an evening of entertainment, DJ, three course MEAL and fantastic raffle prizes and raised fantastic sum of £1670 for a good cause!

With law enforcing the use of seat belts to all passengers, and people generally enjoying better health, we are finding fewer people’s families having to make the choice of organ donation.

Jimmy Saville was one of the first people I remember in the 70’s promoting the “clunk, click every trip” slogan on getting us to use our seat belts. With law enforcing the use of seat belts to all passengers, and people generally enjoying better health, we are finding fewer people’s families having to make the choice of organ donation.

Yet increased stress levels, diets built around convenience and a lack of exercise are increasing the need for “spare parts.” This is not an age-related issue as many of us may think.

We’re aware that the Medical sector has been able to offer us babies created in a test tube, the perfect body, and drugs to increase our sex drive. Yet how many of us know that:

• People in the UK who have offered one of their kidneys to strangers, have continued to live perfectly normal lives after 6-12 weeks.
• People who are kidney donors statistically outlive their peers.
• Last year 954 “living” donors made a difference.
• You can do everything you can do now – after certain donations – including getting pregnant.
• 3,513 Organ transplants were carried out last year.
• There are 7,877 patients on a waiting list.
• Organs go to the closest tissue match, not to how long you have been waiting.
• Over 16,124,871 have pledged their organs.
• Carrying a donor card is not enough, your next of kin would have to authorise donation, which means letting your loved ones know your wishes.
• That a body can save up to 20 lives.

These facts mean very little until we are faced with somebody in our inner circle is affected by organ failure. Over the last 19 years I have seen one of my closest friends go from being a sporty extrovert with flawless skin, to someone who is constantly tired, who spends 3 evenings a week in hospital undergoing dialysis, and who has had to endure various operations to remove parts of her body just to keep her functioning.

The trouble is I have noticed how talking about her kidney failure and treatment makes people uncomfortable – and so she often avoids the subject.

So how does one go from not acknowledging the situation to asking for support, or even for your kidney? Most people can’t and don’t. In our case our relationship was such that she did not need to ask as I suggested it.

Originally I was under the impression it was going to impact my life in a major way.

However, after attending the Hammersmith Hospital Kidney seminar, I realised things have come a long way. My son commented “ It’s like having your tonsils out”. To him it was something he too would consider one day.

After a series of tests, and several urine and blood samples, I have been told I am a “fit” and am able to offer my left kidney – even though we are different blood groups. The operation will take place on the 8th September. We will stay together for the 4-5 days I am in hospital – leaving with only Paracetamol for support upon discharge. In the first 3 months I will require a few checkups for comfort, falling back on an annual full medical MOT after that.

Nobody should rush into a major decision on being a donor, however the Hammersmith Hospital team offers seminars which will give you the facts to investigate further:

TEL: Harvinder Dulku 0208 383 8145 [email protected]

Or website www.uktransplant.org.uk

Dr Inderjit Singh OBE Director, Network of Sikh Organisations UK comments, “ In my family we all carry donor cards and I would encourage all Sikhs to do so.”

Inderjyt Takhar