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Gurjar Hindu Union (GHU), Crawley, UK
honoured with Queen's Award for Voluntary Service
Report by Ashwinbhai Morarji Soni, Trustee, GHU
  

  

 

Gurjar Hindu Union, Crawley

Gurjar Hindu Union (GHU), Crawley in West Sussex has been honoured with the Queen's Award for Voluntary Service, the highest award a voluntary group can receive in the UK.

Ashwinbhai Soni, trustee of Gurjar Hindu Union said "This is like an MBE for a community group that has been going on since 1968.

We have built a mega community centre that cost 3.4million pounds.

Ashwinbhai Soni, Trustee. GHU

This prestigious award recognises outstanding work by volunteer groups to benefit their local communities

Gurjar Hindu Union serves the needs of the Indian community in Crawley, allowing its members to integrate effectively into society.

The group offers activities for children, young people and the elderly and provides skills training for its community as well as cultural and supportive services to the Hindu

and wider community.

Gurjar Hindu Union (GHU) providing education, cultural and integration supportive services to the Hindu and wider community in Crawley.

It also offers activities for children, young people and the elderly and provides skills training for its community.

Ashwinbhai Soni said "We are all so thrilled. All 5,000 members of the organisation will be so delighted.

"Our group doesn't only keep our culture together, and educate our children in our culture and our values, it also is fantastic for the wider community that there is such

an iconic centre.

The building was all constructed and built by us without any government support or any other grants or anything like that.

"This is a centre that is very important to Crawley now.

Further reading :

Opening of Gurjar Hindu Union Crawley (GHU) in 2010

Ashwinbhai Morarjibhai Soni (Ghaghada) and the Crawley Mandir committee welcome

HRH Duke of Gloucester at the Crawley (London) Temple in 2015

Interview with Ashwinbhai Soni by Pattni Connection Editor/Webmaster in 2011