Great Response

On this hot summer’s evening we have just completed our weekly seva. Offering our usual snacks and refreshments. This week we took into consideration the hot weather and took extra water and offered some ice cream to help in the heat.   The response was extremely positive this week with all items taken within 30 …

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Spreading the message

Whilst most people were making plans to watch Wales progression in the European Championships, our volunteers have just returned from this weeks seva. We were visited by many new faces as well as regulars this week who were thankful as ever for our help. Once again we offered hot pasta with a quorn mix freshly …

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Wet Wednesday, Seva continues

On this wet Wednesday evening, Swindon Sikh Seva Society attended as usual and offered something slightly different than the usual hot meal. This week, we were able to offer a hot meal in the form of chips, vegetarian fingers and beans.   After a slow start we were visited by regulars who each week continue …

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More questions and involvement

Each Wednesday we continue to setup our seva and provide meals and snacks to anyone who requires it and this week was no different. Hot pasta was offered once again, with over 25 meals provided which were greatly received. Additionally, crisps/chocolates/biscuits were also offered During the last week or so, we have seen more questions …

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Another Seva completed

In recent week we have found our volunteers have struggled to locate people around town who are unable to come to our location for hot meals. This evening we were joined by Teresa from the Swindon Earth Angels who assisted some of the volunteers in locating individuals who require meals and as a result we …

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Different offerings, same response

This week we opted to make a change and provide a different selection of hot food. A selection of vegetarian pasties/pastries were made available as well as hot chips and bread. While distributing the food, a few members of the public stopped and had a chat with us. Questions such as why we were doing …

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Over 40 hot meals served

Despite the rain and cold weather, we continue to provide hot meals for our 4th week. Joined by new volunteers, we offered hot pasta as well as a selection of drinks, snacks, biscuits. Over 20 were distributed at our set location at Carfax Close and a further 20 were distributed by our volunteers at various …

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First Seva Completed

On Wednesday 6th April, Swindon Sikh Seva completed their first effort of assisting those less fortunate and provided the homeless with a hot meal and other refreshments. We set up by the Bridge Street underpass, the meal was prepared less than an hour before we began distributing. Volunteers visited areas of town to inform the …

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