The Tankaria Welfare Society UK

Compiled by: Nasir Lotiya.

The Tankaria Education and Welfare Circle UK was formed in 1967. Its first constitution (Hand written) was adopted in 1967. On 25 December 1984, a new constitution was adopted. On 29 January 1985, this organisation was registered as “The Tankaria Welfare Society UK” at the Charity Commission UK.

Registered charity number: 290979.

History

The Tankaria Educational and Welfare Circle, UK was formed in 1967. Its first Constitution was drafted by Abdullah Kamal Patel (Kamal Master) of Preston. Yakub Bajibhai Bhutawala as President and Yacoob Mank as Secretary together with other Senior Tankarvis and members of the ‘Circle’ carried on its work for over 25 years. They were collecting membership fees, donations, special funds, preparing accounts and reports and holding annual meetings, etc. It was then transferred to late Musabhai Kidi, late Ibrahimbhai Kabir, Iqbalbhai Gajjar, and others. 

Daudsaheb Kapadiya, Rustam Ganda, Yakub Musa Khoda, Ibrahim Master Kabir, Ibrahim Bachcha, Rehmatullah Bhaloda, Abdulmajid Dadhimunda, Gulam Master Lalla, Babu Deg Master, Iqbalbhai Kayam, and others were active members/supporters of the Circle. Later on, the ‘Headquarters’ of the ‘Society’ was moved to Dewsbury, with Yakub Patel Bhuta acting as its President and Iqbalbhai Dhoriwala as Secretary with other members. After few years it was moved to London, then Leicester, and then again transferred to Late Musabhai Kidi, late Ibrahimbhai Kabir, and Iqbalbhai Gajjar. Later on, when late Ahmedbhai Khoda Sarpanch visited UK, it was again moved to Dewsbury. Basirbhai Halalat and Afrozbhai Khandhiya were added as Trustees in that new committee. Since the ‘Headquarters’ of the ‘Society’ is remain at Dewsbury. TWS will be moved to another town, and new talented members will take charge on September 26, 2021.

Shafiqbhai Patel, Habibbhai Bhuta, Faruk Umerji Ughradar (Hot Print), Salimbhai Varu, Yakubbhai Varu, Abdulbhai Chheliya, Bashirbhai Halalat, Afroz Khandhiya, Aiyyub Muhammad Bhuta (Ughradar), Azmat Khandhiya, Harun Bhuta, Altaf Dasu, Iliyas Godar, Mehbub Sutariya, Afzal Sutariya, Mustakhaji Randhwawala, Iliyas Nagia, Amin Chamad, Nasir Khandhiya, Saeed Ganda, Babu Ismail Ghodiwala, Hamza Aiyyub Ughradar, and others also have been actively involved in the work of the Society for quite some time now.

During all these years several works of village welfare have been carried out with the help of the members and donations from UK and abroad. To name a few: the construction of the first new High School Building, the Library Hall, Repair Work of Kumar Shala, the approach road in village padar, the maternity unit, etc. During Covid-19 Pandemic, TWS supported Tankaria Covid Care Center and helped a lot. Members of TWS put tremendous effort during that period.  

What, who, how

What the charity does: 

• General charitable purposes
• Education/training
• The advancement of health or saving of lives
• Disability
• The prevention or relief of poverty
• Economic/community development/employment.

Who the charity helps: 

• Children/ young people
• Elderly/ old people
• People with disabilities
• The general public/ mankind

How the charity helps: 

• Makes grants to individuals
• Makes grants to organisations
• Provides other finance
• Other charitable activities

The Tankaria Welfare Society UK’s charitable objectives:

To relieve poverty and sickness and to preserve and protect the health and to advance education amongst the inhabitants of Tankaria, Tal & Dist Broach, India.

The hearts and minds of the founders of this organization settled in the UK were in their hometown Tankaria. About 50 years ago, when they saw a dream in the waking state, they named it ” The Tankaria Education and Welfare Circle, UK”. They must have seen a lot in that dream.

સંકલન: નાસીર લોટીયા.

“ધ ટંકારીઆ એજ્યુકેશન એન્ડ વેલ્ફેર સર્કલ યુ.કે.” ની રચના ૧૯૬૭માં થઈ હતી. તેનું પ્રથમ બંધારણ (હાથથી લખાયેલ) ૧૯૬૭માં અપનાવવામાં આવ્યું હતું. ૨૫ ડિસેમ્બર ૧૯૮૪ના રોજ નવું બંધારણ અપનાવવામાં આવ્યું હતું. ૨૯ જાન્યુઆરી ૧૯૮૫ના રોજ ચેરિટી કમિશન યુ.કે. માં આ સંસ્થા ની નોંધણી “ધ ટંકારીઆ  વેલ્ફેર સોસાયટી યુ.કે.” તરીકે કરવામાં આવી  હતી.

રજિસ્ટર્ડ ચેરિટી નંબર: ૨૯૦૯૭૯

શું, કોણ, કેવી રીતે ?

ચેરિટી શું કરે છે:

• સામાન્ય સખાવતી હેતુઓ
• શિક્ષણ/તાલીમ
• આરોગ્યની પ્રગતિ અથવા જીવન બચાવવું
• અપંગતા
• ગરીબી નિવારણ અથવા રાહત
• આર્થિક/સમુદાય વિકાસ/રોજગાર.

ચેરિટી કોને મદદ કરે છે:

• બાળકો/ યુવાનો
• વૃધ્ધ લોકો
• વિકલાંગ લોકો
• સામાન્ય જનતા/ માનવજાત

ચેરિટી કેવી રીતે મદદ કરે છે:

• વ્યક્તિઓને અનુદાન આપે છે
• સંસ્થાઓને અનુદાન આપે છે
• અન્ય નાણાં પૂરા પાડે છે
• અન્ય સખાવતી પ્રવૃત્તિઓ

ટંકારીઆ વેલ્ફેર સોસાયટી યુ.કે. ના ચેરિટેબલ ઉદ્દેશો:

ગરીબી અને માંદગીમાંથી મુક્તિ મેળવવા અને આરોગ્યની જાળવણી અને રક્ષણ કરવા ટંકારીઆ, તાલુકા જિલ્લા ભરૂચ, ભારતના રહેવાસીઓમાં શિક્ષણને આગળ વધારવા માટે.

(યુ.કે. માં સ્થાયી થયેલા આ સંસ્થાના આદ્યસ્થાપકોના હૃદય અને દિમાગ તેમના વતન ટંકારીઆમાં હતા. આશરે ૫૦ વર્ષ પહેલા, તેઓએ જાગૃત અવસ્થામાં જોયેલા સ્વપ્નનું નામ “ધ ટંકારીઆ એજ્યુકેશન એન્ડ વેલ્ફેર સર્કલ, યુ.કે.” રાખ્યું હશે ત્યારે તેઓએ તે સ્વપ્નમાં ઘણું બધું જોયું હશે.)

૨૬ સપ્ટેમ્બર ૨૦૨૧ ના રોજ યુ.કે. ના લેસેસ્ટર શહેર ખાતે યોજાયેલી વર્ષ ૨૦૨૧ની વાર્ષિક સામાન્ય સભા અને સુવર્ણ જયંતીની ઉજવણીના વીડિયો અને અહેવાલો માટે નીચે આપેલ લિંક પર ક્લિક કરો.

The Tankaria Welfare Society UK AGM and Golden Jubilee Celebration

Click on the above link for reports of the Annual General Meeting for the year 2021 and the Golden Jubilee Celebration at Leicester, UK, on September 26, 2021.

Tankaria Day Golden Jubilee Celebration at Leicester, UK on 26th September 2021. ( Courtesy: B Buzz Channel, UK )