Who are we?

South Asian Development Partnership (SADP) is a group of Asian and UK business professionals based in South England.

SADP exists to facilitate and catalyse entrepreneurial initiatives in the UK and South Asia. We work to stimulate awareness and creative responses to social issues in the Asian community.

CELEBRITIES BACK NEW CAMPAIGN TO URGE ASIAN COMMUNITES TO JOIN THE NHS ORGAN DONOR REGISTER
Celebrities, Nina Wadia, Pooja Shah, Riz Ahmed and Salima Saxton are backing NHS Blood and Transplant’s (NHSBT) new campaign to urge more Asian people to join the NHS Organ Donor Register (ODR), so that more lives can be saved through organ donation.

Currently, nearly 16% of patients awaiting organ transplants are from Asian communities - 1,194 people - yet these communities account for only 1.4% of those who have signed up to the ODR.

Swati Bhagat, 30, from Harrow, donated her left kidney to her mum, Kanchan Bhagat, who had lived with chronic kidney disease for twelve years. At a regular check up, it was revealed that her condition had started to deteriorate and that she would have to begin regular hospital dialysis.

Swati said: “I just wanted my mum in my life for as long as possible and if it meant that I had to give her a kidney then that was what I was going to do. We have an even stronger family bond now and I’m so pleased to have been able to help my mum in such a profound way.”

“Most people would accept a donated organ if they needed one, but fewer than 2% of people on the register are Black and Asian. If you’d be willing to receive a donated organ, you should be willing to donate and join the Register.”

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SUSTAINING DIALOGUE - MULTICULTURAL SOCIETIES UNDER PRESSURE
WARWICK UNIVERSITY, FACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES FESTIVAL 2011
To celebrate the launch in 2011 of their new degree, MSc Intercultural Communication for Business and the Professions, the Faculty of Social Sciences are delighted to welcome the highly successful business entrepreneur, Ram Gidoomal CBE, to give a guest talk on "Sustaining Dialogue : Multicultural Societies under pressure".

In exploring this controversial topic, Ram will draw on his extensive experience as a successful business entrepreneur.

Date and Time: 11 May 2011, 14.00 –15.30
Place: S0.18, Social Sciences Building
RSVP to Elaine Roberts, e.a.roberts 'at' warwick.ac.uk
Tel. 024 7652 3200

We aim to be N.I.C.E. - Networking, Initiating, Catalysing & Encouraging


To find out more about us have a look at:
Our Aims
What do we mean by South Asian?
The South Asian Diaspora

South Asian Development Partnership
P.O. Box 43
Sutton
Surrey SM2 5WL
Registered Charity No. 1005384
Registered Address: 6 Tudor Court, Brighton Road, Sutton, Surrey SM2 5AE, UK
Tel: 020 8770 9717
Fax: 020 8770 9747
Email: info@southasian.org.uk