Welcome to our June 2023 NewsletterDear One Kind Act Supporters,We hope this newsletter finds you healthy and happy. It has been an exciting year so far at One Kind Act, and we are thrilled to share some updates with you.The past 6 months:Our Dare to Dream Gala Ball in March 2023 was a resounding success; raising over £300k for building not just one but two brand new state-of-the-art schools with clean toilets, smart classrooms, and clean running...

Welcome to our October 2021 NewsletterThe last year has been an extraordinary one for the world with so many people desperately needing our help. And we have stepped up. In doing so we have crossed the £1 million milestone of money deployed to the deprived, changing thousands of lives around the globe.There have been several appeals and fundraisers as we kept up with the need of the hour during a tumultuous year.Aleem, a generous, warm...

Reflecting on 2020 2020 proved to be a year never to be forgotten! It was a year of pain, of hardship and of untold grief for so many. For others, it was a time for reflection and introspection, time to reset certain life patterns and most importantly of all, a time which displayed humanity at its best, that of the selfless show of kindness we felt for one another. It is this very sense of community kindness that has made 2020 one to remember for One Kind Act. The...

        Welcome to our Newsletter.  We hope you and your loved ones are safe and healthy. These unprecedented times of the pandemic present a whole new scale of challenges across society. It has been a peaceful, restful time for some, a time to pause and reflect. For many, however, it has been a time of immense hardship, struggle and deprivation.    OUR IMPACT   It is advisable to sometimes analyse and evaluate a journey, looking back to see how far one...

        Dear Supporter, 2019 was a busy, productive and fulfilling year for One Kind Act.  We welcomed Sarah, Duchess of York as a new patron, hosted several fundraising events and undertook to support more worthy, noble causes around the world.  In keeping with our ethos, costs were negligible and almost 100% of money donated reached the needy.  Several new sponsors joined us, recognising the benefits of enhanced corporate social responsibility and the...

One Kind Act continues to be inspired by the generosity of its supporters and their efforts to make a difference to the causes we support. A recent donor’s gift and the reasons for it has prompted us to take a look at ‘smarter giving’.For many people, the giving journey mirrors their wealth creation progression and for many others, it is connected to personal experiences such as a particular ‘personal situation’ or from seeing the impact of inequalities and life chances...

Sponsor Dinner 2019 One Kind Act hosted the annual dinner for Sponsors at Chairman, Shamit Malhotra's home on 22 March 2019.  Over 50 guests enjoyed a drink's reception and a 3-course meal while mingling and chatting.  Taz from The Real Junk Food Project, a cause supported by OKA spoke eloquently and movingly about the shocking waste of supermarkets on one hand and the hunger of deprived families, children and the elderly on the other. With the help...

There were many very tempting Auction prizes up for grabs at One Kind Acts’s Step A-Head ball held in January 2018 in aid of sufferers of brain injury.One such prize was a fine-dining experience - to be enjoyed in the comfort of one’s own home but at the hands of hospitality of One Kind Act and Vazzas Green Cuisine. Sanjay and Noreen Sumra came forward to very generously bid for this indulgence. The day, Saturday 1st September, was eagerly anticipated...

Lahore Kebab restaurant in Harrow was the venue for the third annual sponsors dinner hosted by One Kind Act.  A drinks reception followed by a three-course meal was a resounding success attended by almost seventy guests.  Around twenty sponsors mingled with half a dozen causes that had benefitted from their donations.  Feedback indicated it was deeply satisfying for donors to hear first hand how their money was being used effectively to improve lives...