Sat Sri Akaal and welcome to Nishkam Civic Association's website
We are particularly proud of this site because it is produced and maintained by local volunteers practising ‘Nishkam Sewa’. Nishkam (pronounced Nishkaam) means selfless service in Panjabi and reflects a new type of community development organisation - one based on selfless service, passion, spirituality and commitment for the common good.
NCA is one of five Centres for Excellence that form our vision for local regeneration: spiritual regeneration, economic regeneration, education, health and social care, and people-led community regeneration. As a landmark at the entrance to the Soho Road, the Centre for Excellence is a local centre for community learning and development, healthy living and Anglo Sikh heritage.
The Sikh community has a rich 500 year tradition of contribution to the social and economic life of communities throughout the World - in India, East Africa and the UK. The £7 million plus project represents a major partnership between the Sikh Community, the European Union, the Community Fund and local regeneration agencies. We look forward to the creation of a new discourse and to the unfolding of new dynamic regeneration partnerships.
Bhai Sahib Mohinder Singh
Chairman
The Vision / Mission
To connect, and engage, the Sikh and wider communities with spirituality and secularity through Centres for Excellence which operate on the basis of the Core Sikh Values of honest living, sharing and selfless service.
We will become a leading, proactive, innovative and entrepreneurial organisation created and sustained by the selfless service of the community. By adopting this unique approach we shall become a benchmark for promoting, celebrating and providing learning, wealth creating and well being services that develop individuals, organisations and communities. We shall work in partnership with individuals and organisations who share and subscribe to our Core Values.
The Challenge
‘Our greatest challenge is to imagine and build a future where each community recognises and practices its heritage, and makes sacrifices for other communities to achieve an even greater degree of self awareness'
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