The Sant Nirankari Mission UK has been selected by The National Blood Service for a National Health Service Blood & Transplant (NHSBT) supporter Loyalty Award at Birmingham Donor Centre, Birmingham UK on 15th April 2011. This is a special form of recognition for the support and dedication that the Sant Nirankari Mission has extended in order to promote and facilitate blood donation.

The award ceremony was started by Ms Suzanne Walsh who is the Lead Donor Relation Manager in the Midlands. She said: “We have many organisations but we cherry picked ten organisations as your dedication and hard work is outstanding. We are impressed by your professionalism.” Suzanne was referring to the Sant Nirankari Mission UK being one of the handful that were chosen when there were in excess of 200 organisations for this award from the West Midlands region. This is particularly poignant as the other nine organisations who were given this award happened to be professional organisations and some of the most prestigious companies in the UK. This ranged from Jaguar to Barclays and Ford to Sainsbury’s.

The Sant Nirankari Mission was the only spiritual organisation to be awarded such a high accolade. The former companies generally pay their employees to perform such duties but it is the latter, the Sant Nirankari Mission which has dedicated volunteers to perform selfless service in the interests of mankind. It is solely with thanks to His Holiness, Baba ji that the Sant Nirankari Mission UK has received such recognition because it is his teaching which has encouraged members of the Mission to become humanly and to rightly help mankind.

Mr John Wells, National platelets Supply Manager explained that blood is seen as a gift from the donor to the patient and it’s critical in saving lives. He graciously thanked everyone for arranging sessions for vulnerable people which separate life and death, in some cases. His Holiness Baba ji also tells us that blood should flow in veins and not drains and this is another factor which urges all members of the Mission to take a proactive part in helping the National blood service. In the UK 96% of people rely on the other 4% of people to give blood. The Sant Nirankari Mission UK will be holding a blood donation camp on Sunday 24th April 2011 in the West Midlands Bhawan.

 Mr Wells went on to present this award to members of the Sant Nirankari Mission UK - Rev Sukhjinder Singh ji, General Sectary SNM UK and Sanjay Aroraji.

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