Trinjan Newsletter
Trinjan publishes a newsletter 3 or 4 times a year to inform and report about our activities. There are meeting details, Trinjan-people news and many more interesting articles.
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Dinner and Dance Fundraiser
We will shortly be announcing more details about our fundraiser DInner and Dance to take place in December of 2008. If you would like to show your support in any way then please don't hesitate to contact us.

Fundraiser
Unfortunately, we have had to postpone our 2007 Fundraiser planned to coincide with Divali. We have now rearranged the Fundraiser to Saturday 2nd February 2008. Click here for more details and contact us to book your tickets now to support Trinjan!

Trinjan Comedy 'PREETI' goes to Parliament!
Ann Keen, MP for Brentford and Isleworth invited Trinjan to the House of Commons on Thursday 29th November to perform Preeti, a Trinjan Comedy to a selected audience. Read more from the official press release at Ann Keen's website.

Trinjan Comedy 'Preeti' on Zee TV
Clips of 'Preeti' the Trinjan comedy will be shown on Zee TV on Saturday 12th May at 8:30am in the 'Out & About' programme and at 7:30 pm in the 'Pardesan Vich Punjabi' programme. Don't miss it!

Trinjan Comedy 'Preeti' SOLD OUT!! Extra Performance Scheduled
Due to the popularity of the first performance, Trinjan has scheduled a second showing of 'Preeti' - a Trinjan Comedy, on Friday, 20th April at 7.45 pm at Watermans theatre, Brentford. To avoid disappointment please book your tickets early by ringing the Box office on 020 8232 1010.

Trinjan Comedy in Watermans Theatre on Saturday, 14th April 2007
Trinjan is mounting a comedy in partnership with Watermans on Saturday, 14th April 2007. Click here for more information on the event and to find out how to purchase tickets!

Trinjan and Watermans have joined to create an opportunity within the community for developing Asian women in the creative and performance arts. The aim is to provide access to a range of creative skills from script writing and editing through to directing and acting to eventually mounting the production on stage. It will provide them an ideal platform to express themselves and assist them in realising their full potential. There are not many opportunities in the creative arts for people from the ethnic communities and this joint project aims to increase their accessibility to creative and performance arts.

Workshop Dates: Mon 5th Feb – Mon 2nd April (excl. Mon 19th Feb, school half term)
End performance: Saturday 14th April, 2007
Total: 8 weeks
Times: 7pm-9pm

Week 1: Introduction into theatre practice. The different elements to theatre e.g. directing, acting etc. Some warm up games and possibly look at different types of plays. Discuss ideas for the play.
Week 2: Directing + acting methods
Week 3: Writing the play
Weeks 4–8: Devising a new play using the skills learnt.

Trinjan Awarded BT COMPUTER AND GOES ONLINE
Trinjan has been awarded an NEC internet ready PC and a contribution towards one year’s BT Total broadband access as part of the BT Community Connections award scheme. In addition Microsoft® Office 2007 software is included as part of the winning package.

The scheme, now in its fourth year, has awarded more than 5,000 IT packages to thousands of community groups across the UK, benefiting over five million people, opening up a world of marketing, training, recruitment, fundraising, communications and networking possibilities to recipients.

The Trinjan Group was among thousands that entered the award scheme across the UK and impressed judges with their ideas on how a PC would benefit their group immediately and the wider local community long term.

The group plans to use the internet to promote their services to recruit new members from the local community. The PC will allow the group to prepare the promotional material for their fundraisers which will enhance the services to local residents.

Mohinder Dosanjh of Trinjan said: “We are absolutely delighted with our BT Community Connections award.  We motivate and engage women from the black and ethnic communities by providing a platform to network and socialise. Now, we will be able to reach women from all areas to share their experience and knowledge with like- minded women.  We will be able to communicate with them via email and regular online newsletters will keep them informed of upcoming talks in our monthly meetings.“

Beth Courtier, head of BT’s charity programme said: “This award scheme aims to give as many people as possible access to the internet and allows groups to develop their projects using easier and more effective methods. Following the overwhelming success of BT Community Connections in previous years, BT is delighted to continue making a difference to many more community groups throughout the area who wouldn’t normally have access to the world wide web.”

Mulberry Centre
Please help to raise much needed funds for the Mulberry Centre this February. Click here to read more about how you can take part!
Trinjan will be putting our collective energy to good use for the Mulberry Centre on Saturday 10th February from 5pm-9pm when we will be hosting a pampering evening. Make sure you join us for a relaxing, care-free evening! Click here for the poster.

GSK Award
Trinjan has been awarded £5000 by pharmaceutical company GSK.
Click here to read more about the award and why GSK thought Trinjan worthy.

Trinjan Mela
On behalf of the members and trustees of Trinjan, we would like to thank the sponsors of the Trinjan Mela, a fundraiser held in the support of the Mulberry Centre on Sunday, 3rd September, 2006 at the Thistleworth Tennis Club, Osterley.

Sponsors: Back to Health (Hounslow), Club Asia, DPZ DJ, Giftpoint Limited (Staines),
GSK (Brentford), House of Fraser (Reading), Mega Bowl (Feltham), Olan Mills Studios, Richard Clark (Clairvoyant), The Connoisseur Restaurant (Harrow on-the-Hill),
Tony & Guy (Windsor), Egoscue Clinic (Slough), Paul's Bakery (Southall),
Thistleworth Tennis Club (Osterley)