THANKS

To the Trustees and the Rev Cliff Reed for giving permission to the Samaj to use the Unitarian Meeting House, and the Church Hall, Friars Street, Ipswich, IP1 1TD for monthly Bhajan/Hawan evenings and for celebration of Hindu Religious festivals.from July 2006 to Oct 2010. Also thanks to Paulette Reed, Secretary to the Unitarian Meeting House Trustees, for looking after us in the evenings, since the inception of the Samaj in July 2006 until October 2010.
To the Principal, Prof Dave Muller of Suffolk New College for allowing the Samaj to use the college facilities for holding our Annual/Special General Meetings and for hosting Diwali Milan to celebrate the Hindu New Year Vikram Samvat.
To Mrs Santosh Nair of Newcastle-On-Tyne for raising more than £1500 for the Hindu Community Centre and Mandir in Ipswich.
To all members of the Executive Committee & Trustees, who helped Dr Sushil Soni, Chairman of the Samaj, and Sanjaya Martin Spettigue, Chairman of Trustees in the negotiations with Fen Wrights, Estate Agents for the landlord Threadneedle Pensions Ltd and our solicitoirs Attwells LLP, for securing the lease of the premises 5 Thoroughfare, Ipswich, IP1 1BX, formerly the Ipswich Buddhist Centre, as the Ipswich Hindu Samaj Community Centre & Mandir on the 3rd November 2010.
To Dr's Rajiv Chabbra, Gautam Banerjee, Rohit Sharma and Mr Sanjay Mehra and their families for donating the deities of Shri Krishna and of Shrimati Radha Rani for the Mandir. The Murtis were installed (Murti Sthapna) on Saturday 15th January 2011 by Mr & Mrs Vinay & Vinaya Shrivastava.
To Dr's Pulin & Dipika Thakerar and their family for the donation of the Murti of Rama Parivar, comprising of Shri Rama, Shrimati Sita, Shri Lakshmana and Shri Hanuman. The deities were installed (Murti Sthapna) in the Mandir on Sunday 10th April 2011, by Pandit Bhadresh Trivedi Ji.
To Mr & Mrs Sunil Patel, Mr & Mrs Chandresh Patel, Mr & Mrs Subhash Patel, Mr & Mrs Ghansham Patel and Mrs & Mr Dipika Patel for the donation of the Murti of Shri Bhagwan Swami Narain Ji. The Murti was installed (Murti Sthapna) in the Mandir on Sunday 10th April 2011, by Pandit Bhadresh Trivedi Ji.
To Mr Vinod Masani for making bases for the installation of murtis in the Mandir April 2010.
To Meshi & Poli Mohan for their donation of the Murti of Mata Vaishno Devi. The Murti was installed (Murti Sthapana) on Friday 8th August 2011 by Mrs Vinaya Kulkarni Vasudeva
To Dr & Mrs Ganesha & Malti Raghvan for the donation of Ganesha deity in April 2013. Murti Sthapana on Ganesha Chaturthi 2013 by Pt Satishchandra Vyas on 14th Sep 2013.
To Tapasi Mohanty for improving, entering details of IHS activities on to the IHS website since 2011.
To Kerry Burn, for designing, laying down the pages, and providing assistance to website manager for IHS website.
To Sunil & Nayana Patel, for donation of Jhoola and Bal Gopal for Janam Ashtami Festival in 2014
To Matthew Morling, IT Manager, for Ipswich Hindu Samaj, for the Management of Ipswich Hindu Samaj website.

SPECIAL THANKS to all those for their Donation of £500 and above and taking up Life Membership for £500.

Year	Name	Amount
2006	Suffolk Constabulary Donation	£500
2006	Chhaya Loomes (Mehta) Donation	£500
2007	Suffolk New College Life mem Sushil Soni Life mem Ms Nima Patel Life mem Martin Spettigue Life mem Manhar Sinhal Life mem Rohit Soni Life mem Raju Odedra Life mem Sikh Sangat Guru Nanak Gurdwara Ipswich Donation M Khan, Staines & Co, Chartered Accountant Donation	£500 £500 £500 £500 £500 £500 £500 £501 £500
2008	Dharmistha Patel Donation Thanusha Soni Life membership Manoj Soni Life membership Anil Patel Life membership Subhash Patel Life membership Harshad Patel Life membership Suffolk Constabulary Donation Anonymous Life membership Anil Khosla Life membership Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation Trust(formerly Suffolk Mental Health Foundation Trust) Life membership Ipswich & East Suffolk Clinical Commissioning Group (formerly Suffolk PCT) Life membership Anonymous Donation	£1,000 £500 £500 £500 £500 £500 £500 £500 £500 £500 £500 £700
2009	Anonymous Donation Rohit Sharma Donation Gautam Banerjee Life membership (special offer) Meshi Mohan Life membership	£609 £500 £450 £500
2010	Anonymous Donation	£545
2011	Dr Ishwar Lal Bhatia Life membership Mrs Anita Krishna Life membership	£500 £500
2012	Mr Hiren Kumar Patel Life membership Rohit Soni Donation	£500 £627
2013	Mr Senthil Nadrajan Life membership Orwell Charity Walk Annonymous donation Rohit Soni Donation	£500 £1223.50 £623+
2014	Dr Siddappa Gada Life membership Dr Pravin Desai Life membership Rohit Soni Donation	£500 £500 £650+
2015 2016 2017	Mrs Hamlesh Soni Life membership Orwell Charity Walk Anonymous donation Mr John Painter Donation Orwell Charity Walk Anonymous donation Orwell Charity Walk Anonymous donation	£500 £1,300 £500 £800+ £1,300+
2018	Orwell River Charity Walk Anonymous donation Mohammed Khan of Stains & Co donation Mrs Vijaya Nirmala Mitnala donation (Feb to dec 2018 £100 per month) Rohit Soni donation (Oct to Dec 2018 £200 per month) Smartways Pharmaceuticals via Vipul Patel donation	£1,442+ £500 £900 £600 £500
2019	Rohit Soni donation Jan - Dec (£200x12) Umesh Bhoola donation Jan -Dec (£100x12) Orwell River Charity Walk. Anonymous donation Mrs Vijaya Nirmala Mitnala donation Apr-Dec (£100x8)	£2,400 £1,200 £1,214+ £800
2020	Rohit Soni donation Jan - Dec (£200 per month) Umesh Bhoola, Jan to Dec £100 per month) Mrs Vijaya Mitnala Jan - Jul (£100 per month) Collection made by Dr Daba Choudhury, Shailja & Pt Prem Chand Ji Sameer & Anu Gijare: Donation	£2,400 £1,200 £700 £700 £707
2021	Pulin & Dipika Thakerar: Donation	£866
2024	Mr. Nishigandh & Mrs. Maithilee Deole - Family Life Membership	£900