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Encounters - SWAT Interview

1,129 views · Published 15 November 2013 · 49:14 · Indexed 6 October 2026

Channel: Sangat Television · 2013 · Nonprofits & Activism

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G S Attwal conducts an exclusive interview with Randeep Singh Lall - a member of the founding team of SWAT, a team of dedicated people who come together to help others.  

Randeep tells the story of how in 2009 SWAT discovered over a 200 young and very old homeless people from Punjab and other areas of India & Pakistan sleeping rough in the streets of Southall and surrounding areas. 

He tells us: "in the first year of our project we worked from the boots of our cars, in the second year we borrowed a van and in the third year as the homeless project grew from strength to strength  we were blessed with our own van. We didn't have the solution for the problem but we did what we could to help them and to raise awareness on the issue. The more awareness we raised the more the authorities took their job seriously and started working with SWAT to come up with a solution."

SWAT provides many different types of support including: 
Signposting to drug care and advice
Providing clean clothing
Providing sleeping bags
Providing hot food
Providing moral support
Assisting with those who want to return back home
Putting them in contact with health centers
Raising awareness in various ways to highlight the plight of these people

For more information or to support the SWAT team visit: www.swatuk.org

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