About Us

Positivity out of tragedy

The Mandip Mudhar Memorial Tournament is held every year in memory of Mandip Mudhar who passed away after a road traffic accident on 1st January 2001. Mandip was a rear seat passenger and died 6 days after the accident in the Royal Free Hospital London where he was treated for severe head injuries. He was 20 years old and a first year student at Kingston University. The foundation's key focus is to educate and promote the importance of organ donation within the South Asian Community and other ethnic groups.

Members of the Foundation have spoken at over 500 events, engaging with various communities/faith groups, including high profile NHSBT partner events such as:

The Houses of Parliament -
- MP’s Toolkit for Organ donation awareness for BAME communities (2018)
- British Sikh Report launch (2019) - partnered with City Sikhs & British Sikh Nurses
The London Assembly - Donation within London’s BAME communities (2019)
The Royal Society of Medicine - Engaging Faith Groups in Organ Donation (2019)

We are the only group awarded the Queens Award for Voluntary Services for raising organ donation awareness (in 2018), the same year we were awarded The Order of St John.

As recipients of an NHSBT CIS grant in 2019 we delivered 12 projects reaching over 8,000 people, and successfully registering a high number of organ donors. Our projects demonstrated marketing/stakeholder management, and success in engaging with diverse communities/organisations through workshops/presentations, examples below:

Sikh Channel,

Collaborating with Professor Gurch Randhawa (University of Bedfordshire), recorded 2 global organ donation awareness programmes.

Baba Zorowar Gurdwara, Milton Keynes

Addressed the congregation of 200 and delivered a workshop.

Southall Smagem ,Southall

Hosted an organ donation awareness tent, an event attended by over 20K visitors. Partnered with (SACA)

Khalsa Football Tournament, Bedford

Partnered with DKMS Bedford at an event attended by up to 1500 people.

Sikh Arts & Cultural Association Charity Bikeride (Birmingham to Southall)

Hosted an info-stall at Southall Park attended by over 500 visitors

Mandip Mudhar Memorial Football Tournament, Luton

Hosted a stall, attended by 250 people from diverse communities.

(Annual event since 2001, attracting over 5,000 attendees, previously partnered with NHSBT)

Additionally, the foundation works to promote a wider understanding of social cohesion between people from different communities and faiths and health and mental wellbeing through sport.. It is hoped that through the many initiatives the foundation is involved within it can positively contribute in the advancement and skills of the members of the black and ethnic (including minority groups defined by faith or religious beliefs) and similar disadvantaged (including those with disabilities) youth and communities within the UK in such a way that they are better able to identify, and help meet their needs and to participate more in society.

Web Articles

Luton football festival's 17th anniversary for Mandip

A charity football tournament marked its 17th anniversary in memory of a young Luton student and West Ham fan.

Anniversary of annual event

The Mandip Mudhar Memorial Foundation was founded by Bobby Mudhar in memory of his brother Mandip. The annual event has not only brought the community together but has also raised more than £7,000 for local charities.

Football and fun in the community

The Mandip Mudhar Memorial Tournament again proved to be a roaring success, bringing together members from the local community and beyond in an action-packed day of football and fun.

‘Think about organ donation’ call from professor at launch of campaign

THE lack of organ donation among minority groups was highlighted at a campaign aimed at raising awareness.

Increasing Organ Donations from the South Asian Community

A Sikh health expert has been awarded £130,000 for a two-year research project which could prove vital in efforts to increase the number of UK organ donations from south Asian and black ethnic groups.

Professor campaigns for more asian organ donations

A Sikh health expert has been awarded £130,000 for a two-year research project which could prove vital in efforts to increase the number of UK organ donations from south Asian and black ethnic groups.