Annual Report 2011-12

 We are pleased to present the Annual Report 2011-12 that provides an overview of our activities and major initiatives of, primarily last one year.  It has come out beautifully and I'm sure you would like it.  Please click on the image of the Annual Report to go through it.

We shall have much more to report for the current year, as members of the Governing Body are contributing newer ideas to make Cheshire Homes Chandigarh a model Home in the country.

Gurdip S. Deep
Chairman 2012-14

Disability and International Development

Joint conference with UN puts disability at the heart of international development

“We are the leaders of today. We have broken the status quo. And within the next 5-10 years you will see persons with disabilities being leaders, being ministers, and ultimately holding the position of president in our countries.”

Seray Bangura, Sierra Leone Young Voices

Constitutional Amendments

In the last Annual General Meeting held on 20th May 2012 at Cheshire Homes, the Governing Body duly approved the following two proposals under Section 9d(m) of the Constitution : 

(i)                 Membership fee: many members have paid annual membership or part payment of life membership. If the Governing Body approves, as a special measure, they can be given one chance to pay the balance amount (and complete full Rs 12,000/-), they may do so and become life members.

(ii)               Amendment – To add to section 9(e) – Further in the long absence of minimum 90 days /resignation/incapacity of Chairman, the Vice Chairman shall take over as new Chairman; appoint a new Vice Chairman in consultation with members of the Governing Body from amongst its members. The vacancy so caused in the Governing Body shall be filled as per clause

12(b).

AGM held

Gurdip Singh Deep to head Cheshire Homes

Gurdip Singh Deep has been unanimously elected chairman of the Cheshire Homes Chandigarh for a period of two years.

At the annual general meeting of Cheshire Homes Chandigarh held on 20th May 2012, other office bearers included  Raminder Kaur Panag, Vice Chairperson, Maniki Deep, General Secretary, Mukesh Gupta, Treasurer, with Neena Singh, Dr. V.J.S. Vohra, Charanjit Singh, Keshav Wadhawan and Shaju Peter as members of the government body.

The Cheshire Homes in Chandigarh was established on 5^th November 2002 under guidance of Lt Gen J.F.R. Jacob (retd), the then Administrator of UT Chandigarh and Governor of Punjab, which today houses 19 physically challenged persons in the building allotted by Chandigarh Administration in Sector 21.

Cheshire Homes has envisioned several initiatives to help the destitute physically challenged persons, rehabilitate them, and provide them appropriate vocational skills to make them self-reliant.