Is it the same for you? A year begins and it feels like forever before spring comes, summer passes so fast it seems like it lasted a week, and then you open your diary and gosh! It’s December again!
Well, 2026 is just around the corner, and while we’re still in 2025 we’d like to share a summary of our work over the past year.
EVENTS
BEDLAM exhibition
Dancers at Birmingham Light Festival (Silent Disco)
Asian Spring Dance Celebration
Midday Mantra series, 5 concerts – Burns and Beyond, An Afternoon of Qawwali, Summer Serenade,
International Day of Peace, Diwali Special
Twilight Mantra
Best of Bollywood CBSO Concert
Bollywood Love Songs with Priti Kaur
Pandit Ajoy Chakrabarty and Ensemble, with Sur-Nandan Ensemble
Midsummer Masti: 6 Weddings, 9 Songs and 50 Saris
Chai and Chat with Poppy Jaman
Sari Stories Exhibition
Mini Mantra at B:Eats
Ujala Season Performance in The Mailbox
Ujala Dance Celebration
PARTICIPATION
Let’s Dance in Hall Green and Balsall Heath
Create and Change in Ward End
Yuva Gati open day
Edgbaston Cricket Stadium Family Day
Misfits Music with Mendi Singh in Moseley
Staff talks and presentations at offsite events
South Asian Heritage Month at Midlands Metropolitan Hospital
Celebration day for Midlands Metropolitan Hospital 1 year anniversary
Midsummer Masti Summer School
Ujala Season craft session at University of Birmingham
Oral Histories and Walking Tour at Sparkhill Heritage Festival
Diwali Family craft at Symphony Hall
LEARNING AND SAMPAD ASSOCIATE SCHOOLS
Workshops in 11 different schools (dance, drama, Islamic art)
Music and Career assemblies in 5 different schools
Dance workshops and performance for National Trust Blossom Project
From City of Empire to City of Diversity exhibition toured to 6 different schools
Neel Akash Climate Project R&D sharings
Moments of WOW flashmobs
I Have a Dream book launches at 5 different schools
My Journey My Birmingham Theatre piece
CPD days with teachers at 3 schools
Ujala celebration of Diwali in 4 schools
OTHERS
Sampad hosted and supported 3 interns from University of Birmingham
Supported Moving Souls Dance project
Awarded bursaries to 2 music artists
Partner in Dance Leaders Group
ORGANISATION CHANGES
New Executive Director – Bhavik Parmar
New Board Members – Dr Mahnaz Hashmi and Dr Ananta Dave
New Marketing Manager (interim) – Hayley Salter
New Finance Officer (interim) – Thomas Kirby
Check out the highlights video on YouTube
Wishing our audiences a wonderful festive break from the Sampad team. Here’s to 2026!