Welcome!
Welcome to Shree Prajapati Association Leicester (SPAL) website. SPAL is a non-profit organisation established in 1975 and is a registered charity organisation. It's main aim is to improve the quality of life of the local community, promote cultural, social, religious and sporting activities.
Today, we stand as one of oldest Indian community organisation in Leicester. Our history shows that throughout the past 40+ years the trustees, volunteers and members of SPAL have worked hard to bring our Samaj to serve the community to the best of their ability and continues to do so.
SPAL History
Looking back, it was very inspirational and a great foresight for our previous trustees to have been able to acquire the property. Read More...
Hall Booking
Shree Prajapati Community Centre offers a large modern venue catering for Weddings, Religious and Cultural functions. Read More...
Events Diary
Diary of events & major religious festivals. Dates change after the AGM in June 2018. Read More...
Social Health Education
The Social, moral, spiritual and cultural aspects of education are essential. Read More...
SPAL Cricket Team
This year we are celebrating 25th anniversary of SPAL Cricket Club. Read More...
Youth News
SPAL recognises that there is a need to better understand the role. Read More...
SPAL Supporting Charities 2017/18
This year SPA Leicester is supporting three charities to benefit from SPAL fund raising events.
South Asian Health Action (SAHA)
The South Asian Health Action (SAHA) a Leicester based charity organisation who support people who suffer from long term conditions. Raising awareness to the South Asian, communities, suffering from diabetes, kidney diseases, organ donation and related illness with a view to Engage, Educate and Empower individuals and their families.
British Heart Foundation
The British Heart foundation, a well-known charity fighting to end heart diseases through their research. The British Heart Foundation, fund research to beat the world’s biggest killers. BHF fund over £100 million of research each year into all heart and circulatory diseases and the things that cause them. Heart diseases. Stroke. Vascular Dementia. Diabetes. They’re all connected, and they’re all under our microscope.
Prostate Cancer UK
Prostate Cancer UK, who raise awareness and fund research to ensure ‘No man has to die of prostate cancer’. Prostate Cancer UK has a simple ambition - to stop men dying from prostate cancer. Through shifting the science over the next 10 years to focus on radical improvements in diagnosis, treatment, prevention, and support, we will stop prostate cancer being a killer.
SPAL Regular Activities
Zumba!!
Fitness for Ladies
Mondays 7pm - 8pmRegular physical activity in life is important for so many reasons – not only will your health improve, but you’ll also meet new people. There’s something to suit everyone with wide range of exercise classes.
Zumba is known as the ultimate dance party, bringing together Latin-inspired moves and music with more traditional aerobic exercises. Zumba Gold classes are set at a level and pace suitable for all ages and abilities, and are so much fun that it won’t even feel like exercise.
Youth Generation
Youth Power!!
Tuesdays 7.15pm - 8.15pmSPAL Youth Club is a great way for young people to get involved in different sports and activities.
Coming to the youth club is also a great way for you to meet other people. By participating in youth club will give the youth an opportunity to fully understand the benefits of taking part in different sports and activities that SPAL provides.
Darts
Let's Dart
Tuesdays 7.30pm - 8.30pmRound the world or round the clock, is a fun game for all skill levels. The game uses all the numbers on the board, which makes it especially good for beginners. A player must hit the numbers, 1-20, in sequence before your opponent. Hitting double and triples counts but just a single score. A perfect turn would advance you three numbers.
Table Tennis
Tennis on Table
Mondays & Wednesdays 7pm - 8.30pmTable tennis, also known as ping pong, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight ball back and forth across a table using small bats. The game takes place on a hard table divided by a net.
Except for the initial serve, the rules are generally as follows: players must allow a ball played toward them to bounce one time on their side of the table, and must return it so that it bounces on the opposite side at least once.
Yoga
Health is Wealth (Yoga)
Wednesdays 7.15pm - 8.30pmYoga is an ancient form of exercise that focuses on strength, flexibility and breathing to boost physical and mental wellbeing. The main components of yoga are postures and breathing.
There's some evidence that regular yoga practice is beneficial for people with high blood pressure, heart disease, aches and pains – including lower back pain – depression and stress.
Mens Fitness
Mens Fitness
Thursdays 7pm - 8pmThe modern man is under increasing pressure in every aspect of his life – Men’s Fitness is here to make his life easier. Just because more information than ever is available online, it doesn’t mean that this information is any good. Men still want advice that will have a major positive impact on their career, their relationships and their physical performance and they want it from a respected authority they can trust in an expert coach.
Bhajan
Stay Blessed (Bhajan-Kirtan)
Saturdays 7pm - 10pmA Bhajan may be sung individually, or more commonly together as a choral event wherein the lyrics include religious or spiritual themes in the local language.
The themes are loving devotion to a deity, legends from the Epics or the Puranas, compositions of Bhakti movement saints, or spiritual themes from Hindu scriptures.
