:: 4 July 2008
| 15 February 2001 | Kay Hampton, Chair of the Community Fund in Scotland officially opened LINKnet Mentoring Ltd at Edinburgh Filmhouse. Rowena Arshad chaired the launch. |
| 05 November 2001 | LINKnet's 1st anniversary celebrations were held at Edinburgh First, University of Edinburgh under the patronage of Kay Hampton. Samba Sene and his group and Sylvain Ayite and his group provided entertainment. Rowena Arshad chaired the anniversary celebrations. |
| 23 January 2002 | LINKnet's 1st AGM was held at Godfrey Thompson Hall, Moray House Institute Of Education. At the AGM, significant changes in the make up of the Board were achieved by electing a majority of directors from black/ethnic minorities. Rowena Arshad chaired the AGM. |
| 26 March 2003 | 2nd anniversary/ AGM was held at Queen Charlotte Rooms in Leith. Keynote Speaker was Ali Lazizi of the City of Edinburgh Council. Rowena Arshad chaired the meeting. |
| 26 March 2004 | 3rd anniversary was held at the Filmhouse under the patronage of Cathy Peattie (MSP). 1st phase (3 years) of LINKnet activities had been completed. Targets had been reached successfully. Clanranald Trust of Scotland (Drums of Caledonia) and Ikaze (Welcome to Britain) provided entertainment. Guest Speaker was JP Easton, Manager of FRAE Fife. Kaukab Munir chaired the meeting. LINKnet's promotion video was screened. |
| 24 March 2005 | LINKnet's 4th AGM was held at Chaplaincy Centre, Bristo Square Edinburgh. The AGM was chaired by Kaukab Munir. |
| 02 December 2005 | LINKnet celebrated 5th anniversary at Filmhouse Cinema with over 100 people in attendance. Guest speakers were Rowena Arshad and Cllr. Dougie Kerr. LINKnet's history video was screened. Birendra Rongon, Sita Kumari and Sharmili Lama provided entertainment. Nicholas Flavin chaired the meeting |
| 26 April 2006 | LINKnet held its 5th AGM at No 17 Guthrie Street. Nicholas Flavin Chaired the AGM. |
| 30 March 2007 | LINKnet's 6th AGM/ Anniversary celebrations took place at Edinburgh First with 150 people in attendance. Guest speakers were Cllr.Rev. Ewan Aitken - Leader of City of Edinburgh Council, Cllr. Norman Murray - Leader of East Lothian Council, Mark Ballard - Green Party MSP, Dharmendra Kanani - Director for Scotland Big Lottery Fund. Roma Patel, Bebe Quali, Charan Pradhan and Neo Productions provided entertainment. The event celebrated the completion of 6 years (2 phases) of activities of LINKnet funded mainly by Big Lottery Fund. To mark the occasion LINKnet had produced a special tributary report for Big Lottery Fund. Attendees all received a small gift as a mark of appreciation of their support to the organisation. Devendra Kainthola chaired the meeting. |
| 25 April 2008 | LINKnet's 7th AGM / Social. LINKnet's 7th AGM was held at LINKnet Resource Centre. LINKnet organised a spectacular social event and invite all mentors, mentees, board directors, staff and other distinguished guests at a reasonably large venue. The event was attended by over 120 people including some special guests and Heads of some minority ethnic organisations, e.g. Louise Keith of Big Lottery Fund, Derek Davidson, the director of Student Affairs of Napier University, Rohini Sharma of Hanover Housing association. Volunteer mentor certificates were awarded in front of a huge crowd and the receivers felt that their contribution to society was appreciated by many people. |
