No one leaves hungry. No one is turned away.
Every single day, in the heart of East London, a kitchen never stops. Hot food. Free. For everyone. No forms, no questions, no judgment — just a plate of something warm and someone who cares enough to hand it to you.
This is SaiGuru. This is Shirdi Sai Baba’s promise, kept every day, one meal at a time.
WHO WE ARE
Shri Sai Baba is revered as one of the greatest saints ever seen in India, endowed with unprecedented powers, and worshipped as God incarnate — Sai meaning *Sakshaat Ishwar*, God the Absolute.
This mysterious Fakir first made his appearance in Shirdi as a youth and remained there throughout his long life. He transformed the lives of those who met him, and continues to do so today, for everyone whose heart is touched by his love, and who calls on him in any moment of need.
We try, every day, to be worthy of that legacy — not just in prayer, but in practice.
OUR STORY
Baba never turned anyone away. Not the poor, not the outcast, not the stranger who walked through his door with nothing but hunger and hope. He fed them from his own hands, in his own home, before he asked their name.
What started as a temple has grown into something Baba himself would recognise instantly — a place where prayer and porridge sit on the same table, where a doctor volunteering on a Saturday morning stands next to a grandmother rolling chapatis, where a council officer and a devotee plan a maths class together because both of them believe the same thing: that service isn’t something you do *instead* of worship. It **is** worship.
WHAT WE DO — EVERY SINGLE WEEK
🍲 We feed this community, no exceptions
**2,500 free takeaway meal boxes** go out every week. Not sometimes. Every week. Rain or shine, festival or ordinary Tuesday, our kitchen is open and our doors are open wider.
☕ We warm hands and hearts
**Over 800 cups of hot, spiced tea** poured every week, alongside nourishing food — channa dal salad, black channa, and simple dishes made with the same care you’d want for your own family.
🩺 We look after the whole person
Once a month, in partnership with **Well Newham**, we open our doors for free health checks — mental health, weight and fitness, healthy living advice — for **100 to 150 people** who might otherwise never walk into a clinic.
🤝 We are carried by hands that never stop giving
**210 registered volunteers.** Among them, **9 qualified doctors** who give their time freely. Every week they cook, serve, drive between our sites, clean, manage our stores, assist at prayer, and quietly hold this entire community together.
📚 We open doors, not just kitchens
In partnership with **Waltham Forest Council**, our Leytonstone site — The Sai Epicentre — hosts Adult Learning courses: bookkeeping, business skills, English and ESOL, digital skills, family learning, health and wellbeing, hair and beauty, maths, horticulture, and professional development. We offer our brand-new multipurpose hall to the council at **70% below market rate**, because a discount on rent is nothing compared to what a new skill can mean for a family’s future.
OUR PROJECTS
2,500 meal boxes/week, 800+ cups of tea/week, community kitchen
Monthly health checks with Well Newham, serving 100–150 people
Waltham Forest Adult Learning partnership, discounted hall hire
ConnectHub with Newham Council, volunteer network of 210+
OUR RECOGNITIONS
Honoring Our Commitment to Service & Humanity
United Nations
World Shirdi Saibaba Organisation (UK) holds special consultative status with the Economic and Social Council, since 2024
King's Award
Nominated for the King’s Award for Voluntary Service
Our Awards
The Multi Award-Winning Charity
Winner
Stronger & United Together Award, Newham
Winner
Religious NPO of the Year, London & South East England
Highly Commended
East London Community, Outstanding Initiative in Community Cohesion
Finalist
Newham Civic and Community Engagement
Our Partnerships




THIS IS WHAT FAITH LOOKS LIKE IN ACTION
Some people come to SaiGuru to pray. Some come because they’re hungry. Some come to learn how to read a spreadsheet, and some come because a health worker told them it was the only free check-up nearby. We don’t ask which reason brought you through the door.

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