ETS has become big and decide it is time to deeply involve public in decision making and to have much greater access to Government Grants. It decides to officially become a Charity. Her first Annual General Meeting is held that year to elect Trustees to run the organisation.
The ETS Tamil New Year’s Day finds a new home in Crammond Church community centre, with the events focussed on native Tamil arts and culture.
With what has now become the ‘Flagship’ event for ETS, the Deepavali is now being attended by hundreds of patronising guests. It needs a larger venue and it’s moved to the Dalkeith Community Campus outside the city.
In what will soon become a famous addition to the event, a Live Pyrotechnical Firework display is added to the event.
A small group of Tamil families in Edinburgh meet, greet and form a small community which look after each other. As the years pass, the numbers in the group keep growing. They share all the good times together until…
The Tamil New Year’s Day is celebrated as a gathering in a church, which ‘unofficially’ marks the Birth of Edinburgh Tamil Sangam. There are about 80 people in the gathering, new friends are made, and pledge is made to enjoy and support each other in Edinburgh.