Editing Swindon (section)

===Goan community===
Swindon has a large community of [[Goans|Goan]] people. Estimates for the total number of Goans in Swindon range from 8,000<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.goanvoice.org.uk/supplement/SwindonGoans.htm|title=From Siridao to Swindon|first=Selma|last= Carvalho|publisher=Goan Voice|access-date=17 January 2025}}</ref> to 25,000;<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thegoan.net/global-goenkar/goa-swindon-association-uniting-supporting-goans-in-swindon/92708.html|title=Goa Swindon Association: Uniting, supporting Goans in Swindon|website=The Goan EveryDay}}</ref> in 1999 there were estimated to be only 40 Goan people in the town.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gazetteandherald.co.uk/news/7312648.queueing-up-for-a-new-life/|title=Queueing up for a new life|date=15 July 2003|website=The Wiltshire Gazette and Herald}}</ref> In 2013, Swindon was reported to have the highest concentration of Goans anywhere in the world outside of [[Goa]].<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |last=Carvalho |first=Selma |date=4 May 2013 |title=Siridao to Swindon |url=http://www.goanvoice.org.uk/supplement/SwindonGoans.htm |access-date=23 February 2025 |website=Goan Voice UK}}</ref>

The Goan population is concentrated in Swindon's New Town area, around Manchester Road.<ref name=":7" /> Most of the Goan community are [[Goan Catholics]] and have Portuguese nationality due to their ancestry in [[Portuguese Goa]].<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2019-05-12 |title=Adding more of a Goan touch to Swindon |url=https://www.heraldgoa.in/Edit/GOA-ALLEGRETTO/Adding-more-of-a-Goan-touch-to-Swindon-/146078 |access-date=2025-02-23 |website=Herald Goa |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2018-11-27 |title=Goans help put life back into London’s churches |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/goans-help-put-life-back-into-londons-churches/articleshow/66818111.cms |access-date=2025-02-23 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref> The Catholic community is served by [[Holy Rood Church, Swindon|Holy Rood Catholic Church]] in the town centre and St Peter's Church in [[West Swindon]], and supported by the Goan Chaplaincy.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Godinho |first=Lui |date=10 February 2023 |title=Tiatr fraternity comes together in UK |url=https://www.thegoan.net/global-goenkar/tiatr-fraternity-comes-together-in-uk/95087.html |access-date=2025-02-25 |website=The Goan EveryDay |language=en}}</ref> Services are regularly carried out in Konkani.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://goanchaplaincyswindon.com/mass-center-2/|title=Mass Centers - Goan Chaplaincy Swindon|date=27 November 2024}}</ref> The [[Anglican]] St Luke's Church also carries out Mass in Konkani, believed to be the only Mass regularly carried out in this language in the [[Church of England]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jordan |first=Robert |date=10 January 2022 |title=New regular bilingual Mass in Swindon |url=https://seeofoswestry.org.uk/news/new-regular-bilingual-mass-in-swindon/ |access-date=23 February 2025 |website=See of Oswestry}}</ref>

The Goa Swindon Association supports members of the community. It is involved in promoting and introducing [[Goan culture]], such as ''[[tiatr]]s'' ([[Konkani language|Konkani]] theatre), the annual Goan Summer Festival, and Konkani musical shows, among others.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Godinho |first=Lui |date=16 December 2022 |title=Goa Swindon Association: Uniting, supporting Goans in Swindon |url=https://www.thegoan.net/global-goenkar/goa-swindon-association-uniting-supporting-goans-in-swindon/92708.html |access-date=2025-02-25 |website=The Goan EveryDay |language=en}}</ref>

Among the notable Goans based in Swindon is Imtiyaz Shaikh, who has served as Mayor of Swindon since 2024. He is a two-term [[Eastcott (ward)|Eastcott]] councillor on [[Swindon Borough Council]].<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2024-06-28 |title=Vasco man Imtiyaz Shaikh is Mayor of Swindon |url=https://www.heraldgoa.in/goa/vasco-man-imtiyaz-shaikh-is-mayor-of-swindon/222967 |access-date=2025-02-22 |website=Herald Goa |language=en}}</ref>