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Memon founded the NGO Wells on Wheels in mid 2019 to help young girls and women to save their time instead of having to collect water in 40° heat. The NGO distribute water-wheel carts in villages. A fund of £30,000 has been raised for Wells on Wheels.<ref name=":4"/><ref name=":3"/><ref name="Jain 2020">{{cite web |last=Jain |first=Pragya |title=Wheels of change: UK NGO makes carrying water easy |website=The Times of India |date=13 March 2020 |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nashik/wheels-of-change-uk-ngo-makes-carrying-water-easy/articleshow/74601677.cms |access-date=27 June 2021}}</ref> Wells on Wheels was listed as one of the top ten water charity philanthropists by The Leaders Council of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.<ref name="Free Press Journal 2020">{{cite web |title=London based NGO gets applauded in UK for showing kindness in Maharashtra |website=Free Press Journal | date=20 July 2020 |url=https://www.freepressjournal.in/mumbai/london-based-ngo-gets-applauded-in-uk-for-showing-kindness-in-maharashtra | access-date=27 June 2021}}</ref>

Shaz Memon is a recipient of the 2019 Corporate Social Responsibility Award.<ref name="Free Press Journal 2020"/> He received the Business Leader of the Year of Dental Industry Awards 2020.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://dentistry.co.uk/2020/10/26/dental-industry-awards-2020-finalists/ |title=Dental Industry Awards 2020 – the finalists |date=26 October 2020 |first=Gaby |last=Bissett}}</ref>