Give to someone in need
Acts 435 is about giving to people directly, to help them bridge the gap when they are facing a financial crisis.
Can you help a specific person in need?
Read stories of the applicants below and give as you feel able. Any amount will make a big difference to someone who is struggling.
You can instead make a general donation and the Acts 435 team will allocate it to the most urgent requests.
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- Clothes (5)
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- Struggling with Bills/Debt (17)
- Benefit Delays/Sanctions (1)
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- People with Disability (5)
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- Technology (4)
- Domestic Abuse (20)
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This Afghan refugee family, including the parents and four children, has just received refugee status and moved into an unfurnished council house. They urgently need essential furnishings to create a home. This includes beds, tables with chairs and basic kitchen equipment to provide a place to gather and relax. Unfortunately, their income is insufficient to afford these necessities.
Still £160 left to donate
Total needed £200KB. who is from Afghanistan, is an asylum seeker who is living in a hotel where the food provided is unsuitable for her. She has complex health conditions and needs to buy medicines. food and clothes. Please would you donate to help her in this desperate situation? Thank you.
Still £200 left to donate
Total needed £200Z is an asylum seeker from Iraq who is living in a hotel with her husband and their seven year old son. They fled from Iraq, due to being threatened because of a family feud which led to the killing of her father-in-law. Z and her family are in need of your help to buy food and clothes. Please can you support them to relieve their desperate situation? Thank you.
Still £200 left to donate
Total needed £200Our client, a young Iraqi asylum seeker in Home Office accommodation, has multiple needs including access to a solicitor for his asylum case, obtaining an ID card and enrolling for English lessons. His phone was stolen from a changing room so information and contacts provided by our charity are lost and we are trying to assist him. For people in our client's situation, a phone and internet access are crucial for Home Office and legal and welfare correspondence, so a priority to get him back on track.
Still £100 left to donate
Total needed £100A, who has been given a flat in a supported housing complex after seven months of being on the waiting list, is very fragile and vulnerable, and has never lived alone. The flat is unfurnished and she is struggling to find a carpet that she can afford for her bedroom. Until the carpet is supplied and fitted, she cannot move in as it would be unpractical and unsafe. A is desperate to move in, finally have some independence and the appropriate support she needs. Help towards this would be appreciated.