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.
Our client, who suffers from hypertension and depression, is an asylum seeker from Pakistan who has been resident in the UK for twenty years. He has obtained charitable funding to pay for a solicitor who will represent his asylum appeal. However, there are additional costs that our client cannot meet, as he is reliant on friends for accommodation, food and basic needs. He requires an ID card and passport from his country of origin, a statement of his NHS history and travel costs to the High commission. Our client hopes for permission to remain and to work in haematology within the NHS.
Still £200 left to donate
Total needed £200ID is a seventy five year old Caribbean woman who arrived in the UK in 2002. Previously, she had lived in a relationship with her partner for two years before fleeing a domestic violence situation. ID is an asylum seeker with no recourse to public funds, who is being supported by her church, friends and family. She is a valuable volunteer at the weekly Food bank. ID needs a bed and mattress, as her bed is broken beyond repair and she is sleeping on the floor. Thank you for your help.
Still £200 left to donate
Total needed £200NTM is an asylum seeker who is living in a hotel with her three children, aged seven, five and three years old, and is expecting a baby in May. She fled from South Sudan because of the war, travelling by road and boat. NTM desperately needs your help to buy food, clothes and essentials for herself, the children and her unborn baby. Please can you help her? Thank you.
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Total needed £200RT is a Ghanaian national who has lived in the UK for many years. She has been homeless for around fifteen years and has solely relied on her friends in the UK for accommodation, food and essentials. We have assisted RT to make an application for leave to remain, but she does not have any form of ID except for her birth certificate, as she has never been able to pay the fee for a new passport. Unfortunately, the Home Office does not accept birth certificates as sufficient ID for an application. Please can you help RT to get a passport?
Still £170 left to donate
Total needed £170J is a fifty one year old refugee who has fled abuse in her country of origin. Tragically, she lost her three children in a fire and this trauma, as well as health problems and homelessness, has been making life very difficult for her. J has now been given temporary accommodation, but has few belongings and needs basic kitchen equipment, bedding, a warm coat and waterproof shoes. This would help J begin to rebuild her life here and she would be delighted with any help you can give.
Still £175 left to donate
Total needed £175This young person, who is a vulnerable asylum seeker and potential victim of trafficking, left his country unaccompanied when he was only twelve years of age. He needs to buy new shoes and a coat, as his are very worn out. This young person needs some support to cover travel appointments to the solicitor on a weekly basis for the next two months and a return bus fare for travel to Oxford to meet an expert.
Still £150 left to donate
Total needed £150Please could you assist with this request to help a refugee child experience the joy of learning and adventure on a school trip? We're raising funds to send this child on a school trip in June at a cost of £129. Your contribution will bring much happiness to this young child. Thank you.