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 (19)
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- Ill Health (61)
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- Struggling with Bills/Debt (110)
- Benefit Delays/Sanctions (7)
- White Goods and Furniture (87)
- People with Disability (16)
- Refugees / Asylum Seekers (27)
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This person is seeking Asylum and only receives £8.05 per week. Having survived extreme human cruelty in a previous country, this person is now in the UK, learning English, and would really benefit from a laptop to complete homework. This person is taking Creative Writing classes, has a real knack for them, and would love to be able to practice writing more freely, using a laptop. Please can you help?
Still £120 left to donate
Total needed £120This person, who has survived extreme human cruelty in a former county, is seeking Asylum and only receives £8.05 per week. He is learning English and would really benefit from a laptop to do his homework. He is a keen photographer and would love to store and edit his photos on a laptop. Please can you help?
Still £120 left to donate
Total needed £120This person is an Asylum seeker and only receives £40.85 per week. She is in need of a phone so that she can take control of her life by making appointments, using a maps app for travelling, and study English online. Please would you consider helping her?
Still £100 left to donate
Total needed £100This person is starting college in September and needs a laptop to study. She is an Asylum seeker, fleeing the war, and only receives £40.85 per week. A laptop will be a huge support to her. Please can you help her?
Still £120 left to donate
Total needed £120This person is a Refugee who has been homeless and is just about to move into Supported Housing. He is at college, and starting to build his life together. He would like a laptop to help him with his English homework for college, and to apply for jobs
Still £120 left to donate
Total needed £120This person is an Asylum Seeker fleeing persecution. He receives only £8.05 per week and would like a laptop to help him keep up to date with technology, study English and find information. He used to be a Mechanic and Electrician and wants to retrain to do the same in the UK. A laptop would be really useful.
Still £120 left to donate
Total needed £120This person is an Asylum seeker, fleeing persecution in her country, who receives only £8.05 per week. She would really like a laptop to help her study English at College, access information and participate in online social activities run by charities. Please can you help her?
Still £120 left to donate
Total needed £120An Asylum Seeker from Kuwait is living in Leeds and asking for £100 to purchase a mobile phone and some data to keep in touch with the Home Office, for hospital visits and a College course. He is not able to save any money on less than £6 benefit a day. Please could you help him to have what he needs at a crucial time in his life?
Still £100 left to donate
Total needed £100K is a single mum with four young children, one of whom has significant health problems. She had to quickly flee her property, due to the risk of violence against the family, and is now in temporary accommodation. She is in need of many items, but particularly a laptop to help her eldest two children with their school work. K is off sick from work and claiming Universal Credit. It would be really helpful if she could obtain this item to help the children. Thank you!
Still £150 left to donate
Total needed £150H lost all his possessions in a house fire. He is on a low income and struggling to replace the essential items he lost in the fire. He has a small block phone to use for the time being, but this makes it difficult to communicate with Universal Credit. We would be grateful for your help to buy a new Smart phone for him so that he has access to the internet again in his temporary home. Thank you!
Still £90 left to donate
Total needed £90A client from Syria has been moved to the North East with his family. He has complex medical problems, requiring frequent hospital appointments, and it is difficult for him to get to the local hospital. He feels isolated and this is impacting his mental health. Your support will enable him to get a phone and internet to help the family to communicate easily with the Authorities, and clothing for their child. The family are in a frustrating environment and we are trying to rehouse them in a location that is more appropriate. They only receive £122.55 weekly from the Home Office so are struggling financially.
Still £150 left to donate
Total needed £150S is currently sofa surfing, due to homelessness since fleeing domestic violence. She has been run over by a car and sustained a foot injury which has caused three bouts of infections, and makes walking very difficult. She suffers with mental health and is unemployed. Due to the difficulty in walking, a mobile phone would help to enable S to reach out to the services required for the correct support, and to contact her GP for medical support. Ill health and debt are also at the forefront.
Still £50 left to donate
Total needed £50P has been caring for his elderly parents and his mother has recently passed away. His dad is being moved to a Care Home, so P has been placed on Universal Credit. He is waiting for his first payment, but has no phone or computer, so is unable to keep in touch with the Job Centre to keep track of his payments. Please can you help P to get a phone, so he can stay in touch and manage his finances? Thank you!
Still £100 left to donate
Total needed £100This lady describes feeling very lonely and isolated, and wants to learn how to use her new Tablet to access Social Media, and connect with people. She has had no IT training, gets very anxious about this and is struggling to use an old mobile phone. She is in need of support to sort out some technical issues with this too. An organisation of Social Prescribers are able to provide this service, but there is a fee involved. She is unable to work due to ill health and is in receipt of benefits.
Still £70 left to donate
Total needed £70P is a single dad of four children who is receiving benefits and unable to work, as cares for his youngest child who has ongoing health issues. P's phone is very basic and the sound quality is poor. It would be extremely helpful for him to have a smart phone on which he can manage his Universal Credit application and access support via apps, and the internet.