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Give the gift of community to refugees this Christmas.
As if making it to safer ground wasn’t hard enough, migrants arriving in Newcastle this winter face a daunting set of challenges. Navigating a new city, cold temperatures, making sense of a foreign culture and language while trying to simultaneously deal with legal claims and housing issues – all this with just over £5 a day to survive on and all the limitations of the Covid-19 pandemic. It’s a terrifying recipe for isolation. Our innovative twice-weekly InterAction Drop-in provides a welcoming, safe and supportive environment, giving migrants the chance to connect directly with the local agencies who can empower them to put down roots within their community. Whether it’s advice, support or warming up with a hot drink and a chat, if we can resolve just one issue for someone, they can leave with one less thing to worry about and start to transform their life.
What difference will your donation make?
-£20 provides PPE for a month to keep our staff, volunteers and clients safe at the drop-in
-£75 is the cost for two members of staff to run an outreach session at local hotels.
-£100 would allow us to invest in up-to-date equipment including tech and perspex screens
-£150 will cover the room hire for one drop-in session
Donations
£10,836.25
raised of
£10,000.00
target by
52
supporters
Supporters 52
About the good cause
Action Foundation
Action Foundation is an award-winning charity
based in Newcastle upon Tyne providing help to refugees, asylum seekers and
other migrants through supported housing and free community language
classes.
Action Foundation empowers refugees to overcome exclusion, supporting them to; avoid homelessness and extreme poverty, access vital services, increase their skills and employability, access legal support, integrate and live independently.
For further information visit the twitter feed.
- Wed, January 20 2021, 8:16 AM : It's amazing to receive support like this - thank you from the bottom of our hearts @VinniesSVP #community… https://t.co/Q1D5qD0GA6
- Tue, January 19 2021, 4:00 PM : The way you access your GP has changed in order to keep you and our staff safe from coronavirus. Find out how you c… https://t.co/1MeBzQZvEN
- Tue, January 19 2021, 2:03 PM : How better immigration policies could help reduce homelessness according to Dame Louise Casey speaking at a meeting… https://t.co/JXu6Vprter
- Tue, January 19 2021, 12:01 PM : New FLEX research provides unique evidence of labour abuses & risks faced by workers in cleaning, including pay vio… https://t.co/THWDEeQ90q
- Tue, January 19 2021, 10:00 AM : “I just fled the war from Yemen and I came to the UK to seek safety, but in the end I might end up dying from coron… https://t.co/XCihVthA2f
- Tue, January 19 2021, 8:38 AM : Just a reminder that @dropinteraction are not running their usual Tuesday + Thursday sessions but the team are STI… https://t.co/sMtYMAxuOs
- Mon, January 18 2021, 4:00 PM : "In a pandemic no one is safe until everyone is safe." Great piece in the @Independent calling for refugees, displa… https://t.co/IXYwt9lwA8
