Food for our service users!
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Hello all friends. I've asked you for help a lot in the past and I'm afraid I'm about to do it again.
As some of you know, I work with refugees and asylum seekers in Norwich. One of my colleagues there also works with another organisation in the area that does the same.
We have combined our resources to create little packages for our clients - there are about 40 households of asylum seekers in the city. This is what we have. I'm quite sure that most of our own homes have managed to stockpile more than this, and this has to be divided between 40 homes.
I don't want to lecture too much but there are some really important reasons why these households need our help.
When asylum seekers have an active asylum claim, they are given what's called Section 95 or Section 4 support. Section 95 is £37.75 per week and they can withdraw it as cash. Section 4 is £35.39 per week but they get it on a prepaid card that can only be used in certain shops.
These shops are really limited and clients on them are often only in walking distance of one shop. I'm sure like me over the last couple of weeks many of you have had to go to several shops in your area to try and get what you needed. Imagine if you were limited to one small shop.
Some of our clients aren't even getting this support at the moment, having had claims delayed. We've had lots of cases recently of people being housed in Norwich, but not even getting their card for 3 weeks.
Please, please, please - if you can spare £1/£3/£5 so we can add to this meagre pile, get in touch. I will either collect through paypal or through a GoFundMe but it needs to be done really urgently.
I'll be trying to get in touch with supermarket managers to see if we can directly arrange to buy supplies rather than stick to the 2-items limit... if anyone knows of any shop managers who might be able to help, please let me know.
And finally... last week I asked for help with a handset for Salma... huge huge thanks!!! You guys were SO kind and Salma now has one. But... if anyone has one kicking around, please could you consider sending them for our service users. New Routes, the organisation in Norwich my colleague works for, does English lessons for the refugees & asylum seekers. These are now being taken online and offered by Zoom, but not all the previous attendees of the classes have phones that work for this. If *anyone* can send us an old handset, these guys can carry on attending their lessons.
So... if you can add just a pack of pasta to this pile - which by god I will find somehow!!! - if you know someone who works in food retail especially locally, or if you have a phone handset, we would be so grateful for your help.
Hope you are all well, big self-isolation lockdown love ❤❤❤❤
As some of you know, I work with refugees and asylum seekers in Norwich. One of my colleagues there also works with another organisation in the area that does the same.
We have combined our resources to create little packages for our clients - there are about 40 households of asylum seekers in the city. This is what we have. I'm quite sure that most of our own homes have managed to stockpile more than this, and this has to be divided between 40 homes.
I don't want to lecture too much but there are some really important reasons why these households need our help.
When asylum seekers have an active asylum claim, they are given what's called Section 95 or Section 4 support. Section 95 is £37.75 per week and they can withdraw it as cash. Section 4 is £35.39 per week but they get it on a prepaid card that can only be used in certain shops.
These shops are really limited and clients on them are often only in walking distance of one shop. I'm sure like me over the last couple of weeks many of you have had to go to several shops in your area to try and get what you needed. Imagine if you were limited to one small shop.
Some of our clients aren't even getting this support at the moment, having had claims delayed. We've had lots of cases recently of people being housed in Norwich, but not even getting their card for 3 weeks.
Please, please, please - if you can spare £1/£3/£5 so we can add to this meagre pile, get in touch. I will either collect through paypal or through a GoFundMe but it needs to be done really urgently.
I'll be trying to get in touch with supermarket managers to see if we can directly arrange to buy supplies rather than stick to the 2-items limit... if anyone knows of any shop managers who might be able to help, please let me know.
And finally... last week I asked for help with a handset for Salma... huge huge thanks!!! You guys were SO kind and Salma now has one. But... if anyone has one kicking around, please could you consider sending them for our service users. New Routes, the organisation in Norwich my colleague works for, does English lessons for the refugees & asylum seekers. These are now being taken online and offered by Zoom, but not all the previous attendees of the classes have phones that work for this. If *anyone* can send us an old handset, these guys can carry on attending their lessons.
So... if you can add just a pack of pasta to this pile - which by god I will find somehow!!! - if you know someone who works in food retail especially locally, or if you have a phone handset, we would be so grateful for your help.
Hope you are all well, big self-isolation lockdown love ❤❤❤❤
Organisateur
Claire Craig
Organisateur
England
