The Refugee Council

We have raised: £412.59

About The Refugee Council

The Refugee Council is the leading charity working with asylum seekers and refugees in the UK. We are committed to creating a fair, humane and effective asylum system that provides protection and enables refugees to rebuild their lives in safety.

As a human rights charity, independent of government, we rely on your donations and your fundraising initiatives to run our life saving and life changing services for refugees.

Funds raised may be used to ...

£10 could buy educational materials, including pens and notebooks, for a young refugee. £30 could help us give breakfast and lunch to a refugee family for more than a week. £50 could pay for baby packs which include blankets, clothes and baby bottles. £100 could help us buy much needed items,including shoes and clothes, for newly arrived children. £150 could give victims of wartime rape access to safe accommodation and specialist care. £250 would help our lobbying team brief MPs on legislations of concern

Legal description

A)TO PROVIDE RELIEF FOR REFUGEES AND THEIR DEPENDANTS WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS B) TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH OF REFUGEES AND THEIR DEPENDANTS INCLUDING (BUT NOT LIMITED TO) PROTECTING THE RIGHTS OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS C) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF REFUGEES AND THEIR DEPENDANTS IN NEED THEREOF SO AS TO ADVANCE THEM IN LIFE AND ASSIST IN THEIR REHABILITATION WITHIN A NEW COMMUNITY D) TO PROMOTE RESEARCH INTO THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF REFUGEES THROUGHOUT THE WORLD AND WAYS OF PROVIDING CHARITABLE RELIEF FOR THEM AND TO PUBLISH THE RESULTS OF ALL SUCH RESEARCH E) TO ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION ABOUT THE POSITION OF REFUGEES AND THE SITUATIONS WHICH GIVE RISE TO REFUGEE MOVEMENTS.