Sally Cole-Hamilton
Sally goes for a run! (after much training and effort)
Fundraising for Refugee Action
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Hi everyone, thanks for visiting my page.
For the first time ever, I am taking part in a run for charity! Actually, taking part in any run, ever. I will be training hard so that I don't have to pant over the finish line all pink cheeked when I get me photie taken.
Refugee Action is a fantastic charity. It raises money for people who have had to flee their own country and now have nowhere to go: Nowhere to call home and often no way to contact those they love and tell them where they are and find out if they are still safe, or alive, back in their home country. Refugee Action helps people (who often speak no english and were completey unprepared for leaving their country until their lives were threatened) with obtaining a solicitor to help with the asylum process, accessing advice and English lessons and keeping in touch with the Home Office. They also give these people somewhere to meet others in the same position and, perhaps most importantly, someone who is on their side to talk about what has happened to them.
Thank you so much everyone!
Sally
For the first time ever, I am taking part in a run for charity! Actually, taking part in any run, ever. I will be training hard so that I don't have to pant over the finish line all pink cheeked when I get me photie taken.
Refugee Action is a fantastic charity. It raises money for people who have had to flee their own country and now have nowhere to go: Nowhere to call home and often no way to contact those they love and tell them where they are and find out if they are still safe, or alive, back in their home country. Refugee Action helps people (who often speak no english and were completey unprepared for leaving their country until their lives were threatened) with obtaining a solicitor to help with the asylum process, accessing advice and English lessons and keeping in touch with the Home Office. They also give these people somewhere to meet others in the same position and, perhaps most importantly, someone who is on their side to talk about what has happened to them.
* £15 could pay for travel and an hour of a youth worker's time to accompany a young refugee to their interview at the Home Office. Imagine the alternative - being under 18, and having to go through a confusing, scary, literally life-or-death kind of interview like this alone.
* £30 can help provide five food parcels and small cash handouts for our clients who are left without any means of support. Imagine where you might turn if you had no right to work and no means of making a living in a new country.
* £100 could pay for 20 young people from both refugee and British backgrounds to participate in a conservation project, learning from each other in a constructive and positive environment. Imagine what's it like trying to make new friends when sensational headlines lead people to dismiss you as a 'scrounger', 'terrorist' or 'criminal'. Projects like this are often the only way that young people get to find out more about each other and have their preconceptions challenged.
Thank you so much everyone!
Sally