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Closed 21/10/2018
Weʼve raised £325 to help a young asylum seeker with PTSD
- Norwich, United Kingdom
- Funded on Sunday, 21st October 2018
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I mentor a young asylum seeker who needs help accessing legal and mental health support.
Legal aid is not working effectively and when his claim was rejected he had to engage a private solicitor to lodge his appeal. He has borrowed £1200 and may need a further £2000 if his appeal has to go to the next stage. As an asylum seeker he is not allowed to work and gets just £36 a week from the government to cover all his food and subsistence costs. Your one-off donation can help him afford effective legal representation to fight his case.
He has severe post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) caused by the events that led him to flee his country and suffers from constant flashbacks and suicidal thoughts. Although the NHS recognises that he needs help, they do not have the resources to offer him counselling now. Low cost counselling is available privately from £15 per hour. Your donation can help him access the counselling that he desperately wants to help him cope with the trauma that he has suffered.
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- 6 years ago
Catherine Locke
6 years agoThank you very much to everyone who has donated - your donations really make a difference and your messages of support are just as important in letting him know that there are people out there who would like to see his claim succeed! Although the appeal was due to be heard last week, the solicitor had requested a deferment in view of his current mental illhealth. I am pleased to say that this has been granted for the time being.
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Supporters
9
Anonymous
Apr 30, 2018
£50.00
Mark Tebboth
Apr 30, 2018
Good luck, hope you hit your target and then some!
£20.00
Martha Bergin
Apr 24, 2018
Hope you reach the target
£5.00
Anonymous
Apr 21, 2018
£50.00
Rhys Jenkins
Apr 18, 2018
Good luck with your efforts. Ruth and Rhys
£50.00
Janet Seeley and Stanley Musgrave
Apr 18, 2018
Best wishes, both for this campaign, and also for the young man's care and case.
£50.00
Laurence Wild
Apr 18, 2018
£30.00
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Catherine Locke
Norwich, United Kingdom
I am a volunteer mentor with New Routes in Norwich. In my working life, I am a social researcher focusing on gender and migration in developing countries.