Georgia's fundraiser for Refugee Women of Bristol

Georgia Scanlon is raising money for Refugee Women of Bristol

Team: Team fundraising for Aspire & Refugee Women of Bristol

Swim the Night Hampton · 4 October 2025

RWoB was set up in 2003 by a group of refugee women. They identified a number of common challenges in settling in to their new life in the UK regardless of where they came from. RWoB is directly governed by women of the refugee and asylum seeking community in Bristol.

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Hi everyone,

Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page.

I have signed up for Swim the Night. This is a 12 hour event in Hampton (heated) lido where you swim 1km on the hour, every hour, from 7pm to 7am. This is taking place in October, so although the water may be warm-ish, the air outside definitely won't be! Please consider donating to Refugee Women of Bristol, to motivate me through the hours of staring at the bottom of a pool to train, and staying awake through the night, getting in and out of the pool.

The charity is a support network for refugee women in Bristol, and is the only multi-ethnic, multi-faith organisation that specifically targets the needs of refugee women in Bristol. They are directly governed by women of the refugee and asylum-seeking community. They provide services to disenfranchised groups over and above the generic category of ‘refugee’, and routinely reach cohorts of women that other service providers overlook or are unable to access. They aim to raise the educational and economic status of refugee and asylum seeking women; provide access to English language learning, volunteering and training opportunities in order to increase the ability of service users to gain employment and support themselves and reduce isolation and improve confidence.

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Donation summary

Total
£755.00
+ £158.75 Gift Aid
Online
£675.00
Offline
£80.00

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