Thank you for coming to my page and doubly thank you for the donation you're about to provide!

Year on year I've passed on the opportunity to cycle with my colleagues in support of great charities... standard excuses like time, fitness, and a lack of equipment prevented me but this year... well, the standard excuses are still there but I'm doing it anyway. All Four Hundred and Fifty-Three Kilometers.

Big Leaf's mission, and what your donation will be helping, is very very near and dear to me. Without people who cared to provide language services to my own parents when they moved to the States from Egypt the difficulties they faced in a new country with young kids would have simply multiplied. It's something so important to my family that my mother still provides language and translation services in the upstate New York area.

Enough though, about me. Please check out the official description below and click that donate button!

Thanks,

Redha

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One of the most significant barriers to anyone trying to resettle in the UK is a good understanding of the English language. Often, people arrive as beginners in English speaking and reading, making it extremely challenging to find their feet in their new communities.

College places are often hard to access, particularly for those who have arrived after the start of the academic year. These delays in accessing education mean many young people are excluded from support, guidance and information that could significantly improve their situations.

That's where Big Leaf Foundation come in. They are a small charity working with displaced people aged 16-25 living in Surrey. One of their services is weekly full-day English sessions are a chance for young people to get together with teachers to work on their English language skills.

Your support means that displaced young people are able to start settling into their new communities.