Refugee Crisis Appeal - Please Donate Before Christmas

urgent donations request to help unaccompanied child refugees, families and lone individuals seeking refuge in this country.

Positive Action in Housing (SC027577) Winter Refugee Crisis Appeal Urgent Donations Request  Help us reach our goal of £10,000 by December 15th 2017 Donate online now Dear Supporter, Each year, Positive Action in Housing (Scottish Registered Charity No SC027577) provides emergency crisis support in the form of hardship grants, food vouchers and bus tokens to around 1,055 refugees, asylum seekers and some vulnerable migrants living in, or at risk of destitution and extreme poverty. Our annual destitution surgery is an important fixture in Positive Action in Housing's calendar. In 2010, a mother, Father and their son from Russia fell to their deaths from the fifteenth floor of the Red Road flats. The Serykh family were refused asylum here. Their meagre financial support and housing were withdrawn and they were told to leave the Red Road flat on 7 March, the day they killed themselves. Instead of staying on, Serge Serykh, a military man, and his family followed that instruction to the letter and killed themselves. We never want another family or individual to feel so isolated, hopeless and bereft of support that they would go to such extreme measures as to take their own life. We need your support to do that. Sara, pictured with her little boy, is a happy, confident and giving young woman. She has a strong network of support around her. A very different person to a year ago. Sara had suffered a breakdown after feeling alone and isolated looking after her baby and sofa-surfing while she tried to claim asylum. Her child was looked after by a foster carer. When she left hospital, she was told she could not have her baby back without a place to stay. We  provided Sara a home within days through one of our amazing refugee hosts, a GP and her family and then another family. The baby was handed back that same day after the social worker did some checks. We also arranged a weekly destitution grant. Within A few months, Sara was given a home by the SW Department while she progresses her asylum claim. With a little support, we have seen people come out of the most hopeless situations. Seeing Sara happy and confident was very rewarding for the team at Positive Action in Housing.   Our staff and volunteers are here to give support, both practical and pastoral, in order to help people rebuild their lives and get out of a crisis. On 20th and 21st December, the charity is running a two day Emergency Winter Surgery to reach those in greatest need from Syria, Eritrea, Palestine, Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, Yemen and Many other countries of origin.  We are directly reaching our most vulnerable service users, unaccompanied children, families, pregnant woman, the elderly and sick, and lone individuals living in poverty and long term destitution in Glasgow which has the highest refugee population in Scotland, second only to London.  We are also taking "online referrals" of cases of extreme hardship from our Room for Refugees network of over 320 organisations across Scotland and the UK. These include the British Red Cross, Freedom from Torture, Refugee Council and Scottish Refugee Council. We will provide: crisis payments, food vouchers, bus tokens and hygiene packs to people fleeing war and persecution; hot soup and home made bread, gifts of books, art materials and selection boxes for children (donations of these items only are most welcome and should be wrapped with contents clearly stated on top). For caseworkers wishing to refer: this is not a drop in, And we won't see anyone who is not referred. so make a referral first,  more info here. To volunteer in Glasgow on 20/21 Dec fill in the online form at www.paih.org/volunteer  For more information, call Razgar on 0141 353 2220. Or, email home@positiveactionh.org  Help us reach those in greatest need - Donate now Please give a gift that matter, help someone get through the freezing winter and eventually rebuild their lives with our ongoing support. Your donation will pay for crisis grants, food vouchers and bus tokens. It will go directly to assisting families and individuals at risk over Christmas and throughout winter.  Give safely and securely online now with your credit/debit card at the BT MyDonate link here .(Please tick Gift Aid to increase the value of your donation at no extra cost). Or, send a cheque made payable to Positive Action in Housing Ltd and post to:Positive Action in Housing, Floor 6, 98 West George Street, Glasgow G2 1PJ. (Please mark the back of the cheque "Winter Appeal") For other ways to give, please go to www.positiveactionh.org/donate. All of your donation will go towards direct humanitarian aid.  Thank you for supporting this appeal. Kind regards, From everyone at Positive Action in Housing    Positive Action in Housing Ltd is a Scottish Registered Charity No. SC027577 and a Company Limited by Guarantee 158867.     Donate Copyright © 2017 Positive Action in Housing, All rights reserved. We have been in touch before regarding our work. 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