Our Christmas appeal to prevent refugee homelessness in Haringey

This Christmas, we have teamed up with the amazing Haringey Welcome to run a rapid response to the sharply increasing numbers of people we are seeing becoming homeless when their asylum claim is granted. You can donate here.

In Haringey and across England and Wales, this winter, we are facing a humanitarian emergency as the number of refugees becoming street homeless is skyrocketing. 

This is due to new, one-week eviction periods punitively introduced by the Home Office this August. This is really starting to bite as the weather turns cold. 

A moment which should be joyful, receiving a positive outcome on an asylum claim, quickly turns into a nightmare which is ending in people hitting the streets. 

We have a solution but we need your help to make it happen. Together we can ensure that people who have already been through so much, get a fighting chance at starting life in the UK.

We are working with Haringey Welcome to support people with a vital one month’s rent and deposit to secure their first independent accommodation in the UK.

We hope you can support us and Haringey Welcome to raise this desperately needed money to assist these members of our Haringey community with the upfront cost to rent a room.

A total of around £1,600 is needed for each individual for 1 month’s deposit and 1 month’s rent to top up what the council provides and give them a helping hand to avoid falling into homelessness and destitution.

Haringey Council provides around £500 one off support per person who does not qualify as priority need and therefore get full housing support.  

Museum of Homelessness is able to provide match funding of £200 per individual from solidarity funds.

The remaining £900 per person is what we want to raise with this crowdfunder! Every penny counts and everything raised will go directly to housing costs.

If you can help, please give here thank you so much