Our Funding award from the Postcode Society Trust!
With our grateful thanks to the players of the People’s Postcode Lottery, Refugees Welcome Crawley is thrilled to announce the receipt of a significant award from the Postcode Society Trust. We are delighted to have received this award which will enable us to continue funding our core activities providing practical support and welcome to refugees in our area. We offer essential clothing, English classes, social activities and advice sessions, especially for refugees becoming homeless. Our services make all the difference to the many individuals and families who come to us for help. In the words of one of those people, “The assistance came at a time when I truly needed it. It made me feel seen, supported, and cared for. Your actions bring hope and dignity and have made a real difference in the lives of many who often go unheard.”
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High Sheriff's award
We were delighted to receive this award from the High Sheriff of West Sussex when she came to visit us earlier this year. We were so appreciative of this recognition of our work and most grateful for the accompanying grant in support of our services for local refugees
National L
ottery Community Fund award
We were thrilled to have been awarded a significant grant from National Lottery Community Fund in the autumn of last year which enabled us to provide vital support for the refugee community we serve. We were able to fund the purchase of basic clothing, especially in winter months; travel tickets for essential journeys; resources for our English classes; office rental payments; homelessness support including sleeping bags and nights of respite shelter; translation services; phone repairs and basic new phones to enable people without any phone at all to communicate with key services and loved ones back home.
Each and every one of these forms of support has made a world of difference to the recipients, allowing each person to feel valued and cared for as their messages of thanks show us, ‘I have no words. Thank you so very much this has immensely helped me. I will forever appreciate it’; ‘Thank you in advance to you and your kind, caring and ever-supportive team’ ; ‘Hello, thank you very much for your kindness. The items arrived today. They are all in perfect condition and the size is perfect. Thank you.’ We are most grateful to the players of the National Lottery Fund for this invaluable support