Coronavirus Solidarity Fund
During the Coronavirus crisis, everyone is at risk, but people with insecure immigration status are particularly in need of help right now. Many don’t qualify for government help, and are missing out on local voluntary initiatives.
During the crisis, we are running regular Lockdown Sessions, live-streamed events online, raising funds for community projects supporting at-risk migrants. This includes getting food, hygiene products, medicine and legal advice services to people in lockdown. We also need money for data packages, phone credit and tech devices for campaign spokesperson groups – people with experience of detention. This helps to keep them connected, training, organising and leading the campaign to end detention
With the first three weekend sessions, we have raised over £7,000!
About These Walls Must Fall
People are being taken from our communities and locked up in prison-like detention centres, without time limit, with no idea of when they might be released. Why? They just don't have the correct immigration papers. These Walls Must Fall is building a networked campaign to end immigration detention once and for all.
This week your donations will support...
Open Kitchen, Sheffield
An established weekly community event to provide food, support, and a place to meet for destitute asylum seekers, refugees, those in need in the wider community. Now delivering to people during lockdown.
Sheffield Flourish
Sheffield Flourish is a mental health charity rooted in Sheffield and owned by the community, supporting our community to share their stories, get involved in activities, and flourish.
These Walls Must Fall campaigners
Migrant campaigners with direct experience of immigration detention. Funds will help to keep them connected, training, organising and leading the campaign to end detention.
Thank you from African Rainbow Family!
African Rainbow Family
African Rainbow Family supports lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender intersexual and queer (LGBTIQ) people of African heritage and the wider Black Asian Minority Ethnic groups.
Projects we have raised money for during the crisis...
Sheffield City of Sanctuary
Sheffield City of Sanctuary needs donations to help run the Virtual Sanctuary, to organise delivery of food and medicine, to provide radios and laptops to keep people informed and connected, and to deliver other essential work.
Liverpool Migrant Solidarity Network
A collective of people working together to resist the hostile environment that migrants face in our city & beyond. This campaign is raising money to offer some much needed support to those who the current system is failing.
Migrant Action
Migrant Action is providing support and assistance to vulnerable migrants disproportionately affected by the pandemic and the lockdown.
Bristol Refugee Rights
BRR is continuing vital advice services by phone, and providing tech aid for asylum seekers and refugees facing destitution, homelessness and isolation during Covid-19.
African Rainbow Family
African Rainbow Family supports lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender intersexual and queer (LGBTIQ) people of African heritage and the wider Black Asian Minority Ethnic groups.
Migrant Artists Mutual Aid
The volunteers at MaMa are collecting and distributing essential food and hygiene items to isolated at-risk people across Liverpool.
St Augustine's Centre, Halifax
St Augustine's are continuing to support over 600 individuals and families across Calderdale, including refugees, asylum seekers, EU migrants and other vulnerable people.
These Walls Must Fall spokesperson groups
People who have been directly impacted by detention, coming together to campaign to bring it to an end. Funds will help to keep them connected, training, organising and leading the campaign to end detention.