Fundraise For Us
There are lots of ways you can support young refugees and asylum-seekers in your community whilst setting yourself a challenge, making new friends and having fun at the same time!
There are lots of ways you can support young refugees and asylum-seekers in your community whilst setting yourself a challenge, making new friends and having fun at the same time!
Whether you want to run a half marathon, bake some cakes, or raise money through your birthday or wedding, we will support you the whole way!
Simply select an option below to create your own fundraising page and you’ll be ready to go. Remember – every pound you raise will help a young refugee to access education and get the one-to-one support they need to rebuild their life in the UK.
Run a marathon, trek up a mountain, or cycle 100 miles. Taking part in a challenge event will inspire you to push yourself to your limits and raise money towards rebuilding young refugees’ lives.
Get your school talking about the challenges young refugees face in accessing education in the UK. You could put on a show, host a bake sale, or wear your own clothes for a day to raise money and make a difference!
Fundraising at work is great for team-building and employee moral! Setup a team challenge event, play a football game, or host a quiz night. Payroll Giving is another great tax-efficient way of donating a small portion of your salary towards improving the lives of young refugees.
Whether you’re part of a church, mosque, book club or choir, get everybody involved in planning a fundraising activity and spread awareness amongst your friends!
Since the world has been in lockdown, people have got creative and thought of brand new ways to fundraise online. You could donate the money you’d spend on your commute to work, do a physical challenge at home, or setup a virtual birthday party!
University is a place of learning, excitement, and hope. To help ensure refugees have access to it, check out if your university has a RAG or fundraising society that you can join, or host your own comedy night, music gig, or karaoke fundraiser!
Jemal, a 17-year-old boy from Eritrea, had been in the UK for one year before being referred to the Mentoring Programme. He was not in education and was suffering from an increasing lack of stimulation whilst going through the complex asylum proce...
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Ismail, 24, arrived in the UK as a child. As a teenager, he realised he was ‘undocumented’ and his irregular status would cast a long shadow over his early adulthood, eventually leading to mental health problems. After a decade-long battle to regu...
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Before settling in England, Samantha had lived in Germany and France, while Azim had travelled a long way from Afghanistan. Samantha, a professional and confident business woman, ran her own successful recycling business whereas Azim, who came fro...
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Agnes, aged 19, received a grant from Hope for the Young’s Education Fund to study at university. At just 4 years old, Agnes found herself in a new country, thousands of miles from her family home in The Gambia. Life in Dagenham, East London, ...
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When Lucy from Somalia first arrived in the UK at 23 years old, she was struggling to adjust to life in London. Upon arrival, she moved to Croydon yet spent most of her time at home alone, unable to explore her surroundings due to her anxiety and ...
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Emad is a 23-year-old asylum seeker from Iran who was awarded a grant from Hope for the Young’s Education Fund in 2016, allowing him to finance his first year of university in biomedical science and embark on the first steps towards fulfilling his...
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Rosemary is a retired teacher who has been a Volunteer Mentor for Hope for the Young for over a year. Her mentee, Maaz, came to the UK from Eritrea when he was 16. Rosemary and Maaz meet every week at Wimbledon library, where Rosemary helps Maaz t...
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Born in Afghanistan, Manmohan aged 23, had been in the UK for three years before being referred to Hope for the Young. Unable to use his arms and legs due to having quadriplegia, he requires round-the-clock care from his parents and cannot travel ...
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Thanks to his grant, Mars was able to fully fund the flying hours necessary to obtain his pilots license and complete the first year of his course! Living on his own in the UK and without access to financial support, Mars said he would have been u...
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