Refugease

We are in trouble! It’s with a heavy heart that we kick off this Refugee Week with a plea for our charity to be saved. We’ve found ourselves in financial crisis after the ‘cost of living’ has hit us hard. We have been growing so rapidly the last few years, but since the cost of living crisis has escalated, new wars and natural disasters spring up more regularly, this has understandably resulted in donor fatigue; people have much less disposable income so our charity shop income has also reduced. Our (now very small) team has devised a new and robust plan to enable us to continue saving lives in conflict zones where other charities daren’t operate, but we need a cash injection. We are itching to get back to serving the world’s most vulnerable people! Because we focus our efforts in precarious conflict zones like Syria, Eastern Ukraine and Gaza most recently - areas that most charities can’t or won’t operate in, we are saving lives that otherwise wouldn’t be saved - we need to find a way to keep operating. We desperately need an injection of funds that will enable us the four months required to make the required operational changes to survive these tough times - for this, we need approximately £48,000. We are once again appealing to our wonderful community for your help. If you or your business can make a financial donation we would be so grateful. See JustGiving link here: https://lnkd.in/ev8xWWQQ If you’d like to run your own event or fundraiser, or set up a partnership, please feel free to reach out to me directly - or find out more valentina@refugease.com. Thank you so much everyone for your ongoing support as always - none of it could be achieved without your financial and moral support.

And…we’re back on the road! Thanks to all of your seriously generous donations, our stolen van has finally been replaced with a much newer and improved vehicle <3. We really can't thank you all enough for your support on this fundraiser - we're just so relieved that we're functioning again! Along with many generous individuals, Daniela (Romano) Anderson from Anderson Partners Executive Search Ltd came to save the day (yet) again, and covered a substantial proportion of the cost of our new van. Refugease owes everyone a tall debt of gratitude.