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Donation 192 has gone to help an Afghan teenager, who plays in the member’s local cricket club, in his attempts to reunite with surviving members of his family. After Afghanistan fell to Taliban rule in 2021, the boy was forced to flee the country when his older brothers were killed, serving in the national army. He spent weeks hiding as Taliban members entered his village and called at his home. He spent the next six months travelling to Europe and arrived in the UK in March 2022, after a difficult and dangerous journey, and he was dispersed to Sheffield and placed in foster care. After 10 months he was given refugee status in the UK. His parents had stayed in Afghanistan to look after his young nephews, but in 2023 they both died, leaving the nephews homeless and without support, and dependent on food from the local mosque. Money was sent back to a neighbour who eventually took the boys in and cared for them, providing money could be sent for all their needs. Friends who are supporti...

We are pleased to be back with news of donation 191. As you know, any paying member can make a nomination for an individual, a family or a local organisation to receive a donation of up to £500.   This week someone asked for £140 to help a  single mother, who lives in Sheffield with a young child, who really needs financial support from a family reunion solicitor to help her appeal her application to get her older son to the UK. We understand how difficult these applications are and we’re happy to help with these appeal costs and hope she is successful in this initial stage of the process, allowing her to pursue the next steps. We very much hope she can eventually be reunited with her son.  

  We are pleased to kick a new year off with news of donation 190. Our £250 donation has gone to help The Edge centre offer more invaluable support to help people manage their debts and work towards becoming debt free. The Edge centre in Jordanthorpe was started 3 1/2 years ago to offer face to face support with people's benefit, housing, debt and form filling needs.  https://www.facebook.com/p/Edge-Centre-Jordanthorpe-and-Batemoor-100082577201472/ Since then it has grown both in the numbers coming ( up to 25 clients over a 2hr session), the number of support workers ( 4 to 8) and the range of assistance on offer.  They have noticed the need for face to face debt work is growing and so in June they teamed up with Christians Against Poverty at the Food and Community Trust to offer comprehensive debt support. So far they have seen one person become debt free and are working with several more. However,  in order to continue to have access to this expert support from the...