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Our current priorities

Tinned food and toiletries

Tins (tomatoes, pulses, veg, fruit and fish), rice, cereal, snacks, tea and coffee

Shower gel, toothbrushes and toothpaste, deodorant, shampoo, razors…

Deliver to our office address between 9am – 3pm on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday.

URGENT financial donations needed

Destitution experienced by forced migrants is a direct consequence of UK Government policy. We now see over 100 people each week at our drop-in.

Without an increase in regular donations from our supporters, we will have to reduce the services we provide.

Any amount – even a few pounds a month – can make a difference. If you can help, please set up a standing order on the link below. Alternatively one-off online donations can be made via the Givey and CAF links provided

STANDING ORDER (PDF)

ONLINE DONATION (GIVEY)

ONLINE DONATION (CAF)

ONLINE BANK TRANSFER

Clean, warm clothes (via St Vincent's)

St Vincent’s urgently need donations, which can be dropped off any weekday between 10am and 4pm at St Vincent’s Support Centre, 4 Berking Avenue, Leeds LS9 9LF 0113 248 4126

Fundraise for PAFRAS

Start today (Givey)

Start today (CAF)

Is there a challenge you have in mind and raising money for PAFRAS would help your motivation? Or perhaps you’d prefer to organise an event, or you’d like to knit a scarf, hat or jumper for one of our service users.

Whatever you have in mind, you can use Givey or CAF to to collect online donations. 100% of the money you raise comes to PAFRAS – all you have to do is create an account and choose PAFRAS as your charity.

Bank Transfers

You can also set up a standing order or a one off bank transfer to our account easily and safely. Please contact info@pafras.org.uk for our account number and sort code.

Resources for fundraisers and advocates

Events, policy information and statistics

Want to find out more? The Leeds Migration Partnership provides an excellent online resource:

Visit their website

Volunteering opportunities

Interpreters

To assist at the Wednesday drop-in and other times by appointment. The languages we are most in need of currently are: Kurdish-Sorani, Arabic, Sudanese Arabic, Farsi, Amharic, Pashto and Tigrinya.

Other volunteering roles

If you are interested in volunteering, please use the link to get in contact with us. We have very limited capacity for other forms of volunteering and we try to prioritise people with lived experience of the aslyum system.

Mindful Employer

PAFRAS is a Mindful Employer that aspires to support the mental wellbeing of all our staff.

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