Donate!

While UK-wide num­bers of asy­lum claims are down, the present aus­ter­ity drive is exac­er­bat­ing the plight of des­ti­tute asy­lum seek­ers in Leeds, with more and more ser­vices threat­ened with con­trac­tion or closure.

With­out dona­tions PAFRAS does not have the resources to meet increas­ing demand. All dona­tions go directly to our ser­vice users, whether that is in the form of a meal, food par­cel or toi­letry pack; a small hard­ship pay­ment or a bus ticket so that they can attend a meet­ing with their solic­i­tor or sub­mit new evi­dence in sup­port of their claim to the Home Office.

There are many ways in which you can donate. If you would like to make a dona­tion in per­son  you can do so by com­ing along to the drop-in dur­ing drop-in hours (10–12:30, Tues­days and Thurs­days), or to our office. For detail of our drop-in’s loca­tion, click here.

In-kind dona­tions of food, cloth­ing, etc.

We dis­trib­ute a huge amount of food in an aver­age year and food dona­tions are vitally impor­tant for our capac­ity to con­tinue to do so.

For rea­sons of food hygiene and because of our restricted capac­ity for stor­age of per­ish­able food stuffs there are some lim­its to what we can accept, but dona­tions of the fol­low­ing food­stuffs are always welcome:

• Tins: Toma­toes, pulses, beans baked beans, spaghetti, chick­pea, veg­eta­bles and fruit, fish and meat (except pork). Cus­tard, rice pud­ding etc. are also good.
• Dry food: Sugar, rice, pasta, cous­cous, pulses, cere­als, (these are split down into por­tions, so cater­ing size bags are use­ful), tea, small jars of instant cof­fee, cereals.
• Sweets: Dried fruit, nuts, bis­cuits, choco­late bars and cakes.
• We also need: Long-life milk, fruit juices, and dilut­ing juice/squash, cook­ing oil.

In addi­tion to food stuff our ser­vice users often need the following:

• Toi­letries such as soap, shower gel, sham­poo, deodor­ant, tooth paste and brushes, safety razors and san­i­tary tow­els. Things like babies’ nap­pies, tal­cum pow­der, baby wipes, etc. are also always helpful.
• Clothes, blan­kets and sleep­ing bags.

One-off money donations

If you would like to make a one-off dona­tion you can do so by post­ing a cheque to our office address or by mak­ing a debit/credit card pay­ment via the Char­i­ties Aid Foun­da­tion (CAF) a link to which can be found on the right had side of this page.

Stand­ing orders

Reg­u­lar income of any amount is vital so that we can plan our ser­vices and ensure that we can meet the needs of des­ti­tute asy­lum seek­ers. If you would like to set up a stand­ing order, please down­load a form.

Gift Aid

Use Gift Aid and you can make your dona­tion worth more! For every £1 you donate, we receive an extra 28 pence from the Inland Rev­enue. There is a Gift Aid form included with the Stand­ing Order Man­date (above).

All dona­tions will be used towards the pro­vi­sion of PAFRAS’s services.