Make a donation

Help support our vital work this year and beyond

We need to raise over £90,000 a year to support our work, so any amount you can give, large or small,  is hugely valued. Your gift will go directly towards our core services, including emergency funding for destitute asylum seekers.

You can donate in lots of different ways – by attending one of our paid-for events, sponsoring a friend for a fund-raising activity, or simply by making a donation. Please visit our page, ‘How to make a donation’ here for more information.

If you would like your donation to support the Mark Courtice Educational Fund to help people seeking sanctuary build new lives and fulfil their potential, please use the payment reference ‘Mark Courtice Fund’.

Fundraising

If you would like to hold an event to raise funds for SWVG, or would like to nominate SWVG as your chosen charity for a sponsored event you are taking part in, or you just have some fundraising ideas you would like to discuss, please get in contact with us at fundraising@swvg-refugees.org.uk

Your donations keep SWVG doing life changing work in the community. Most of this is done by volunteers, giving their time and talents to keep our costs as low as possible. We:

  • enrich the lives of asylum seekers during the difficult period of waiting to hear if they will be allowed to stay in the UK, adjusting to life here with little money and no right to work
  • campaign and raise awareness of the issues affecting people seeking sanctuary in the UK
  • provide practical support, financial assistance and accommodation for those on the brink of crisis; teach English; and befriend.

Read the stories of some of those we’ve  helped.

SWVG works directly with people who need help, with over 50 trained volunteers offering one-to-one befriending and support to local asylum seekers and refugees, and helping them learn English.

Please take a moment to donate to us today and help change a life.