Jess Thompson

Sponsor me to run the Marathon & support the Migrateful Solidarity Fund

Fundraising for Migrateful
£5,410
raised of £5,000 target
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Event: Paris Marathon 2022, on 3 April 2022
Migratefuls solidarity fund offers weekly grants to our chefs who are asylum seekers without the right to work or recourse to public funds, enabling them to pay for some of their basic needs such as transport and food.

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I am running the Paris Marathon on the 3rd April 2022. 

Migrateful, a charity I founded in 2017, helps migrants, refugees and asylum seekers on their journey to employment and independence by supporting them to lead cookery classes with the public. 

Many of the Migrateful chefs are unable to legally work whilst waiting to get their immigration status from the Home Office, nor are they entitled to receive benefits, leaving them in a very difficult financial position, unable to provide for themselves. 

So I am running the Paris marathon to fundraise for Migrateful’s solidarity fund. This fund offers our asylum seeker chefs a weekly grant which will pay for some of their basic needs such as transport and food.

If you can spare a quid or two to sponsor me to run 42km and help keep our chefs out of destitution, that would be fantastic.

Thank you 😀

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About the campaign

Migratefuls solidarity fund offers weekly grants to our chefs who are asylum seekers without the right to work or recourse to public funds, enabling them to pay for some of their basic needs such as transport and food.

About the charity

Migrateful

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Migrateful supports asylum seekers, refugees and vulnerable migrants on their journey to employment and independence, and promotes integration. We do this by offering cookery classes where migrant chefs share their native cuisine, culture and stories.

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+ £841.00 Gift Aid
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£5,409.99
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£0.00

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