Thomas Yates

Race for Refugees

Fundraising for Refugee Action
£1,020
raised of £500 target
Event: Race for Refugees 2024, from 1 September 2024 to 30 September 2024
Race for Refugees 2024
Campaign by Refugee Action (RCN 283660)
Everyone deserves safety. Join us and take action for asylum seekers and refugees. Choose your challenge and run, walk, cycle or swim in the Race for Refugees.

Story

Everyone deserves safety. But for far too many refugees, safety is the last thing they find when they arrive in the UK.

Can you imagine being forced from your home because you are no longer safe there, and making the dangerous journey to Britain? You might be hoping to be reunited with family, or excited to build a new life for yourself somewhere where you already speak the language. After everything you've survived, you deserve support, kindness and respect.

But instead you are threatened with deportation. Or you are left facing years of waiting to hear back about your asylum claim, banned from working, and living in squalid accommodation and poverty.

Refugees deserve better than this. And that's why I'm raising money for Refugee Action. They have been standing up for refugees since 1981, delivering services for refugees, and campaigning for their rights.

In September I'll be running 35km each week, the width of the English Channel, in solidarity with those having to make this treacherous journey: a total of 140km and an average of just under 5km per day.

The reason I've chosen this distance is due to the negative framing around refugees who have taken the desperate and life threatening decision to try to cross the English Channel. Amidst all the hostility that they are receiving at the moment, I want to raise money and awareness to afford them the humanity and dignity that they deserve.

Please sponsor me if you can, and help support refugees across the UK. Thank you!

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About the campaign

Everyone deserves safety. Join us and take action for asylum seekers and refugees. Choose your challenge and run, walk, cycle or swim in the Race for Refugees.

About the charity

Refugee Action

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RCN 283660
Refugee Action provides direct support to people seeking safety in the UK, as well as campaigning for their rights. Our vision is that refugees and people seeking asylum will be welcome in the UK. They will get justice, live free of poverty and be able to successfully rebuild their lives.

Donation summary

Total raised
£1,020.00
+ £245.00 Gift Aid
Online donations
£1,020.00
Offline donations
£0.00

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