ASSIST Sheffield 🧡
@ASSISTSheffield
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We are an organisation of local individuals who offer assistance and support to people who have been refused asylum in the UK living in and around Sheffield.
Sheffield
Joined May 2011
We're recruiting for new volunteers! 📣 .Your skills and experience can make a huge difference in the lives of people seeking asylum. Join us in challenging destitution and hostile immigration policies. Apply here 👇 #Volunteering #SheffieldVolunteering
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As hostility towards people seeking sanctuary escalates, marked by far-right attacks like in Epping, one individual's words stand out ."I hope you can be a voice for fairness and show the world that every refugee has a story." .👉🏽 Please read and share:
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Man housed at hotel targeted in protests writes letter urging people not to resort to harmful stereotypes
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RT @4refugeewomen: 🚨🗣️ 52 influential women unite to urge the Government: do not abandon asylum-seeking survivors. Violence does not stop….
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Exclusive: Letter warns of ‘two-tier’ system if asylum seekers are excluded from promise to halve violence against women and girls
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Thanks to your donations, we raised £18,931 during #SmallCharityWeek, matched by @makenoise 🎉.Funds go to people seeking asylum facing destitution in Sheffield. While we didn’t quite reach our target, thanks for supporting us!🧡.#ASSISTSheffield #SheffieldSolidarity @BigGive
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RT @BigGive: Together, we raised £1.8m for 189 small charities across the UK in our first-ever #SmallCharityWeek campaign! 💛. Huge thanks t….
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RT @SYMAAG: ⭐SYMAAG Annual General Meeting⭐ . 🏢Central United Reformed Church Sheffield S1 2JB .📅Tuesday 1st July .🕖7-8.30pm . Guest Sp….
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We're halfway through @SmallCharity_Wk with only 3 days left!🧡.We've raised £7,680 for people seeking asylum, but we still need your help to reach our £20,000 target! All donations though the link below will be DOUBLED by Big Give!👇🏽.
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It’s here! @SmallCharity_Wk is live – and for 1 week only, your donation is DOUBLED. Same contribution. Double the impact. ✌🏽.Help us reach our £10,000 target = matched to £20,000 🎯 .#Donate via the @BigGive platform👇🏽 .#SmallCharityWeek
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1 week until @SmallCharity_Wk 📣.“ASSIST provided me with a weekly allowance and a bus pass; without that, I would not have been able to continue my studies." - ASSIST Client.During 23-30 June, your donations are DOUBLED!.Donate via @BigGive platform👇🏽.
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RT @AsylumMatters: This #RefugeeWeek, #OurSuperpower is solidarity. Our amazing communities are filled with incredible people with a huge….
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Join the @RefugeeWeek Thunderclap! 🧡.This #RefugeeWeek, #OurSuperpower is witnessing the hope and resilience of our clients—people seeking sanctuary who inspire us every day. We’re proud to stand in solidarity alongside thousands of voices✊🏽.#SimpleActs #CommunityAsASuperpower
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Looking to support people seeking asylum in Sheffield? Meet us at the @VolunteerSheff Volunteering Fair. 📍The Circle, 33 Rockingham Lane.🗓Wed 18 June, 10am–2pm.Chat with us about #volunteering - casework, events & much more. Stand in solidarity & make a difference!🧡@vasnews.
The next @VolunteerSheff Volunteering Fair will be on Wednesday 18th June from 10am - 2pm at The Circle, 33 Rockingham Lane, Sheffield, S1 4FW. It is a great chance to chat to 20 orgs about their volunteer opportunities. The venue is fully accessible and everyone is welcome!
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Less than one week to go!.@RefugeeWeek 2025 starts on 16 June with the theme #CommunityasaSuperpower🦸🏾.Join us alongside this global movement, take part in #SimpleActs, attend/hold exciting events, and stand in solidarity with people seeking sanctuary. 🧡 #RefugeeWeek #Moomin80
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📢TOMORROW: Say NO to Hostile Immigration Plans.@SYMAAG and @syrlj are bringing the community together to resist the government’s latest attacks on migrants and refugees. 📍@SheffCityofSanc.Everyone is welcome to stand in solidarity! 🧡.#IslandofSolidarity #RefugeesWelcome.
Always an Island of Solidarity never an Island of Strangers. Join us on Tuesday 10th June in Sheffield. Let's get organised to defend each other against state racism. #RefugeesWelcome
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Your support will fund essential welfare payments for food, healthcare, vital services, and bus passes. Matched donations = double the impact.£10 = £20, £50 = £100.⏳One week only.💬Questions about monthly giving? Get in touch.📢 Please share!.@SmallCharity_Wk @NCVO #BigGive.
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We’re launching our most ambitious fundraiser to date! #SmallCharityWeek 23–30 June.Your donation to ASSIST, via @BigGive, will be DOUBLED. Helping us raise £10,000, matched to £20,000, to support people seeking asylum. Donate here (opens 23 June, 12pm)👇🏽.
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We are not — and never will be — an “island of strangers.” We are interconnected communities of care, solidarity and courage. 🧡. These latest proposals, and the dehumanising language used, is not reality. People seeking sanctuary and migrants enrich our society for the better!.
A Statement from Siân Summers-Rees, Chief Officer of City of Sanctuary UK
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RT @CityofSanctuary: A Statement from Siân Summers-Rees, Chief Officer of City of Sanctuary UK
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