The Hope Destitution Fund (formerly known as the Asylum-Seekers' Destitution Fund) assists destitute asylum-seekers and some others barred from "recourse to public funds" in and around Birmingham. Over the past seven years the Fund has raised and distributed more than £600,000.

The project works with

  • ASIRT (Asylum Support and Immigration Resource Team),
  • Birmingham Law Centre,
  • the Children's Society,
  • the British Red Cross (West Midlands),
  • Lifeline Options
  • the Refugee Council,
  • the Refugee and Migrant Centreof the Black Country, and
  • Restore (Birmingham Churches Supporting Asylum Seekers and Refugees).

Requests for assistance from the Fund must be made via one of the above organisations.

Donate to the Fund here

Hope Destitution Fund Criteria for Grant-Making