Blog: Destitution
Blog articles from JRS UK
Over 300 pre-paid cards delivered to refugees in need
25 June 2020
Jess shares more on JRS UK's pre-paid MasterCard scheme which allows refugees to buy fresh food
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Volunteers’ Week 2020: “Offering what I have to serve others”
04 June 2020
Debbie describes stepping across a new boundary in her life as a JRS Volunteer delivery driver
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Volunteers’ Week 2020: JRS Reflection Day
02 June 2020
Rose Mary reflects on the importance and power of volunteering as a team
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‘A safe place for everyone or a society that self-destructively marginalises the vulnerable?’
19 May 2020
Barring access to public funds & NRPF conditions are cruel policies that perpetuate destitution
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“Grateful, but in great need”
30 April 2020
Fundraising officer Jess shares how the smallest donations go a long way
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Displaced and Disappointed: challenges faced by asylum seekers in the UK
09 April 2020
'Refugees Call for Change' write their first blog on life as an asylum seeker in the UK
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Legal Blog: What happens when you claim asylum?
13 February 2020
Michael looks at the steps those seeking asylum in the UK must follow & the barriers they face.
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Another year waiting…
29 November 2019
Sarah Teather shares the difference your donations make to the lives of our refugee friends.
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Volunteer Reflection Day: ‘A heart-warming encounter’
19 November 2019
Beatrice, our detention outreach manager & Sr Linda reflect on JRS's first Volunteer Day
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“We owe it to those silenced to use our voice well”
13 November 2019
By voting, we have a duty to consider those refused asylum, writes Sophie our Policy Officer.
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