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BLC’s 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 six years the Fund has raised and distributed more than half a million pounds. 

The project is managed by Birmingham Law Centre, working with

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

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

    See also Hope Housing .

    • Donate online to the Hope Destitution Fund

    Standing-order form
    to donate to the Hope Destitution Fund

    List of Hope Destitution Fund referring agencies

    Hope Destitution Fund grant-making criteria, March 2010

    Hope Projects report for 2009/10

    Listen to Hope Projects lunch podcast
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