Give to someone in need
Acts 435 is about giving to people directly, to help them bridge the gap when they are facing a financial crisis.
Can you help a specific person in need?
Read stories of the applicants below and give as you feel able. Any amount will make a big difference to someone who is struggling.
You can instead make a general donation and the Acts 435 team will allocate it to the most urgent requests.
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- Clothes (5)
- Food and Heating (14)
- Ill Health (15)
- Unemployment (9)
- Children (13)
- Fresh Start (28)
- Housing (13)
- Struggling with Bills/Debt (22)
- White Goods and Furniture (51)
- People with Disability (6)
- Refugees / Asylum Seekers (21)
- Technology (3)
- Domestic Abuse (17)
- Warmer Homes (8)
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A, who has been given a flat in a supported housing complex after seven months of being on the waiting list, is very fragile and vulnerable, and has never lived alone. The flat is unfurnished and she is struggling to find a carpet that she can afford for her bedroom. Until the carpet is supplied and fitted, she cannot move in as it would be unpractical and unsafe. A is desperate to move in, finally have some independence and the appropriate support she needs. Help towards this would be appreciated.
Still £50 left to donate
Total needed £150J is sitting his GCSE exams this year. His mum is very proud of how hard he works, despite his attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). J is a polite and kind young man, but he struggles to get the grades he wants without access to the internet. Mum, who has other children, budgets well, but doesn't have any spare income after her bills are paid. She isn't able to work because of her children's additional needs, but she does volunteer in her community when she can. Mum hopes to give J the best chance for his future with this computer.
Still £155 left to donate
Total needed £175This man is currently street homeless while seeking immigration advice to sort his immigration status. He is sleeping in a friend's abandoned car and so needs warm clothes and money to top-up his phone and to travel to legal and medical appointments. This man has struggled with alcoholism but, for the past eighteen months, has been sober and engaging regularly with professionals supporting him on this journey.
Still £75 left to donate
Total needed £100BM is a mother of three children, aged ten, seven and six years old, from Iraq. She is an asylum seeker who is living in a hotel with her husband and family. They had to flee from Iraq because she had conflict with her husband's family. They are in a desperate situation and sometimes do not have enough money to buy food and clothes for the children, who are always unhappy. Please can you help them? Thank you.
Still £200 left to donate
Total needed £200L and her son were recently moved into temporary accommodation with no white goods. Extra expenses for her son's care have made it impossible to buy the essentials they need. Mum would value your help to buy a freezer so that she can decrease her cooking expenses by batch cooking.