1/ In a difficult week for asylum seekers in the UK we want to counter some of the grimness with comments made today at our first zoom volunteer Coffee & Up. This group has been delivering assistance to asylum seekers in Huddersfield since the beginning of lockdown.
2/ They’ve responded to all practice changes with grace, openness and humour. They’re delivering incredible service & ask nothing in return. Here’s what they said...
3/ ‘I’ve appreciated the opportunity to be an ear.’
‘Our friendship has developed, their baby is due, I’m like an aunty!’
‘I gain from their company. My husband’s shielding, we don’t see anyone’
‘It’s become a friendship.’
4/ Some volunteers are also clients. Despite the challenges they face they continue to provide help to others. It’s soul destroying, therefore, to hear of clients experiencing racism in Huddersfield. Final word to one of our excellent client volunteers from Iraq...
5/ ‘I’m so glad to be a volunteer working with this beautiful community. We are all human. We are making together a beautiful life and hate crime will never make me give up.’
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