West London Welcome Holding Fundraising Online Auction
Charity supports refugees and asylum seekers
West London Welcome provides assistance in the boroughs of Hammersmith and Fulham, Kensington and Chelsea, Ealing, and Hounslow
November 4, 2024
West London Welcome, a local charity that supports refugees, asylum seekers and migrants has launched its first ever fundraising online auction.
A wide range of unique items on offer to bid for including a trip to the set of Apple TV’s Silo by local resident Harriet Walter - who is also a Patron of the charity. You can also try to get a personalised recording from Juliet Stevenson, backstage passes to a recording of the Graham Norton show and two weeks in Provence in September.
The charity also welcomes cash donations.
West London Welcome has been supporting asylum seekers housed in 'contingency accommodation' hotels in West London since the summer of 2020. It provides food, clothes advice, access to legal aid, GP and school registrations and other support.
It is currently giving aid to 300 people and has had 1,300 visits from asylum seekers in West London to its free clothing shop in the last 4 months. It also runs a foodbank at its day centre in Hammersmith every Thursday where it distributes toiletries and clothing as well as food.
The charity aims to work together with local people to provide a safe, positive experience of community to reduce isolation, build inclusion and confidence, and challenge injustice.
It welcome refugees, people seeking asylum, and migrants looking for support and companionship, who live in the boroughs of Hammersmith and Fulham, Kensington and Chelsea, Ealing, and Hounslow.
At the centre it supports people with a wide range of immigration statuses and highly challenging individual circumstances.
Almost all its members have trauma from their past experiences, experience profound financial hardship, and live in poverty or destitution. Many of its members do not have the right to work in the UK, given that they are seeking asylum and have not yet received decisions on their applications.
Click here to see the items you can bid for in the online auction.
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