{"id":4694,"date":"2023-05-25T17:21:38","date_gmt":"2023-05-25T16:21:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/?page_id=4694"},"modified":"2023-05-26T16:36:08","modified_gmt":"2023-05-26T15:36:08","slug":"monthly-appeal-june-2023","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/june-2023\/monthly-appeal-june-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Monthly Appeal June 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Asylum Welcome<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>Tina Leonard<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Asylum Welcome\u2019s mission is simple: we aim to make Oxfordshire a safe, welcoming, and inclusive community for asylum seekers, refugees, and migrants.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4695\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4695\" style=\"width: 420px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/The-Asylum-Welcome-Staff-Team-with-the-orange-heart.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4695\" src=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/The-Asylum-Welcome-Staff-Team-with-the-orange-heart-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/The-Asylum-Welcome-Staff-Team-with-the-orange-heart-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/The-Asylum-Welcome-Staff-Team-with-the-orange-heart.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4695\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Asylum Welcome Staff, from their website<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As a local not-for-profit we address a critical gap in the support available for our vulnerable clients by providing a wraparound support service that is uniquely client-led. We advocate for, empower, and advise every individual so that our support is tailored to every client\u2019s varied, complex, and unique needs.<\/p>\n<p>Our work is growing in importance every day in this current climate of governmental hostility and the increasingly complex and opaque immigration legal system. In recent months alone we have welcomed more than six hundred new arrivals, and the number of people we are supporting annually has almost doubled to more than three thousand clients.<\/p>\n<p>The demand for our help shows no sign of slowing, but with few additional resources, no notice of new arrivals and little to no funding from local councils or the Home Office for this work, our ability to fully support those who need it, is constantly being challenged.<\/p>\n<p>At the core of our work is the belief that everyone deserves to live safely and freely, regardless of who they are or where they come from. We are working to make this happen by providing essential services to help our clients navigate the many difficulties they face, this includes legal advice; language assistance; employment and education assistance; accessing crucial mental and physical health services; combatting homelessness by helping to find suitable accommodation; and providing funds to ensure clients are well fed, have essential hygiene items, suitable clothes and access to activities, phones and bikes that all increase their quality of living.<\/p>\n<p>The asylum system may be broken, but that will not stop us from providing the essential care and support our clients need in these truly difficult times. Our goal continues to be building a community where asylum seekers, refugees, and vulnerable migrants feel safe and loved members of our compassionate community.<\/p>\n<p>We will continue to work towards a future where our clients can exercise their rights and have their cases fairly considered; where they can live freely and safely; access crucial services easily; share their talents and achieve their goals, and where ultimately, they can feel at home.<\/p>\n<div class='dropshadowboxes-container ' style='width:auto;'>\r\n                            <div class='dropshadowboxes-drop-shadow dropshadowboxes-rounded-corners dropshadowboxes-inside-and-outside-shadow dropshadowboxes-lifted-both dropshadowboxes-effect-default' style=' border: 1px solid #dddddd; height:; background-color:#f0f5f0;    '>\r\n                            <\/p>\n<p>If you share this sentiment and wish to help us to make Oxfordshire a safe space for everyone, please support us today and donate if you can.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">The Co-Operative\u00a0Bank<br \/>\nPO Box 250<br \/>\nSkelmersdale, Lancashire<br \/>\nWN8 6WT<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Account:<\/strong> Asylum Welcome<br \/>\n<strong>Sort Code:<\/strong> 08-92-50<br \/>\n<strong>Account number: <\/strong>65026773<\/p>\n<p><strong>Asylum Welcome donate website: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.asylum-welcome.org\/donate\/\"><strong>https:\/\/www.asylum-welcome.org\/donate\/<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\r\n                            <\/div>\r\n                        <\/div>\n<hr>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>This Month&#8217;s Forty-Three Newsletter Contents<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"lcp_catlist\" id=\"lcp_instance_0\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/june-2023\/\">June 2023<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/june-2023\/narrated-newsletter-june-2023\/\">Narrated Newsletter June 2023<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/june-2023\/the-challenge-of-poverty\/\">The Challenge of Poverty<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/june-2023\/artists-correspondents-and-photographers\/\">Artists, Correspondents, and Photographers<\/a><\/li><li class=\"current\">Monthly Appeal June 2023<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/june-2023\/the-christian-story\/\">The Christian Story<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/june-2023\/why-walk-when-you-can-dance\/\">\u201cWhy Walk When You Can Dance?\u201d<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/june-2023\/a-letter-from-banbury-and-chipping-norton-amnesty-group\/\">A Letter from Banbury and Chipping Norton Amnesty Group<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/june-2023\/oxford-quaker-answer\/\">Oxford Quaker &#038; Answer<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/june-2023\/happy-news\/\">Happy News<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/june-2023\/adwoa-burnley-yearly-meeting-epistle-2023\/\">Adwoa Burnley &#8211; Yearly Meeting Epistle 2023<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/june-2023\/the-courage-to-be-a-quaker\/\">The Courage to be a Quaker<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/june-2023\/from-quaker-faith-practice-26-50\/\">From Quaker Faith &#038; Practice 26.50<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/june-2023\/meetings-for-worship-june-2023\/\">Meetings for Worship June 2023<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n<hr>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"fasc-button fasc-size-medium fasc-type-glossy fasc-rounded-medium fasc-ico-before dashicons-arrow-up-alt fasc-style-bold\" style=\"background-color: #0315a3; color: #ffffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/june-2023\/\">Back to June 2023 Newsletter Main Page<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>Forty-Three<\/em> Newsletter \u2022 Number 530 \u2022 June 2023<br \/>\n<\/strong>Oxford Friends Meeting<br \/>\n43 St Giles, Oxford OX1 3LW<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"mailto:newsletter@oxfordquakers.org\">newsletter@oxfordquakers.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Copyright 2023, Oxford Quakers<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Asylum Welcome Tina Leonard Asylum Welcome\u2019s mission is simple: we aim to make Oxfordshire a safe, welcoming, and inclusive community for asylum seekers, refugees, and migrants. As a local not-for-profit we address a critical gap in the support available for our vulnerable clients by providing a wraparound support service that is uniquely client-led. We advocate &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/june-2023\/monthly-appeal-june-2023\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Monthly Appeal June 2023<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":50,"featured_media":0,"parent":4683,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33,23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4694","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","category-2023-06-june","category-charity-appeal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4694","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/50"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4694"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4694\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4748,"href":"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4694\/revisions\/4748"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4683"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4694"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4694"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4694"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}