positive action in housing-history working with communities, housing providers, voluntary...
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Positive Action in Housing-History
Working with communities, housing providers, voluntary organisations and others to enable everyone to have an equal chance to live in good quality, affordable and safe homes, free from discrimination and the fear of racial harassment and violence.
Scotland’s Changing Population
•Frontline Housing Advisory Service
•Lifeline Project
•New Migrants Action Project
•Money Skills Project
•Training
•Campaigning
•Food Bank – New!!
Asylum: International Statistics
Lifeline ProjectWhy?
• Thousands of asylum seekers continue to be forced into destitution in the UK.
• In 2004, we began to notice people coming in to our advice service who were refused “recourse to public funds” – they were absolutely destitute
• Forbidden to work• refused access to state support of any kind• Refused Housing or homeless accommodation or even an
emergency hostel• Asylum seekers are Subject to a notoriously inefficient asylum
system – more than 100,000 letters left unopened by the UKBA!• Discriminated against and stigmatised as scroungers
Lifeline ProjectWhat it does
• Offers temporary shelter in the homes of our volunteers or in hostels
• Runs an emergency hardship fund which gives out small crisis payments for food, essential travel and toiletries
• Provides practical advice and support, including arranging access to reputable lawyers, liaising with SRC over Section 4 applications
• Signposts destitute clients to other practical sources of support e.g. washing facilities, food banks, clothing, hygiene packs, sleeping bags
Lifeline ProjectChallenging Destitution
• In 2012, Positive Action in Housing provided emergency support to 313 destitute people. This is a 3.3% increase on the previous year.
• We assisted destitute asylum seekers from 44 countries (47 in 2011).
Lifeline ProjectChallenging Destitution
• We gave out emergency payments totaling £30,400 from the Hardship Fund to prevent people starving or becoming street homeless. (£29,100 in 2011).
• We provided 586 nights of free shelter through our volunteers and hostels, and assisted 24 clients.
Lifeline Project
Please donate JustGiving http://www.justgiving.com/paih/donate
PayPal https://www.paypal.com/uk/webapps/mpp/make-online-payments and send to [email protected].
Standing order. Just download, complete, sign and return the standing order form by post www.paih.org/archive/Standing%20order%20mandate.doc
Internet banking Positive Action in Housing Ltd Sort Code 82-20-00 Account 00447398
Cheque made payable to Positive Action in Housing Ltd and post to the address above.
SMS donations: Text PAIH11 £2/£5/£10/£25 to 70070. Your donation will then be taken from your phone bill.
