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2016<br />
Still needed,<br />
Still here<br />
place. Each time I attend, I do not want to<br />
leave.” Feedback from a member of the<br />
creative therapy focus group.<br />
Refugee Council helps refugees to find<br />
a place of safety and begin to rebuild<br />
their lives. In 2016 the Refugee<br />
Council is still needed and with<br />
your support we are still here for some of<br />
Britain’s most vulnerable people.<br />
Every year thousands of children fleeing<br />
violence and war come to the UK alone. Some<br />
are trafficked into the UK to be forced into<br />
domestic servitude and sexual exploitation.<br />
After the horrors they have been through,<br />
we are here for children so that they can enjoy<br />
their childhood again.<br />
We help resettled refugees to find a place<br />
to live and help them settle in to their new<br />
lives. We make sure they have a GP, that<br />
children can go to school, and that everyone<br />
knows how to get around town.<br />
Images: Refugee Council<br />
Images: Refugee Council / Bill Knight<br />
“The Refugee Council advisor has been<br />
there like a friend, like a mother. If it<br />
wasn’t for her, I don’t know where I would<br />
be by now. I trust her more than anyone<br />
else.” Melody, trafficked to the UK<br />
Refugees often suffer flashbacks, night<br />
terrors and depression having witnessed the<br />
death of family members or suffered torture.<br />
Our specialist therapists are there every step<br />
of the way to help refugees around the UK<br />
on the road to recovery.<br />
“When I joined, I was so vulnerable and hurt<br />
deeply in my heart. I am now a changed<br />
person. The group is such an inspirational<br />
We help refugees find jobs, access training<br />
and education and find somewhere to live.<br />
We help refugee doctors and nurses<br />
retrain to use their skills in the NHS.<br />
We provide a warm meal, a shower and<br />
vital advice to refugees sleeping rough with<br />
nowhere else to turn.<br />
“Words are not enough for me to say<br />
“thank you”. You gave me my freedom<br />
back and made me know there is more<br />
to life.” Nadifa, who was age disputed<br />
as a child.<br />
A gift of £100 could cover the<br />
cost of hot showers, nutritious<br />
meals and warm blankets for<br />
destitute asylum seekers with<br />
nowhere else to turn.<br />
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