Many of CRRC’s beneficiary families are struggling to buy school uniform for the new school year as they try to support family members in camps in Turkey, Lebanon and Jordan. Some are badly affected by the terrible explosion recently in Beirut: hearing that their loved ones have been injured, lost their jobs or even killed has caused great distress. Whilst direct aid to refugees abroad is beyond our scope, we would like to help by assisting with the costs of school uniform. If you are able to make a donation via Kindlink, this is what your gift could buy.
We rely entirely on the generosity of our supporters to continue the work that we do for refugees resettling here in Cambridge. As CRRC is run entirely by volunteers from their own homes we have no staff, office or administration costs. Your donation will go directly towards helping the refugee families themselves.
To boost your donation by 25%, please select the Gift Aid option for your donation. We can reclaim 25p on every pound you donate from the tax you have paid to add to your donation!
If you pay Income Tax at the higher or additional rate and want to receive the additional tax relief due to you, you must include all your Gift Aid donations on your Self-Assessment tax return or ask HM Revenue and Customs to adjust your tax code. Please notify us if you wish to cancel this declaration, change your name or home address, or if you no longer pay sufficient tax on your income and/or capital gains.
We operate on a request-only basis for our existing resettled families.
We are therefore asking everyone coming forward with kind offers of support to either hold on to their donations for the time being (as CRRC do not have storage) or consider giving them to Emmaus, a worthwhile charity that CRRC has a working relationship with to provide affordable household items to vulnerable people.