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In July 2025, the Greater Manchester Migrant Destitution Fund, in partnership with Equal Education Chances, held a community consultation with families experiencing destitution because of their immigration status, to understand barriers to accessing statutory support. Key findings were: Barriers to accessing social services support include unawareness, fear, and gatekeeping People face barriers regularising status, including… Read More »“Who is going to hear you?”: Community consultation with families experiencing destitution
Last month, we came together with referral partners from across Greater Manchester to find connections, share learnings and build solidarity and power – as well as enjoy a delicious lunch provided by Growing Together Levenshulme cooks. In the morning, we heard from Maternity Action about their incredibly valuable service for pregnant women and new mothers with insecure… Read More »Our May partnership event: standing in solidarity against the White Paper and ‘island of strangers’ rhetoric
My visit to Equal Education Chances (EEC) was eye-opening. EEC engages, educates and empowers young people and individuals living with disabilities in both England and Nigeria. Because of their work with families experiencing precarious immigration status, they are also a valued MDF referral partner. Although the building was hard to find and they work in a small… Read More »RuthRose visits MDF partner Equal Education Chances
The Migrant Destitution Fund’s grants programme is currently paused for the summer, as unfortunately we do not currently have the funds to sustain our grants 12 months of the year. We are pausing over the summer to ensure that we have sufficient funding to see us through the autumn and winter. We are committed to… Read More »MDF paused for the summer
MDF’s beginnings Five years ago today, a ray of light emerged in dark times. The UK had been in the surreal new reality of Coronavirus lockdown for several weeks. For all the talk of ‘we’re in it together’, as we all know, the virus and impacts of lockdown had devastatingly unequal impacts on our society.… Read More »MDF turns 5 today!
At the end of March, RuthRose Asrat joined the MDF team as our new project worker. Rose will be strengthening our partner network by developing relationships with and between our referral partners. Most importantly, her role will help us embed lived experience in all strands of our work – from the operation of the fund… Read More »Welcoming RuthRose, our new MDF project worker!
We are hiring for a new post, Migrant Destitution Project Worker, to embed lived experience in our work, support the administration of the fund and our partnership work, and advance our strategic vision of building towards a society without destitution. If you have lived experience of immigration control (for example: seeking asylum; or being in… Read More »We are hiring!
We are currently recruiting volunteers to help with fundraising. If you are passionate about migrant justice, and have experience writing funding bids and/or fundraising on social media – we would love to hear from you! Contact us info@migrantdestitution.co.uk if you are interested. Please share widely!
Earlier this year, we ran a survey for MDF recipients. The results confirmed the crucial importance of our grants in meeting essential needs and supporting people’s wellbeing – offering a degree of dignity and choice, reflected in the contrasting responses to how destitution leaves people feeling, and the effect of being able to access MDF.… Read More »MDF survey results
We are delighted to have been able to reopen the fund on 1st October, restoring a crucial lifeline for those living in enforced destitution. So far, most of the applicants are people who were applying to the fund before we paused back in July – a difficult reminder of how much the fund will have been… Read More »MDF reopens for applications