Dignity for all Greater Manchester Residents
I pledge to do everything in my power to END DESTITUTION, so that everyone in our communities in Greater Manchester can live with dignity, no matter where they come from.
Organisations
Greater Manchester Migrant Destitution Fund - William Wheeler
Boaz Trust - Ros Holland
Caring and Sharing Rochdale - Nicky Iginla
Stand & Be Counted Theatre - John Tomlinson
Greater Manchester Immigration Aid Unit - Neil Frackelton
Support and Action for Women's Network - Norah Kiyika
Growing Together Levenshulme - Rashidah Owoseni
The Eagles Wing, Bury - Sue Arnall
Equal Education Chances - Mary Olanrewaju
Women Asylum Seekers Together - Beth Smith
Greater Together Manchester - Molly Foggoa
George House Trust - Jeff Ukiri
Europia - Iryna Oliynyk
Booth Centre - Alix Moreleigh
Caritas Salford - Annabeth Taylor
Manchester Homelessness Partnership - Val Bayliss-Brideaux
Caritas Shrewsbury - Lucy Davies
Manchester Community Central - Mike Wild
Resolve Poverty - Graham Whitham
Break the Mute Limited - Gloria Ikhine-Odiase
Villa5 Lens & Legacy CIC - Anthony Owaeghianye
Right to Remain - These Walls Must Fall
Refugee Action - Tim Naor Hilton
Steered to Serve - Omolabake Ibadin
Moss Side and Hulme Training & Community Enterprise - Irfan
Individuals
Jez Green
Firaol Binagde
Khalid Amin
Barbara Redmond
Liz McIlroy
Afzal Khan MP
Millie Brown
Lillian Shaw
Steve Roman
Annabeth Taylor
Alice Delemare
Robbie Cowbury
Mona Moussa
Gabriel Cowbury
Jez Green
Anushka Swannell
Andrew Wastling
I am signing the pledge because...
"To continue to help people, no matter where you come."
Nicky Iginia
"At WAST we have seen an increased number of women being made destitute. We believe that destitution should not be used as a weapon of immigration control and that everyone has the right to live comfortably with dignity."
Beth Smith
"Destitution in the UK is not an accident. It is not bad luck. It is the result of deliberate policies, like No Recourse to Public Funds, the ban on the right to work, and barriers to basic support,that leave people without food, shelter, or safety. As members of These Walls Must Fall, many of us have been directly impacted by destitution. We know what it means to choose between food and transport. We know the fear of not having secure housing. We know how these policies make people more vulnerable, to exploitation, to poor mental health, to unsafe conditions, and to silence. Destitution is not just poverty. It is a tool that makes people easier to control. It isolates us. It weakens our ability to speak out. That is why we are signing this petition. We are signing because we refuse to accept a system that makes people suffer in order to survive. We are signing because ending destitution is not charity, it is a human right. Every person deserves dignity, safety, shelter, and the means to live."
These Walls Must Fall
"Destitution brings with it terrible hardship to people. It dehumanises and degrades, and it must not be allowed to continue."
Rashidah Owoseni
"The people deserve better."
Lillian Shaw
"I want to join to help end destitution, poverty and deprivation."
Omolabake Ibadin
"I want to live in a city where we don’t walk on by if someone is in distress, no matter where they come from or how they ended up here."
Robbie Cowbury
"This campaign aligns closely with GMIAU's organisational values."
Neil Frackelton
"Eagles wing members are helped by your destitution fund,when they have nowhere else to turn for real support thank you."
Sue Arnall
"I have been there and i still work with people facing it. I have lived experience and I know the impact - it lives with you and that stays for life."
Norah Kiyika
"It's oppression."
Mary Olanrewaju
"Everyone is entitled to live safely and with sufficient resources."
Liz McIlroy
"I believe in justice."
Steve Roman
"Everyone deserves to live in dignity and be free from poverty, no matter their immigration status."
Alice Delemare
"No one deserves to be destitute simply because of where they were born."
Mona Moussa
"No one in Greater Manchester should be forced into destitution. As an organisation, we recognise our responsibility to promote dignity, inclusion and equal access to opportunity for all, regardless of background or immigration status."
Irfan
"I am a human being."
Anthony Owaeghianye
"Nobody should be made to be destitute and everyone deserves basic human rights and dignity."
Gabriel Cowbury
"It is the right thing to do. We are all migrants to this country going back to Roman times and before."
Andrew Wastling
"I want my children to grow up in a world where everyone can live in freedom and dignity - a world where it's not considered normal for some people to be denied access to their most basic rights just because of where they, or their parents, come from."
William Wheeler