RAMA - Colchester

We have been able to cover a hotel until Monday and his care was reinstated yesterday for the first time in a week. The money also enabled us to buy some fresh clothes and pay for food. Huge thanks to everyone who has donated. ❤️

🚨 URGENT APPEAL 🚨

We have been alerted to a deeply concerning situation involving a 54-year-old disabled asylum seeker who uses a wheelchair and requires care three times a day to meet his basic needs.

He was evicted from his asylum hotel and has now spent SIX NIGHTS outside, sleeping in his wheelchair. Yesterday, we advised him to attend the local hospital, where staff were extremely concerned about his condition. They have told us that he cannot continue surviving like this.

His legs are now severely swollen, he is developing pressure sores, and because he is destitute, he has not been eating properly. As a result, his medications are becoming ineffective.

Multiple referrals have been made to social services, but support has been refused. We have been told that as soon as he has accommodation again — even a hotel or emergency shelter — they can reinstate his carers. However, he has no recourse to public funds, and no local shelter is able to accommodate his needs.

We urgently need to get him into a hotel before the upcoming heatwave puts his health at even greater risk. This will give us the opportunity to continue pressing the Home Office for emergency accommodation and secure the support he desperately needs.

If you can help, please visit our local giving page via the link below and reference HOTEL when donating.

https://localgiving.org/charity/rama

Every hour matters.

We’d love to get hold of 3 or 4 guitars for new sessions for clients run by a trained classical musician who’s volunteering with us.

If you have one you could donate we’d be so grateful! 🙏🎸

🌱 Join Friends of the Stead! 🌱

A lovely community project promoting mental health and wellbeing through urban gardening, food growing, a men’s shed, and a repair café.

📅 Saturday 4th July
⏰ 2–4pm
📍 Greenstead Social Club – Lounge Area