The SDCAS Crowdfund campaign - Help Save Local Charity Southwark Day Centre for Asylum Seekers!: Update: Any donations will have double the impact from Fri 3rd - Sun 5th October.

[IlonaM]

The SDCAS Crowdfund campaign is now live:

Help Save Southwark Day Centre for Asylum Seekers!

"I’m proud to be an advice volunteer at Southwark Day Centre for Asylum Seekers (SDCAS), a community that welcomes and supports refugees, migrants, and asylum seekers in Southwark.

Right now, we’re facing the toughest moment in our nearly 30-year history. Unless we raise funds this September, we may not be able to keep offering the hot meals, English classes, advice, and safe community space that so many people rely on.

That’s why I’m asking you to support our emergency Crowdfunder:
👉https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/save-sdcas 

Even a small donation, or sharing this with your friends and family, will make a huge difference in helping us to reach our £70,000 goal and keep SDCAS open.

This place means so much to me, and to everyone who walks through our doors 💛.Thank you for your support in spreading the word. 

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Be sure to tag us @SouthwarkAsylum on Facebook and @sdcascommunity on Instagram

We really value your support, £70K is an ambitious goal but we know our dedicated supporters can get us over the line! Our sincere thanks in advance from all of us at SDCAS.

Best wishes
Judith Arkwright"

 

Edited 3 hours ago by IlonaM
Update

[tedfudge]

No donation from me , my hard earned tax money pays enough for them to stay in hotels and get 3 hot meals a day plus free mobile phones when there are people with children who are struggling to feed them even 1 meal a day..

[EDmummy101]

Such a great organisation. I feel anyone with anti immigration views is not welcome in East Dulwich or in London.  

[Penguin68]

You don't welcome them, you think they shouldn't be welcomed, but evidence suggests that some will welcome them. 

[tedfudge]

I welcome immigration some of my best friends are from africa but not illegal immigration,  

[Angelina]

57 minutes ago, EDmummy101 said:

Such a great organisation. I feel anyone with anti immigration views is not welcome in East Dulwich or in London.  

Just - WOW - are you serious?

Equally, how about "anyone who disagrees with my definition of tolerance is not welcome in the community"?

Edited September 11 by Angelina

[just_browsing]

Seeking asylum is legal.

Equating asylum seekers with 'illegal' immigrants is one of the most effective and long-lasting tricks of those diverting blame for the state of the country.

Sadly many have just followed that diversion, be it out of ignorance, laziness, or convenient alignment with other views they may hold. 

[alice]

Where are people expected to get their information from about ‘illegal’  immigrants?  The government? newspapers? 

[DGM-1986]

1 hour ago, EDmummy101 said:

Such a great organisation. I feel anyone with anti immigration views is not welcome in East Dulwich or in London.  

Wow…. How do you feel you have the right to say who should or should not be welcome in dulwich for having different views than yourself.

i have lived in dulwich my whole life and seen so much change but this self righteous view is what dulwich is becoming and it’s sad.

[Angelina]

It may be unpalatable, but not all asylum seekers are genuine and a number have their claims rejected. There are issues with the accommodation of those seeking to have their rejected status appealed. I doubt that news is not known.

Picking and choosing facts to suit your own beliefs is in itself dangerous.

[alice]

The idea of having 100s of healthy working age people not allowed to work is absolutely ridiculous. It’s a set up for failure and division The Tory government organised that labour is carrying on with it.  

[Angelina]

The processing of claims and appeals is being changed - it takes too long, which isn't good for anyone. 

[march46]

SDCAS is doing important work and needs our help - please consider supporting them at this difficult time. 

[Dulwichgirl82]

Such important work and shows the true spirit of the community. Have donated. 

[march46]

I see they’ve got a fundraising concert this Saturday evening at the Copleston Centre - tickets available on the door £10.

Re-posting their crowdfunder link - https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/save-sdcas

[Dulwich dweller]

On 11/09/2025 at 08:49, EDmummy101 said:

Such a great organisation. I feel anyone with anti immigration views is not welcome in East Dulwich or in London.  

A Liberal has spoken. 

[IlonaM]

Update on crowdfunding campaign: Any donations will have double the impact from Fri 3rd  - Sun 5th October. Any donations made to the crowdfunder in this time will be matched up to £10,000. 

'With one week to go of the SDCAS crowdfund campaign we are close to £50,000, once gift aid is claimed on eligible donations. 

 

A generous offer from an individual donor to match donations over the final weekend means we are tantilisingly close to our goal of £70,000!

 

If you have networks you are yet to share the crowdfunder with, now is the time as any donations will have double the impact from Fri 3^rd  - Sun 5^th October. Any donations made to the crowdfunder in this time will be matched up to £10,000. 

 

Thanks for helping get us this far, and in advance for any help you can give us in this final week.  

 

With best wishes and solidarity, all of us at SDCAS.'

 

Edited 3 hours ago by IlonaM