# POSITIVE ACTION FOR REFUGEES AND ASYLUM SEEKERS

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1120950
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Company number:** [05751987](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/05751987)
- **Registered:** Sept. 21, 2007
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&amp;p_p_lifecycle=0&amp;p_p_state=maximized&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1120950


## Contact

- **Address:** PAFRAS, Unit 24, Unity Business Centre, 26 Roundhay Road, LEEDS
- **Postcode:** LS7 1AB
- **Phone:** 0113 262 2163
- **Email:** info@pafras.org.uk
- **Website:** www.pafras.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** 1) THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AMONGST THOSE SEEKING ASYLUM OR WHO ARE REFUGEES, AND THEIR DEPENDANTS LIVING (TEMPORARILY OR PERMANENTLY) IN LEEDS AND THE SURROUNDING AREA.2) TO PROMOTE, PRESERVE AND PROTECT THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH OF THOSE SEEKING ASYLUM AND THOSE WHO ARE REFUGEES AND THEIR DEPENDANTS.3) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING  OF THOSE SEEKING ASYLUM AND THOSE WHO ARE REFUGEES AND THEIR DEPENDANTS IN NEED THEREOF SO AS TO ADVANCE THEM IN LIFE AND ASSIST THEM TO ADAPT WITHIN A NEW COMMUNITY.4) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN GENERAL ABOUT THE ISSUES RELATING TO REFUGEES AND THOSE SEEKING ASYLUM.5) THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF THOSE PERSONS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES.

**Activities:** Positive Action for Refugees and Asylum Seekers (PAFRAS) works with asylum seekers and refugees in Leeds and the surrounding areas providing support, food and essential items




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
- **What:** Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Amateur Sport, Economic/community Development/employment
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin, Other Defined Groups



## Geography

- **Area of benefit:** LEEDS AND THE SURROUNDING AREA.
- Leeds City





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| **Ella Keevash** | Chair | June 10, 2019 |
| Fatima Sanneh |  | Jan. 18, 2024 |
| Jonathan Nevill |  | Sept. 18, 2025 |
| Joudi Altaleb |  | Sept. 22, 2021 |
| Katherine Russell |  | June 10, 2019 |
| Michael Ward |  | Sept. 15, 2020 |
| Tanya Roberts |  | June 5, 2025 |




