There will be campaigns both inside and outside parliament in the coming months and LOSRAS
has already launched the fortsorning 'orange Hearts Event..
Despite lockdown. core work has continued. including some members, events:
October: a suc¢esslul Zoom AGM wlth vldoo mes8¥os Ilom refug•88: the award wlnnlng
anlmatlon of Elton John's Ro¢k¢t Man by Majld Adln and Hassan Akkad's powerlul mes
from the Whlto Cllffs of Dover
December: Zoom mootjng on tho Lmt tho Ban Campaign wlth pernonal to•tlmonhs ol a•ylum
8eek•rs banned from workln&
Mar¢h.. Change Makers Weblnar organl•ed and run by a gioup of Insn% young fefugoes who
talked about tholr achle¥omonts and thelr vlslon, attractlng an audlence of well ovof 100.
May: from May onwards Indlvldual members havo eonglstently made our feellngs known about
the antre1u£8a Blll to our MP and to Govemment - thanklom but Important WO...
June: our annual R•fvgee Wo•k precln¢t leafletlng wa• a great succe. generatlnz Int•rMt
and now m•mb•rn
August: toxethef wlth th• L•wos Football Club. momber*ld• campaign to oVuate Afghan
women athlet
Local support work
Work with refugee families in the Lewes District has been affected but not prevented by the
pandemic. and now more to face support including ESOL sessions and tutoring for children
and young people has resumed. We have helped new refugees settle in, and have received
fantastic donations from Lewes residents along the way. Volunteers continue to come forward to
help us meet the needs of families during the perityj of settling in.
In August, over two days, families vislted Lewes castle for a day of education and fun a¢tivities.
Our thanks to staff at the castle for going the extra mile to make this such a success. A local
refugee has also been volunteering at the castle.
We are rfrlaunchlng, post-lockdown, the Foreign National Wisitors Scheme at Lewes Prlson with
the addition of an exciting innovative partnership with Sussex Migration Law Clinic who will Ifrom
later this academi¢ year) provide much needed advice on some asK*cts of immigration and
Immigration detention law to some of our Clients. We have developed good cooperative wothing
relationships with both the equalities man4er and the Chaplaincy and have a new team of
committed volunteer visitors.
Extra government money as a result of Covid has enabled us to carry out a new project this year.
LOSRAS has been working through the winter months with a range of local organisations
supwrting low-income families to distribute funds and vouchers for children's clothing and
school uniform - always a huge expense for families. The Lewes Winter Warmer project has been
m&e possible through Lewes 3VA (voluntary sector umbrella group) worlfing with LOSRAS and, in
all. we distributed £28.000. These furKls benefitted some of the families we work with, and large
numbers of other Iow-income families and homeless people locally. It has also consolidated our
relationship with other local groups w01ng on social justice and poverty issues and we 8re
grateful to all those organisations who ensured the money was Snt where it was needed most.
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GRANTS 2021 2020
Hummingbird 500 800
Brighton Housing Trust 500 800
Bail for Immigration Detainees - 500
Gatwick Detainees Welfare Group 500 500
Freedom from Torture - 500
Enthum House 500 -
Migrant English Project 500 800
Brighton Voices in Exile 500 1,000
Asylum Support Appeals Project 500 500
Consonant - 500
K4k 500 1,000
Refugee Action - 500
Refugee Council - 500
MSF - 500
Doctors of the World - 500
Care for Calais - 500
UNHCR - 500
Forum for International Women - 500
RebuildRCK - 500
Beirut - 500
Soul Soup - 250
MARDi - 100
£4,000 £11,750
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