ASAP's Sponsored Walk 17th May 2010
Last Updated (Friday, 05 March 2010) Written by Stephen Bolt Friday, 26 February 2010
Every year, the London Legal Support Trust organises a 10 km sponsored walk to raise money for legal advice agencies across the capital. ASAP is taking part in the walk as always this year to raise money for some of the most vulerable people in the UK - destitute asylum seekers. Last year the £4,000 raised from the walk was used to fund our free Duty Scheme at the First-tier Tribunal (Asylum Support).
Help us to match this by sponsoring our 2010 team by clicking here. To join the ASAP team, please contact our office at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it or call 020 8686 1888.
Asylum Support Appeals Project
Written by ASAP
Protecting asylum seekers' legal rights to food and shelter
ASAP is a small national charity which aims to reduce destitution amongst asylum seekers by protecting their legal rights to food and shelter.
ASAP specialises in asylum support law - that is, the law relating to asylum seekers’ entitlement to housing and welfare support.
ASAP carries out three strands of work:
1) Provision of free legal representation and advice to the appellants appealing against UKBA’s decision to refuse or withdraw their support. Every year, we assist between 200 and 300 destitute asylum seekers at the First-Tier Tribunal (Asylum Support).
2) Second-tier asylum support advice and training to voluntary organisations and advice agencies who are working with asylum seekers. We support over 300 organisations a year this way.
3) Policy, lobbying and research work to improve asylum support / asylum support appeals systems and procedures.
ASAP is independent from the UK Border Agency (UKBA). All your queries are treated in confidence.
Unfortunately ASAP is unable to give advice to individual asylum seekers. Please also note that ASAP does not give immigration advice.
If you are an asylum seeker and need advice about your housing and benefits problems, you should go to your nearest advice agency and ask an adviser to call us on 0845 603 3884.
