Donate and Support

We welcome and appreciate one-off or regular donations. A regular donation will ensure that we can continue to run our drop-in centre, classes and activities and offer food and refreshments. This will allow us to continue to support our visitors in becoming independent and active members of the community.

If you would like to make a donation to the Notre Dame Refugee Centre please click the link below.

LOCAL GIVING
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£10

Provides hot meal and refreshments

£25

Funds a one-to-one advice session

£50

Provides one advice line per week

£75

Supports an appeal for a refugee

Other Donations

  • Clothing donation

    Clothing

    We operate a free clothing bank for our clients, which is stocked entirely by donations. If you have clean, good-quality clothes, that you would like to donate please contact us via email to arrange a convenient time to drop-off.

    At this time, we are most in need of shoes, children’s and men’s clothes.

  • Toiletries donation

    Toiletries

    In addition to clothing, we also offer our visitors free toiletries and sanitary products. If you can donate new, unopened toiletries (e.g. shampoo, conditioner, shower gel, deodorant, disposable razors, shaving cream) or sanitary products, please get in touch with us to arrange a drop-off.

  • Food donation

    Food

    During our drop-in sessions, we provide visitors with snacks, sandwiches, and hot meals (when a cook is available). If you are a restaurant, food store, or catering company with surplus food to share, please reach out to explore how we might be able to work together.

  • Gifts in wills donation

    Gifts in wills

    If you would like to leave a legacy gift in your will, this can make a lasting difference to vulnerable people in need. Your solicitor will advise you how you can leave a gift to Notre Dame Refugee Centre.

  • Grant donation

    Grants

    As a small charity, we rely on generous support from charitable trusts and foundations.  If you are a charitable trust or grant-giver and would be interested in supporting Notre Dame Refugee Centre with a grant, please do get in touch with our Director.

Contact and donate

Volunteer

Without our incredible team of volunteers, we simply could not run our services. Our volunteer roles include:  events volunteers, cooks, ESOL tutors and teaching assistants, general support advisers, drop-in and welcome desk volunteers, administration.  We also have opportunities occasionally for volunteers to run workshops or regular social activities at the Centre.

We’ll update this page when new volunteering opportunities become available.

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Help us raise funds

This summer marks a huge milestone for Notre Dame Refugee Centre – our 30th anniversary – and we’re inviting YOU to be part of something special.

Our ambition? To raise £30,000 between June and September to celebrate 30 years of our impact. To support our work you could take on a...

Sponsored litter pick

Sponsored run

Sponsored swim

Host a cake sale

Or come up with your own creative challenge!

Whatever you choose, it all contributes to helping us reach our £30k target and to celebrate our 30th anniversary in a meaningful way.  If you'd like to get involved contact our Director for more details.

Corporate support

We are grateful for the support we receive and relationships we form with corporates and local businesses. We are based in the heart of Central London and easy to reach for London-based businesses. Your company may want to fulfil their Corporate Social Responsibility objectives, promote opportunities for staff volunteering days, nominate us as your Charity of the Year or you may have (or want to set up) an employee giving scheme.

From time to time we enjoy having corporate volunteer teams to help us with various projects at the Centre. Recently we welcomed a team from Pret a Manger giving our drop-in room a bit of a makeover, the W Hotel in Leicester Square donated many boxes of toiletries for our clients and Frontier Economics prepared and served a delicious meal on a drop-in day.

We can help you create innovative, simple and fun ways to raise funds for us and promote staff engagement. You might like to provide or collect raffle prizes for our fundraisers, hold a fundraiser, organise a clothing collection, take part in one of our fundraisers (London Legal Walk, marathons and sponsored events). We can also promote your involvement on our social media, news pages and supporter newsletters.

Whatever you do, your support is hugely valuable to us.

Why not get in touch and have a conversation to see how you might support us.