Success towards 'Asylum Justice' in Newport Xmas '05

> Christmas 2005 brings fundraising success to Asylum Justice

A group of nearly 40 volunteers worked with Newport Amnesty to raise the £750 needed to setup a local Asylum Justice project. In the week before Christmas, Monday 19 th to Friday 23 rd December, we raised money by wrapping presents for people buying books from the Ottakar's shop. Customers were invited to give a donation in return for an expertly wrapped present decorated with ribbons and labels or whatever people wanted.



> What can we now do in Newport ?

Now that the group has this money it can set up a regular surgery where asylum seekers can meet legally trained solicitors to help them with their initial asylum applications as well as with appeals. All work will be done by volunteers; money will support the costs of a mobile phone, postage and administration costs and volunteer expenses. For more information on the work please click here

> Thanks to people who gave money, volunteers and to Ottakar's

First of all thanks to the people who gave so generously to us this Christmas… we hope your presents were wrapped well also! I would like to thank all the people who volunteered this and hope they are encouraged to do more fundraising activities in the future. The final thanks are to Ottakar's bookshop, without whom we would not have been able to do this work. The shop were also generous enough to supply us with nearly all of the wrapping paper. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all.

Aled Singleton