London Churches Refugee Fund

Who we are

The London Churches Refugee Fund (LCRF) is a charity set up in response to the needs of organisations meeting together at the London Churches Refugee Network (LCRN), mostly church-based drop-in centres and other front-line agencies.

We launched at Westminster Abbey in June 2007, to raise money to give small grants to organisations assisting asylum-seekers.  Our funds are restricted to London-based projects helping those who are destitute.  We gave our first grants in October 2007 and have now distributed over £200,000 in total.  We do not directly deliver services for refugees, but support other charities to do so through this distribution of funds.

The trustees meet up to six times annually and two of these meetings are devoted to scrutinising grant applications and deciding how to allocate the funds we have available.

We have no staff and virtually no overhead costs: all activities are carried out by the Trustees and other volunteers.