We have four paid members of staff who work from the office, supporting volunteers and assisting detainees. Detainees find out about us through the staff at the centre, or through our information leaflet, which is available in 19 languages and displayed prominently within the centre. Initial contact is usually made over the phone to our office staff, who explain who we are and what we do, and ask detainees if they would like us to visit them.
Strategic decisions are made by our management committee. The group has three officers elected at the AGM: Chair, Secretary, and Treasurer, who oversee the financial management of the group.
Management committee, volunteers and staff also work to raise awareness of the plight of detainees by writing articles and giving talks to a wide range of organisations.
In order to pay our staff and run the organisation, we need to raise well over £100,000 each year. The group is indebted to the many trusts which have provided us with financial support over the years.
As well as these large funders, we are also indebted to hundreds of individuals, churches and other groups in and around Gatwick who give so generously and enable us to help detainees.
Support trusts include:
AB Charitable Trust
Allen Lane Foundation
Awards for All
Barbour Trust
Bromley Trust
Camelot Foundation
Comic Relief
Crawley Borough Council
Hilden Charitable Fund
Jill Franklin Trust
Llankelly Chase
Lloyds TSB Foundation for England and Wales
Longley Trust
29th May 1961 Charitable Trust
Nationwide Foundation
Opportunities for Volunteering
OXFAM
J Paul Getty Jr Charitable Trust
Rayne Foundation
Sussex Community Foundation
Tudor Trust
W A Cadbury Charitable Turst
Esmee Fairbairn Foundation
Lyndhurst Settlement
Helen Tetlow Memorial Fund
