People should support Edge Fund because its an integral part of radical political organising, and supports the groups and people that many others can't and won't. African Rainbow Family has benefited hugely from its existence.

African Rainbow Family (ARF) is a non-for-profit organisation that supports lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender intersexual and queer (LGBTIQ) people of African heritage. With support from Edge Fund we've been able to help our members to feel empowered to better understand and take leadership in their asylum cases and in knowing their rights but also to challenge the immigration system. We pay for people's travel expenses to meetings and events, and for appointments with lawyers and reporting to the Home Office.

Becoming members in Edge Fund and helping out in the funding rounds has allowed us to become part of the ecosystem of wider left organising and feel like we can give back in some way. So much of the experience of being a migrant or ayslum seeker is isolating, disempowering and created to break our spirits. Being a part of Edge Fund has meant we're learning skills like facilitation, application writing, understanding more about community organising and radical politics and most importantly being valued members of society which sets many of us up for what happens after the ayslum cases when we can finally enter the world of work.

People should support Edge Fund because its an integral part of radical political organising, and supports the groups and people that many others can't and won't. African Rainbow Family has benefited hugely from its existence.