ALT EMERGENCY FUND SUPPORTING ONE OF THE MANCHESTER 10 FAMILIES Hostile immigration policies linked to criminal injustice system outcomes are harming a family we support. We need emergency funds to prevent homelessness.

ALT In February, we reached out to community behind the scenes about one of The Manchester 10, who currently has no right to public funds or employment because of his unjust criminal case impacting his immigration status. In this country, if you are sentenced to over 12 months in prison, you can be at risk of deportation. Sadly, what should have been an acquittal by the court of appeal in 2025 was only a sentence reduction, one that did not do enough to keep him safe. He has lived in this country the majority of his life, but as a result of both his case's impact on processes, and a lawyer who did not do what was necessary, rights to funds and employment now affect the whole family. While a new lawyer works hard to fix this situation, one they should not be in, the family are at risk of homelessness. Thanks to community generosity, we have managed to keep their home until now. From August, we will no longer be able to do that. We are now forced to make a public call for any support.

ALT HOW TO SUPPORT DONATE We have now set up a fundraiser on our PayPal for this emergency fund specifically. Donations will help pay rent and bills. Every donation helps. However, we do not know how long this situation will take to resolve. So if you know people with access to funds or big pockets, please ask for their support. This money will be sent over monthly to cover costs, as requested. It is separate to our main donations, and to our existing Manchester 10 pot. If rights to support are returned, and money left is no longer needed, it will go back into our existing collective Manchester 10 pot. HOW TO DONATE Use the fundraiser link in our bio Use this QR code

ALT HOW TO SUPPORT Housing Of course, funding in this way is not a long term solution. We know empty homes exist across Greater Manchester. If you are able to help, or know anyone who can, please reach out. Other If you have any other suggestions, please do contact us. We remind you, The Manchester 10 case is another act of collective punishment that should never have happened. For many young people in cases like these, they face double punishment. Long prison sentences (often for harms they did not commit), followed by the risk of deportation. It is state racism, and we must resist.

ALT On Tuesday, in a room full of community, we came together with young people to share in and celebrate their joys. We started this annual event years ago, to put emphasis on the importance of joy in the lives of racialised young people, to share joy together, and to use joy as a form of resistance to the racist society our young people grow up in. But joy is so often in a fragile state for racialised young people and their communities in this country. This was emphasised on Tuesday, as just down the road, Manchester Central Mosque and its Muslim community were subjected to Islamophobic violence by racist members of the public. Members of the public who were acting out a racism that is rife, and that has been driven into our communities more and more deeply by the state. Islamophobia harms Mancunian young people every day. In our work, we see this through interpersonal violence in community; through an oppressive education system that seeks to exclude, surveil and repress;