'They see you as a document, they don't see you as a human' 

Listen to the first of two podcasts from The Children's Society, featuring the voices of  Phoenix, Ayo, ibrahim, TJ and Ope.

Now part of The Children's Society's Youth Led Commission on Separated Children (YLCSC), they are campaigning for all unaccompanied young refugees who arrive in the UK alone to get a legal guardian.

Drawing on their own lived experiences arriving in the UK with no or little English, they recount how confused, alone and worried they felt.

TJ says: "I know how it feels...so that's why I'm giving my time, I'm giving my everything to make sure other people that are coming, they're not going to feel the way I felt."

Support our Lent Appeal

This year, our Lent appeal is raising funds for the Children’s Society’s campaign to provide Guardians for all unaccompanied child refugees.

You too can support it by simply 'buying' paper 'Guardian Angels' to display on the Church’s noticeboard throughout Lent. The money raised will then go to The Children’s Society’s campaign for Guardians for unaccompanied child refugees.

TJ is giving "his time, his everything" to support The Children's Society's campaign - you can help too, with as little as £1! If you want to do more, visit our webpage Help children arriving alone in the UK get a guardian for ideas.

• Listen to part 2 of the podcast: What do we stand for in the UK?
• Visit The Children’s Society website to find out more about the campaign, and to send your own message of support to the YLCSC.
• "I want to be part of this to help other people" - watch the video of a YLCSC member's experience of navigating the asylum process.