AJR is pleased to offer our members the option to order frozen kosher meals delivered to their homes as part of our commitment to enable our members to live with dignity, comfort and security in their own homes for as long as possible.
The winter menu is currently on offer (September to April) and includes a choice of six soups including chicken, barley and vegetables. Main course choices include roast chicken, fish pie and schnitzel. Deserts range from lockshen pudding to two diabetic options including apple strudel.
Meals on Wheels deliveries are made once a week on a Wednesday. Three-course meals prepared by Josepha White caterers are available, costing £7 plus a £1 delivery charge. The minimum order is for two meals. This service is only available to AJR members living in certain areas of north-west London.
For more information or to order a Meals on Wheels delivery please call 020 8385 3072 or email annie@ajr.positive-dedicated.net.
Self-Aid is allocated at the discretion of AJR Trustees to assist AJR members on low incomes and / or with limited means. Self-Aid constitutes a monthly grant with additional holiday grants paid at specific times of the year: a winter-fuel payment and awards made to mark certain Jewish festivals: Passover, Rosh Hashanah and Chanukah.Whilst the scheme is not strictly means tested, a persons income, savings and expenditure are all taken into account when assessing eligibility. Also considered is the possibility of any private or family financial assistance and whether there are national welfare benefits from which a person might also benefit.
Through Self-Aid the AJR can also make one-off grants for exceptional expenses or circumstances as long as the cost is defined; for example, the payment of synagogue fees and TV licences as well as additional homecare. All requests are considered on a case by case basis.Where the amount required is a significant sum, interest-free loans can be arranged. In the event that the applicant is homeowner, the AJR may request that the loan is secured against the property.
The AJR is the partner organisation in the UK of The Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany (the Claims Conference) which works to secure compensation and restitution for survivors of the Holocaust and heirs of victims.Since 1951, the Claims Conference – working in partnership with the State of Israel – has negotiated for and distributed payments from Germany and Austria, as well as other governments and industry. It has also recovered unclaimed German Jewish property and funded programs to assist the neediest Jewish victims of Nazism.In Great Britain, the AJR receives and distributes (on behalf of an ad-hoc Umbrella Group committee) funds from allocated to survivors living in this country.Along with AJR the UK Umbrella Group agencies are Agudas Israel, Bikur Cholim, North London Bikur Cholim and Jewish Care.
The AJR administers the Homecare scheme on behalf of the UK Umbrella Group agencies. Financed by the German Government, the objective of the scheme is to assist clients to live in their homes for as long as possible.The Holocaust Survivor Emergency Fund allows for awards in the UK to pay for a number of services and needy items including dental treatment and specialist clothing as well as urgent house repairs, hearing aids and medical consultations. The Austrian Emergency Fundprovides financial assistance to Austrian Holocaust survivors with low incomes who require urgent medical attention or essential welfare services. Eligibility is restricted to Austrian Holocaust survivors and refugees (including spouses of Austrian nationals) who live on low incomes and who have limited capital holdings.