"The reason that I am very happy to support icap is that as a child and young person who arrived in the UK at the age of six years I grew up in London amongst an Irish community who were decent hard working people; many had left an Ireland where they could not find employment. They were often lonely and sometimes naïve, particularly financially, they were also, as we now know, often fleeing an Ireland that was in many ways repressive and cruel. They have quietly suffered over many years with nobody to whom they could speak and unburden themselves. Icap provides that shelter, where people who are kind and understanding, will help them to find their way"