US – Open Doors appeal

We’re opening the doors to a brand new building in 2026, expanding ISH so more students can experience the warmth, safety and community that have defined us for 60 years.

We will collect the keys to our new Kennington building in early January 2026, with a grand opening planned for June. Can you help us raise $130,000 before we move in?

Why your support matters

With our new building, we’ll accommodate up to 611 students each year across Great Portland Street and Kennington. Your donation will help ISH: 

• Expand the number of accommodation scholarships we offer from 35 in 2025 to 100 – £16,700 could fund an ISH accommodation scholarship for one year.
• Extend our Great Portland Street cultural exchange programme into the new Kennington campus; did you know we already provide subsidies for residents’ Travel Club adventures totalling £99,000 a year?
• Expand the welfare and mental health support that is a safety net for young people living far from home and their families. In addition to the Mary Trevelyan Hardship Fund and we want to ringfence £5,000 to provide counselling for residents experiencing challenging mental health.

However, please do not feel you have to select one of these to make a difference to new residents embarking on their time in London. Every gift will help ISH continue to make a life-changing impact on new residents.

How to donate 

Make a tax-deductible donation: Click the button below to donate through Friends of International Students House (London) [FISHL], our 501(c)(3) sister organisation. Your donation is tax-deductible, and you’ll receive a receipt for your tax return with further information on the next steps if you select one of our rewards.