Many might initially envision their physical home—the place where they sleep, share meals, and try to keep organized. Some might immediately recall their childhood home, even if it has been decades ...
Learn about recent changes to Biometric Residency Permits (BRPs) BRPs and eVisas Prior to October 2024, the Biometric Residency Permit was the ID card that was issued to each family member once they a...
Learn about eVisas and how to support the family you welcome with applying for one....
Read about how Zahra and her four children were welcomed to Belfast. Zahra, who is from Afghanistan, moved to Belfast from Iran in the summer of 2023. Zahra is a single parent and has four children wh...
Read about how Mohammad and Roba’s family were welcomed by a market town community in Cumbria. Mohammad and Roba sat down with us to share their experience of being welcomed by a Community Sponsorsh...
Read an inspirational story about a Community Sponsorship group’s journey of welcome. Born out of a work shed in the winter of 2020, a group shares their journey of welcoming a family, with the ...
The Importance & impact of Community Sponsorship As part of our Experts by Experience platform, we interviewed Ghazala and her family who were resettled to the UK through Community Sponsorshi...
Learn how you can support a family experiencing bullying in school. This resource has been produced for community sponsorship groups who may need to support refugee families who are experiencing bully...
Once approved as a sponsor, you will be sent personal information about a refugee family that you will potentially support. It is critical that you read this information carefully and assess whether y...
Read our interview with Zahir and Lena, as they share with us their experience of resettlement in a friendly rural market town. Having now lived in the UK for over two years, Zahir and Lena sat down t...
Read our interview with Nour, as he shares his experience of coming to the UK at the age of 16 and learning to navigate the UK school system. We sat down to speak with Nour, a student who was resettle...
We are on the lookout for individuals who have been welcomed through Community Sponsorship or Neighbours for Newcomers to help build our Experts by Experience platform. We know that the true experts i...
Read about Ghazala and Nidal’s first 6 months of resettlement in the UK. Families can be waiting for resettlement for many years, so it’s understandable to hear that Ghazala and Nidal could not be...
Advice and guidance for groups on pre-arrival contact with families The UK may be very different to the countries that refugee families arrive from, and so, as much as families are relieved and happy ...
Read our interview with Rawasia – an amazing teenager who shares with us how she found family in a Community Sponsorship group. Navigating resettlement as a teenager can be full of extremely difficu...
Read our interview with Rana, who speaks candidly about the hardship of leaving Syria, and navigating this journey as a single parent with her two daughters. Making the journey firstly from your home ...
The Home Office has announced that refugees who arrive through the UK Resettlement Scheme (UKRS) will now have Indefinite Leave to Remain. Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILtR) means that there is no time...
A guide to explain how Community Sponsorship groups will work with the family to help them access services in the UK Before arriving in the UK, resettled refugees receive cultural orientation training...
Find out more about the ACRS and how you can get involved. On 6 January 2022, the UK Government announced that the Afghan Citizens’ Resettlement Scheme had opened, having previou...
Find out more about the process refugees go through before arriving in the UK When the family you support arrive in the UK, they will be beginning a new chapter in their lives. But to get to this poin...