A guide to what to discuss with a family, in preparation for moving One of your requirements as a Community Sponsorship group is to source sustainable housing for a refugee family for a two-year perio...
A guide to help refugees access different healthcare services in the UK Helping newly arrived refugees to access the healthcare they need will be essential once they arrive in the UK. As part of your ...
Learn how to to support refugees to create their CV and apply for jobs The refugees you support will need help to understand the job-hunting process in the UK. This is the case despite previous work e...
A guide for your Group to help refugees manage expectations about their new financial circumstances. For most refugees, integration and financial security are interlinked, especially when they are res...
Learn how to support refugees to prepare for job interviews In many countries the process of applying for and getting a job is very different to the UK. This is particularly true for the intervi...
A guide to help your group manage refugees’ expectations and communicate your role regarding accommodation As a Community Sponsorship group, you will have gone to great lengths to source suitabl...
Learn from Mohammed (in English and Arabic), who was resettled to the UK in 2019, about how he became fluent in English in one year Mohammed’s Experience Mohammed attended school in Syria until year...
Empowering refugees to understand their housing obligations This resource will help your group support refugees to understand their housing obligations, to foster independence and empowerment as rent...
Tips for supporting a newly arrived family to access volunteer or employment opportunities As part of the application process, you will have thought about how you could assist adults to access volun...
An empowerment approach to loaning money Many Community Sponsorship Groups have established a process by which they will make an interest-free loan of funds to the family they are supporting. Ha...
We have worked with TERN to help you support refugees who want to start their own business Many refugees arriving to the UK have previous experience of some form of entrepreneurship in their life befo...
A guide to help your group navigate awkward conversations When the resettled family you support arrives there are some key conversations you’ll need to have, and some topics will arise that may feel...
We’ve partnered with Refugee Education UK to help you support refugees to access higher education. Many refugees arriving to the UK may have had plans to study at University before their lives w...
Over the time you support a family, your relationship will change as they become independent. Explore how you can prepare for this. When we train Community Sponsorship groups prior to the arrival of a...
Learn about Basel’s journey to starting his business in the UK Setting up their own business is the ambition of many refugees welcomed to the UK. While route to entrepreneurship isn’t easy or...
A briefing to explain what hate crime is, how it can be identified, and how to respond Sadly, hate crime against refugees is a very real problem. Although it is not by any means a common occurrence, i...
Understand what will take place during your post arrival meetings with Reset As part of your Sponsor Agreement with the Home Office, you will have consented to participate in follow up calls through y...
Think about how you will communicate with a family after arrival Community Sponsorship is all about communication, whether between you as a group or you and the family you support. Ensure a stron...
It’s worth planning how you’ll be working with interpreters for appointments. Providing an opportunity for briefing and debriefing will be really helpful. Preparing interpreters for the li...
Learn how adapting an empowerment approach to working with resettled children is essential in helping them to adjust to their new environment When Community Sponsorship Groups begin supporting resettl...
Guidance on how to support families that are considering moving to a different area in the UK After arrival, some families might express an interest in moving elsewhere in the UK. There could be many ...