Key steps for your Community Sponsorship group during arrival The day you’ve been planning for is getting very close! Here, we share what other groups have done or thought about during the arriv...
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...
Access links and guidance for refugees in Scotland Refugee Specialist Support Scottish Refugee Council can offer refugees support and advice on employability. They also work with employers such as Gre...
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...
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...
Resources and tips to help with language learning outside of the classroom. As refugee families are learning formal ESOL in the classroom, you can play a vital role by encouraging them to make use of ...
Find out about the funding available to support refugee families As you plan your budget you will be looking into how your group will fund the delivery of your resettlement plan. Alongside your fundra...
Learn what to include on the fact sheet about your group and the local area Once you’ve been allocated a family, and you and your Local Authority have accepted them, you will need to prepare a ...
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...
Practical approaches to integration and independence Feeling integrated is a deeply personal process, and there’s not a certain amount of time it will take to achieve this, but there’s ways in whi...
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 how to support refugees to design a path towards employment in the UK Employment provides a fantastic route to integration, helps people to improve their language skills and social networks, and...
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...
As part of your Community Sponsorship Group, you’ll need to think about what the support you offer refugees looks like. It may seem a little strange to set boundaries on the way in which you wor...
Suggestions on how to support the refugee family to manage their utility bills independently Part of your role as Community Sponsor will be supporting the refugee family to manage and budget for their...
Guidance on how to start thinking about empowering refugees to live independent lives Integrating into a new country, or community, is a very personal process and it is impossible to put a timescale o...
Learn how to support parents and children’s integration into the UK’s education system Although all schools, Community Sponsorship Groups, parents and children are different, there are man...
Understand how you can support a refugee to drive in the UK Community Sponsorship groups have shared with us that many of the newly arrived refugees they are welcoming are keen to have access to their...
Learn from Abdullah, an Expert by Experience, about how he benefited from volunteering soon after arriving in the UK For the refugees you support, volunteering can present an opportunity for them to b...
A resource to help guide your Group in planning your approach to providing digital services and IT Support Accessing services and details online will be essential for the family you support. Fro...
Explore how you can prepare a family to make an Indefinite Leave to Remain application For families who arrive before winter 2021, they will have been given the right to live and work here for 5 ...