Read our interview with Mirvat, who speaks openly about her experience of having a child in the UK and how this differed from having children in Syria and Lebanon. Giving birth in a country where you ...
Learn how a Community Sponsored refugee was able to pass his driving tests after less than one year in the UK Abdullah arrived in the UK as a Syrian refugee in 2017 with only a few words of English an...
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 ...
Understand the training that refugees coming to the UK receive prior to departure All refugees arriving through the Community Sponsorship programme will receive preparation training in their country o...
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...
Find advice and guidelines for supporting family members who wish to stop smoking When you receive a referral of a family from the Home Office, the Resettlement Registration Form you receive may indic...
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 ...
Find out how to use traditional and digital media for your Community Sponsorship project Raising awareness of your work is going to be essential in recruiting volunteers and raising funds to support y...
A suggested list of what to include in your Welcome Pack for refugee families As part of your application form, you will be asked to prepare a Welcome Pack for the family. Below is a list of suggested...
Learn how to create a policy to handle complaints from the refugees you support In order to gain approval as a Community Sponsorship Group, your application will need to have a clear complaints policy...
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...
Ideas and discussion points to assist groups in negotiating with landlords Community Sponsorship groups across the UK have developed hugely creative ways to find affordable, sustainable accommodation ...
Learn some useful words and phrases in Arabic to break the ice with the family you support When the family you support first arrives in the UK, it’s unlikely that they will speak English well enough...
Access the NSPCC’s Positive Parenting guide in English and Arabic Parenting or guardianship can be difficult at the best of times. After arriving in a new country through resettlement, pare...