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Community Sponsorship Group Member - Communities for Afghans
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Volunteering • Longer term volunteering
Contact person
Holly Dawson
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We are looking for volunteers who are interested in forming a local sponsorship group to welcome a displaced Afghan family to Birmingham. Could you help?
Communities for Afghans is a community sponsorship project in which ordinary people come together to welcome families who have been displaced after supporting British Forces in Afghanistan. Today, many of those brave men and women remain inside Afghanistan, in a precarious neighbouring country or in temporary accommodation.
Once set up, a sponsorship group can enable the direct relocation of a family to their local area. The group then supports the family with the essential, everyday tasks associated with settling into a new country and city: volunteers could be supporting the family to find suitable housing, arrange appointments and register for services, as well as welcoming them on arrival and helping them to build connections and a sense of belonging in Birmingham.
Some sponsorship groups might consist of volunteers from community or faith organisations, while others are made up of friends or neighbours who want to directly help those in need of safety.
Volunteers must be 18+, UK citizens (or have settled status), and be ready to meet the challenges of helping a displaced family settle into unfamiliar surroundings. A minimum of six volunteers is needed to create a group, which will then receive extensive support, guidance and training from the Refugee Council throughout the project. There is no requirement for sponsorship groups to fundraise to resettle families; costs are covered by the project.
The Communities for Afghans project enables ordinary people to respond in an extraordinary way to a direct humanitarian need. Don't hesitate to get in touch if you want to be part of the grassroots movement driving the UK's refugee response.
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About The Refugee Council
Our mission is to support refugees to rebuild their lives, integrate into communities and play a part in Britain.
We share the evidence from our frontline services with government to help build integrated and happy communities that work for all of us.