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There is a fantastic charity called refugees at home (Refugees at Home) who help homeless refugees.
They currently have three new referrals in Bristol and desperately need hosts.... Can you help? Or can you share locally?
How it works;
There are various points in the asylum process where refugees can become homeless, but the most common is the '28 day trap'- where they are told they have asylum but that all support will be removed within 28 days. At this point they have been living on £42 a week so have no savings, have no NI number so can't work.... There have also been loads of people who have been offered university places and the home office has refused to move their dispersal accomodation- again, where R@H hosts step in.
People who know them refer them to refugees at home (so people like me who met them in the camps, or proper charities like the refugee council) who match them with a host.
As a host, someone comes round to meet you and check your house (to make sure it is safe and you aren't running a slave labour site) and you get to say what your parameters are. Eg age, gender, length of time. Sometimes people just need an overnight- I have had someone with me for 6 months, who is now like a (large, hairy, unlikely
) son to me. I have always said no kids and that I would prefer hosting men to women; others are keen to offer homes to women and kids- it's your house, your rules.
It's one of the best things I have ever done and a couple of my friends have now signed up too. Could it be something you would be interested in? You can always have a chat (with me, with Sara and Nina who set up R@H, or with one of their home assessors) if you aren't sure.
And please share at any local groups where there may be hosts.... Churches, mosques, community centres, football clubs....
Thankyou!!
They currently have three new referrals in Bristol and desperately need hosts.... Can you help? Or can you share locally?
How it works;
There are various points in the asylum process where refugees can become homeless, but the most common is the '28 day trap'- where they are told they have asylum but that all support will be removed within 28 days. At this point they have been living on £42 a week so have no savings, have no NI number so can't work.... There have also been loads of people who have been offered university places and the home office has refused to move their dispersal accomodation- again, where R@H hosts step in.
People who know them refer them to refugees at home (so people like me who met them in the camps, or proper charities like the refugee council) who match them with a host.
As a host, someone comes round to meet you and check your house (to make sure it is safe and you aren't running a slave labour site) and you get to say what your parameters are. Eg age, gender, length of time. Sometimes people just need an overnight- I have had someone with me for 6 months, who is now like a (large, hairy, unlikely
) son to me. I have always said no kids and that I would prefer hosting men to women; others are keen to offer homes to women and kids- it's your house, your rules. It's one of the best things I have ever done and a couple of my friends have now signed up too. Could it be something you would be interested in? You can always have a chat (with me, with Sara and Nina who set up R@H, or with one of their home assessors) if you aren't sure.
And please share at any local groups where there may be hosts.... Churches, mosques, community centres, football clubs....
Thankyou!!
Which is such a shame.
Anything local too?
