Promotional material

Community sponsorship: how you can make it happen

Promotional material for community groups to help become a community sponsor, and guidance to local authorities on how to support community sponsorship.

• From: UK Visas and Immigration
• Published: 27 March 2018
• Last updated: 24 April 2018 — See all updates

This publication was withdrawn on 24 December 2021

This content has been archived as it is out of date, but you can still apply for community sponsorship.

Documents

Community sponsorship: mini guide

PDF, 2.09 MB, 19 pages

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Community sponsorship: miniguide (Welsh version)

PDF, 1.85 MB, 19 pages

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Making it happen: sponsor guide

PDF, 1.53 MB, 27 pages

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Making it happen: sponsor guide (Welsh version)

PDF, 2.99 MB, 27 pages

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Community sponsor videos

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Community sponsorship scheme leaflet

PDF, 1.47 MB, 3 pages

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Details

Community sponsorship was introduced in response to the desire for the whole of civil society to play a greater role in resettling the most vulnerable refugees.

Being a community sponsor can bring enormous benefits to the local community, through the generosity of local people, and allowing different groups to become directly involved in helping refugees to begin new lives in the UK.

• The ‘Making it happen’ guide is a collection of information sheets covering a range of subjects intended to provide community sponsors and groups interested in becoming a community sponsor with additional support and advice.

• The community sponsorship video document contains existing community sponsors talking about what it has meant to them to welcome a refugee family into their community.

Local authorities play an important role in sponsorship and must provide written consent to enable an organisation to sponsors a family. Guidance has been developed for Local Authorities to help them make an informed decision when considering approaches from sponsors.

You can read more information on how to apply to become a sponsor.

Published 27 March 2018
Last updated 24 April 2018 + show all updates

1. 24 April 2018

   New making it happen sponsor guide and community sponsorship local authority guidance Welsh versions added.

2. 27 March 2018

   First published.