Community sponsorship is a way for communities to be directly involved in helping refugees settle in the UK, providing emotional and practical support to empower families to rebuild their lives and to become self-sufficient members of their new community. Being a sponsor can bring enormous benefit to the local community, through harnessing the generosity of local people, and creating new bonds between different groups to bring positive changes to people’s lives.
Since 2016, communities across Devon have locally welcomed 22 refugee families through community sponsorship.
An important part of the community sponsorship process is gaining the consent of your local authority.
Applications for community sponsorship are agreed by the home office.