{"id":35,"date":"2023-05-04T16:28:12","date_gmt":"2023-05-04T15:28:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/migration-and-resettlement-new\/?page_id=35"},"modified":"2025-10-17T15:59:35","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T14:59:35","slug":"community-sponsorship","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/migration-and-resettlement\/resettlement\/community-sponsorship\/","title":{"rendered":"Community sponsorship"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>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.&nbsp; 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\u2019s lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Since 2016, communities across Devon have locally welcomed 22 refugee families through community sponsorship.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Watch this introduction video for more information about community sponsorship and how it works in Devon:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Introduction to Community Sponsorship\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/-q2cRG4Ehvc?feature=oembed&#038;rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Our thanks to <a href=\"https:\/\/resetuk.org\/about\/what-is-community-sponsorship\/\" rel=\"noopener\">RESET<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thepickwellfoundation.org.uk\/get-involved\/campaigns-links\/\" rel=\"noopener\">The Pickwell Foundation<\/a> for supporting our online event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An important part of the community sponsorship process is gaining the consent of your local authority.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Community sponsorship - LA consent\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/bnV_3Hzz6jk?feature=oembed&#038;rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; 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