Accommodation or rooms
Homes for Ukraine scheme
On 14 March 2022 the Government published details of its Homes For Ukraine scheme. This bespoke scheme will offer a route to those who want to come to the UK who have someone here willing to provide them with a home. It will enable individuals, charities, community groups and businesses to volunteer accommodation and provide a route to safety for Ukrainians, and their immediate family members, forced to escape their homeland. The government system to allow you to name who you would like to sponsor to the UK will be launched on 18 March 2022.
Find out more and register your interest
Questions and answers on how the Homes for Ukraine scheme will work are on GOV.UK website
Charities involved in housing refugees
You may wish to contact the organisations below to find out more about making an accommodation offer or room pledge:
- Refugees at Home is a UK charity which connects those with a spare room in their home to refugees and asylum seekers in need of somewhere to stay.
- BIRCH run a hosting network for vulnerable asylum seekers who are in danger of becoming destitute. We have a network of volunteer hosts who provide a room in their homes, and emotional support to the person hosted.
- RESET is the UK’s Community Sponsorship learning hub. Set up in 2018 to coordinate the growth of the Community Sponsorship movement across the UK
Other refugee schemes
Birmingham City Council is participating in the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme.
If you are a landlord who has a property that you would like to offer to support refugees, contact Spring Housing, a housing charity providing homes for those in greatest housing need: info@springhousing.org.uk
