We are Brislington Welcome, a group of people based in the Brislington area of Bristol. We are working together to welcome a refugee family into the area through the Government's Community Sponsorship programme. We will be doing this under the guidance of the Home Office, in cooperation with Bristol City Council, and in partnership with the national charity Citizens UK. We have committed to raise
funds, find and furnish affordable (private) accommodation, and to help the family to settle in when they arrive. From the moment the family land at the airport, Brislington Welcome will support this family for at the least the next two years of their arrival. This will include assistance with language learning, support with finding schools and navigating the health system, and orientation to the city of Bristol and to life in the UK. The family will be selected by the UNHCR and the Home Office from a refugee camp on the basis of priority and most vulnerable (determined by a number of factors including extreme vulnerability of at least one member of the family through medical issues or disability). The Home Office conducts careful screening before they are granted leave to enter in the UK. Donations will be paid into the account of Citizens UK, with funds for Brislington Welcome being ring-fenced.
