How you can help refugees coming to the UK

How you can help refugees coming to the UK

 How you can help refugees coming to the UK

There are ways that you or your organisation can help refugees.

 Donate goods, services or your time locally

You or your organisation can do this, find out how if you’re based in:

  • England and Wales 
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland

Offer community sponsorship

Charities and community interest companies can provide practical support to refugees through community sponsorship.

Your organisation will help resettled families as soon as they arrive in the UK, including giving them a home and teaching them English.

Find out more about community sponsorship.

Give to charity

You can donate to charities that help refugees in the UK and abroad:

  • British Red Cross
  • Oxfam
  • Save the Children
  • UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR)
  • UNICEF
  • World Food Programme
  • Refugee Action

Volunteer

You can volunteer for relief agencies that help refugees in the UK and abroad:

  • Refugee Council
  • British Red Cross
  • Refugee Action
  • Volunteer Centre Finder (England)
  • Volunteer Now (Northern Ireland)
  • Volunteer Scotland
  • Volunteer Wales