Resources for churches supporting refugees

To help guide you through the project planning process, our partner charity Near Neighbours has various resources and toolkits on our website to help you with planning your project, working with volunteers, and promoting your activities to local people.

You can find the resources and toolkits here: https://www.near-neighbours.org.uk/resources

Our grants team is also able to provide you with advice throughout the application process and support you in developing your project.

For resources specifically for helping to support refugees, we suggest the following:

• Church of England Resources
  
• Sanctuary Foundation Resources
  

We have also compiled a list of useful links from other charities, banks and institutions. We hope you find them helpful.

Help for Churches

• The Church of England resources and toolkit for supporting Ukrainian refugees: https://www.churchofengland.org/resources/community-action/war-ukraine-responding
• The Church of England centrally has produced some resources on supporting Afghan refugees: https://www.churchofengland.org/resources/community-action/toolkit-supporting-afghan-refugees
• The Welcome Churches network offers support to churches who want to help refugees: https://welcomechurches.org/churches/
• Care4Calais has lots of UK based groups of volunteers which churches could join up with: https://care4calais.org/uk-groups/

Safeguarding

• https://welcomechurches.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/safeguarding-guidance-for-refugees.pdf
• https://refugeecouncil.org.uk/about-us/policies/safeguarding-policies