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    Weʼve raised £0 to help us resettle a refugee family in Westbury-on-Trym.

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    Help us resettle a vulnerable refugee family in our community!

    Westbury Welcome is a group of people from Westbury-on-Trym and its locality, who 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. We are a diverse group of people, using a variety of skills and experience, to build a package of wrap-around support from the moment the family land at the airport, for at least the next two years. This will include assistance with language learning, support with finding schools and navigating the health system, and orientation to the city and to life in Britain.

    The family will be selected by the UNHCR and the Home Office from one of the refugee camps in the Middle East, on the basis of priority and ‘best-fit’ to the care we are able to offer. The Home Office conducts careful screening before they are granted leave to enter the UK. Priority is determined by a number of factors, including extreme vulnerability of at least one member of the family through medical issues or disability.

    Donations will be paid into the account of St Mary Magdalene Church, Stoke Bishop. The church is administering our account, with the Westbury Welcome funds being ring-fenced. Because we are not a separate charity, we are unfortunately unable to Gift Aid donations at this time.

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        Helen Paynter

        Helen Paynter

        I have set up this page on behalf of the Westbury Welcome group. For more information, see https://www.facebook.com/WestburyWelcome/

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