Are you looking for additional support at a hotel or other initial accommodation centre housing people seeking asylum?
Use our secure referral system to refer a hotel. You can tell us what the needs are, the space available in the hotel, plus other basic information. We will then look for local, refugee-friendly churches who might be able to help. We provide training and support to church volunteers to ensure best practice in any activities they provide, as well as risk assessments and other supporting paperwork.
To make a referral for a hotel, click here.
Your church can get fully equipped to welcome refugees in 3 simple steps:
1. Start the Welcome Plus application here
2. Get a Coordinator trained
3. Get volunteer Welcomers trained
Coordinator training
We will train you in the UK system for people seeking asylum and refugees; and how to connect with people arriving in your area. We will cover how to build partnerships with other organisations in your area so that refugees and people seeking asylum can be referred to you. Our training includes all of the paperwork, safeguarding and data protection information you will need for this work. We will give you advice about how to recruit a team of Welcomers and how to lead and look after your team.
Coordinator training takes place monthly via Zoom video call.
To register for Welcome Plus Coordinator training, follow this link to our Training and Events page or get in touch
Our Welcomer Training will equip your team of volunteer Welcomers in understanding the role of a Welcomer and what becoming a Welcome Plus Church looks like.
Training includes understanding what a good welcome looks like, and how to be cross-culturally aware. We train Welcomers in safeguarding and data protection, and trauma awareness, including self-care. We look at the asylum system in the UK, and the pressures on residents in different types of accommodation. And we consider how to support our new Neighbours in getting to know people in their new local community.
To register for Welcome Plus Welcomer training, visit our Training and Events page or get in touch
Welcomer training takes place twice a month, both during the day and in the evening.
