UKHK

UKHK established a network of churches and organisations that work together and support each other in welcoming Hong Kongers.

Why has Welcome Churches started this project?

With almost 104,000 people applying for visas in the first year (January 2021-2022) of the BN(O) visa scheme alone, hundreds of thousands of people from Hong Kong are expected to arrive in the UK in the next few years. UKHK established a network of churches and organisations that work together and support each other in welcoming Hong Kongers.

This includes training and provision of information and support to Hong Kongers and churches alike, connecting Hong Kongers and local churches, and encouraging government and civil society more broadly to welcome new arrivals.

Like the Welcome Network, UKHK provides a web platform to connect people from Hong Kong and the UK churches. New arrivals from Hong Kong can easily find a Hong Kong Ready Church in their neighbourhood through the UKHK National Map.

How can Churches get involved?

In early 2022, with funding support from the UK Government’s Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, UKHK launched education integration, social integration and professional integration projects, including Friendship Festivals, a Welcome Magazine for children, and the Welcome Course. With further funding from the Government, UKHK is launching new projects in youth support and wellbeing in late 2022-23.