These informal teams of about 4-5 volunteers build supportive long-term relationships with a family. They make occasional drop-in visits to say hello, pick up small tasks, help with lifts to doctors appointments (we pay mileage) and arrange social outings (costs paid by SWR). They are coordinated by the family's lead volunteer and work closely with their professional care worker. We mainly have opportunities in the New Ash Green area at the moment.

Good English language skills are essential to enable the families to gain work and integrate into the community. We are looking for volunteers to help the new families learn English. This is an immensely rewarding experience, and no teaching or education experience is required. Volunteers will be provided with access to our online learning platform and other appropriate resources. We mainly have opportunities in the New Ash Green area at the moment.

SWR makes grants to refugee families to assist in their long term resettlement and improve their quality of life. From warm clothes and children’s swimming lessons, to laptops and English language books. Our volunteers arrange events and initiatives, large and small, to finance these grants. This team also manages our digital and social media communications. 

An alliance of central government, local government and community volunteers is standing by to receive, welcome and support additional refugee families. All we need is more private landlords willing to rent to a refugee family. Therefore, we are promoting the scheme and its benefits to local landlords, estate agents and other relevant networks. We need volunteers to work with us on this, and to help our team with the extra work generated by the Ukraine crisis. We would be delighted to discuss the various functions within the team - the most important attributes being good interpersonal skills and enthusiasm!

We need experienced volunteers to help us manage our accounts and the increasing volume of important administration that is required of a small but growing registered charity. This includes managing DBS registrations, GDPR and data security requirements, and coordinating our pool of volunteer drivers. 

We try to help the refugees find work and training opportunities. For each refugee looking for work we build a good understanding of their previous skills, experience and the kind of work they are looking for. We help them prepare a CV and then reach out through our network of supporters and friends to identify leads and possible opportunities. 

If you have experience in using Mailchimp, Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn or Google Sites (our website platform) and would like to join our communications team, please contact us for an informal chat - see the role description on the Volunteer Opportunities page of the website.  

We are looking for volunteer interpreters and translators in the following languages: Arabic, Turkish, Dari, Pashto, Kurdish and Ukrainian. If you can help we would love to hear from you.