Volunteers

These informal teams of about 8-10 volunteers build supportive long-term relationships with a family. They make occasional drop-in visits to say hello, pick up small tasks and arrange social outings. They are coordinated by the family's lead volunteer and work closely with their professional care worker.

Good English language skills are essential to enable the families to gain work and integrate into the community. We therefore offer language sessions, aiming to reinforce and amplify what the refugees have been covering in their sessions with KCC Adult Education. Some of our volunteers have teaching experience however most do not.

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.

As a small and growing charity we need experienced volunteers to help us manage our accounts and the increasing volume of important administration that is required of a 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.