Refugees Welcome Hounslow
We are a group of local community volunteers, helping refugees and asylum seekers in Hounslow, west London, U.K.
Read on below to find out what we do, how to support us, and how to collaborate with us.
Our story
In 2016, we, as a group of concerned Hounslow residents, met out of a sense of moral obligation to help vulnerable migrants, and out of a need to support limited local government capacity. We decided that a community group should be formed. It would be similar to many other “Refugees Welcome” groups in neighbouring boroughs.
We are purely volunteer-run, by a team of local residents who each give up some of their time away from their own daily work and family commitments, to help refugees and asylum seekers in Hounslow. We are limited in what we can do, sadly. For services beyond our scope, we try to guide people to appropriate partner organisations that may be in a better position to help.
The idea of forming a Refugees Welcome group was fostered by Hounslow Friends of Faith — this is Hounslow’s interfaith group with whom Refugees Welcome Hounslow still has close, strong ties to this day. We are proud to keep that interfaith spirit of cooperation and mutual multicultural support and friendship alive in everything we do.
What we do
- 50+ refugee households welcomed thus far
- Providing some basic home comfort items
- Assisting with work, college, and school opportunities
- Assisting access to local health and other community services
- Understanding and empathising with migrants’ needs, amplifying their voices through campaigning
- Forming neighbourly bonds and friendships, helping migrants find dignity in their lives
Support Hounslow Borough
council to settle refugees
- Providing some basic home comfort items
- Supporting access to college, school, and
other educational and career development
opportunities - Assisting access to local health and other
community services - Understanding and empathising with migrants’
needs, and amplifying voices through
campaigning - Forming neighbourly bonds and friendships,
helping migrants find dignity in their lives
Help asylum seekers in temporary accommodation
Follow us on
socials and
- Please watch this space for further announcements coming soon!
Key dates for RWH events
Donate
Please use our JustGiving page to donate online.
Donations of less than £200
To give clothes, laptops, mobile phones, bicycles, and other household items to our arrivals
Contact us at treasurer.rwh@gmail.com and we will advise you on how to make a bank transfer.
Donations of more than £200
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Contact us
Resources
See our online knowledge base to access:
- our governance structure (constitution, and
executive committee)
- our policies (including our complaints policy and
our data protection policy)
- info about our donors
- operational guides for our volunteers, and for
wider public awareness about how we operate