RWH

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