Become a host
To date, over 2,000 Surrey residents have opened their homes to a Ukrainian family. As the war continues, there is still an urgent need for hosts for Ukrainians - including some who are already in Elmbridge but need to move on from their current accommodation.
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Could you or someone you know offer a safe place to stay?
Hosting an individual or a family can be enormously rewarding and there is plenty of support available to both hosts and guests (including financial support from Elmbridge Borough Council). If you are considering hosting and would like an informal chat about how it works, please email us on contact@elmbridgecan.org.uk. You would get the chance to meet a prospective guest/s before making any commitment and would be supported through the process.
Elmbridge CAN is not directly involved in hosting displaced people of other nationalities, but there are several organisations who specialise in this. See below some links to useful information for prospective hosts (of both Ukrainians and other nationalities).
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Useful links for prospective hosts
This Surrey County Council guide has lots of useful information for new hosts or Ukrainian nationals who have recently arrived to live in Elmbridge, covering what you need to know in the first few days
Hosting Good Practice Guide produced by NAACOM (The No Accommodation Network)
Article on Tips for hosts
Specialist hosting organisations
RESET: a national organisation tasked with helping to match Ukrainians with UK hosts, as well as other work related to resettling forcibly displaced people, for example via the community sponsorship scheme
Refugees At Home and Rooms for Refugees: both charities which connect those with a spare room in their home to forcibly displaced people (of any nationality) in need of somewhere to stay
Hope at Home: a UK hosting charity specifically for survivors of modern slavery
You can also see our Get help section to find out more about the help available from Elmbridge CAN.
Hosting a family has been so rewarding – from the joyous sight of Peppa Pig on my staircase when our own family ‘baby’ is doing A-Levels, to sharing experiences, food and culture and helping them learn English.
Lesia