Helping a refugee family, a Community Sponsorship programme
We are a group from Hallam Diocese who have responded to a call from Pope Francis in 2015 for ‘every parish, every religious community, every monastery, every sanctuary in Europe’ to ‘host a refugee family...’
Our project aims to provide practical help to one family who find themselves in Sheffield through no design of their own. Our aim is to help them as they try to establish a new life in our midst.
Find out more and keep up to date with our progress by reading our newsletters
Stories in the press about refugees and asylum seekers:
By Home From Home Hallam We continue the story of our support for a refugee family Our family had been living in a tent, in a refugee camp in Lebanon. … By Home from Home Our family arrived in Sheffield with all their worldly possessions in a few suitcases – and with no money. The parents share a strong commitment to… By Kate McCullough Travelling long distances with young children is never easy. None of the group of three volunteers and an interpreter expected the ride from Manchester Airport over the… By Kate McCullough Who are the refugees that Pope Francis, in his 2015 initiative, asked that ‘every parish, every religious community, every monastery, every sanctuary in Europe’ should host? It…
Their new home
Financial Challenges – continuing the story of our refugee family
A Home – At Last…
A Refugee Family’s story
