From today, residents around the country can register to offer a room or home to refugees from Putin’s war in Ukraine. Residents (sponsors) will have to sign up for six months and will receive a standard payment of £350 a month for each household taking in refugees. Local councils will receive £10,000 for each refugee […]
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Ludlow and other towns open for donations for Afghan refugees
Across the county, collections points have opened for donations of clothing and other items for Afghan refugees. Locally, Nicola North has once again stepped up to help with the latest refugee crisis. You can drop donations at Sheet Farm, Sheet Road, Ludlow SY8 4JT. Please contact Nicola beforehand for advice where to drop your donations […]
Urgent call for properties in Ludlow to house Afghan refugees (updated)
Shropshire Council has joined more than 100 councils across the UK that have informed the government it will accept refugees from the current crisis and support them. Shropshire has a good track record in rehousing refugees. This crisis, like so many others, has moved so many of us to tears. Even more so with yesterday’s […]
#RefugeesWelcome: “Syrian Salopians” are settling in Shropshire – we are seeking housing in Ludlow
A year ago, I proposed that Shropshire Council set up a working party to examine how the council should react to the Syrian refugee crisis. Days later, the then prime minister David Cameron announced that Britain would take 20,000 Syrian refugees by 2020.[1] The council’s cabinet agreed that Shropshire would take 60 Syrian refugees as […]
An update on #RefugeesWelcome in Shropshire
Shropshire Council is currently seeking a provider to support refugee families under the Syrian vulnerable person resettlement programme. Our county has only limited experience in taking in refugees. A working party of councillors and officers from the council, health, and police and fire services has been meeting to ensure that that we have the necessary […]