Our research

“I understood that I was not choosing where to go on a holiday, but a family who could host me in the hardest period of my life.”

Ukranian guest, Homes for Ukraine scheme

At Reset, we believe that research is essential for making evidence-based decisions that will support community-led welcome to grow and flourish. We publish our own learning and reports and also work closely with universities to produce in-depth research into community-led welcome programmes. You will find our most recent reports and collaborations below by clicking on the images.
 

Reset’s Homes for Ukraine Evaluation, by The Research People, evaluates our matching service from April 2022 to March 2023. The evaluation explores what was learned by guests, hosts, Reset, and our partner organisations.

Explore the experience of resettlement through Community Sponsorship from refugees themselves. Click on the image above to see our findings from a refugee women’s focus group. See our findings from the refugee men’s focus group here.

Reset commissioned Dr Jasna Magić to create a snapshot of the integration outcomes of 15 refugee families resettled to the UK between July 2021 and December 2022 through the Community Sponsorship programme.

Last year, we contributed to the University of Birmingham’s report on Shaping the future of Community Sponsorship in the UK and beyond: expanding refugee resettlement pathways.

Explore Reset’s impact as we have supported the Community Sponsorship movement across the UK— training, mobilising, and supporting community groups to open their doors to those who need it most.

Reset’s values not only define who we are as an organisation, but how we show up for the communities we serve.

Reset’s Theory of Change sets out what needs to happen for community-led welcome to succeed and the role Reset plays in making that happen.

Research, monitoring and evaluation are essential for making evidence-based decisions that will support Community Sponsorship to grow and flourish.

Find out how Community Sponsorship helps refugee families in need build a new life in the UK with confidence and dignity.

Understanding migration is essential for anyone getting involved in Community Sponsorship. Build your foundational knowledge of migration here.

Read all news and insight from our initiatives

See coverage of Reset UK in the press and media

Make an extraordinary difference to the lives of people who have lost everything by signing up to our (free) Landlords for Refugees register.

Not everyone can donate their time, so if you are choosing to donate money today instead or as well as, thank you. Your generosity is vital to the work we do support community-led welcome of refugees.

Help others by sharing your account.  Why were you attracted to community-led welcome?  What worked, what did you learn, what has the experience been like for you?