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.

Read all news and insight from our initiatives

See coverage of Reset UK in the press and media

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

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?

Reset empowers volunteers to welcome refugees into communities across the UK. Find out about us and the kinds of programmes we’ve been involved with.

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

Our advocacy work

Sponsoring a refugee family is a significant responsibility. We advocate for Community Sponsors to ensure that they are properly supported throughout their journey.

Our advocacy focuses on representing the views of Community Sponsors to the Home Office to support them in implementing the necessary operational changes. 

We also represent the views of Community Sponsors to other key stakeholders, including Local Authorities, international organisations, the wider resettlement field, housing providers and financial institutions. We also use our voice to campaign on policies  affecting refugees. We are members of the  Together With Refugees coalition, campaigning for a more humane approach to people seeking protection in the UK.