Stories tagged South East
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“Well, now you have sons”
Community Sponsorship volunteer Svenja Powell is one of the founding members of Canterbury Welcomes Refugees. The group first welcomed a Syrian refugee family in 2019: a mother and father, their two grown-up sons and their two primary-age children. Here Svenja tells us about lifting language barriers, a cautious introduction to Father Christmas and doorstep story-telling during lockdown.
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“Community Sponsorship wasn’t just pie in the sky - this was something very real on the ground that very real people were doing.”
Svenja Powell co-founded Canterbury Welcomes Refugees in 2018. We chatted to Svenja about who’s who in her group, support from local students and how to organise a fabulous fundraiser.
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2 minutes with… Svenja, Community Sponsor, Canterbury
Svenja co-founded Canterbury Welcomes Refugees in 2018. Here she tells us how her own country’s history motivated her to get involved in Community Sponsorship – and how Canterbury’s response has delighted her.
In the media
More media coverage-
October 11th, 2020
Still waiting — Wendover, the tiny town that united to welcome refugees
Wendover was due to welcome a refugee family in March 2020 when the UK's resettlement programmes were suspended due to Covid-19.
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May 21st, 2020
“Their support was life changing for me and my family”
Abdullah Alkhalaf explains how Community Sponsorship impacted him and calls for more people to sponsor refugees.
