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This is a pivotal moment.

In winter 2025, the UK Government announced that Named Community Sponsorship will become a primary route for refugee resettlement. Through Named Sponsorship, communities can:

• Build safe, legal routes to protection
• Welcome people they already know and care about — friends, family, students, congregation members, teammates
• Strengthen community cohesion
• Put real agency over migration into local hands

There is huge public willingness to step forward. But without urgent mobilisation, that goodwill won’t translate into real capacity. We need civil society leadership now to make this a reality.

Where are we now? (May 2026)

The Government has committed to developing a Named Sponsorship route, and civil society is working closely with the Home Office to co-design the scheme.

We are hopeful the scheme will launch in 2026, with applications opening later this year.
But this will only happen if we demonstrate strong, visible demand.

👉 Sign up to the Named Sponsorship Network to receive updates and opportunities to take part as the scheme develops.

If you are a civil society organisation, please also consider:

• Be a Lead Sponsor Organisation (LSO)
  Support and enable local sponsorship groups, providing oversight, training, and coordination

• Mobilise your networks
  Help build a strong pipeline of communities ready to sponsor and demonstrate national momentum

• Advocate
  Use your voice to build political and public support — through MPs, media, and public endorsement

📩 Contact hannah.feldman@citizensuk.org to explore any of these roles