{"id":225261,"date":"2025-06-30T00:15:18","date_gmt":"2025-06-30T00:15:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/225261\/"},"modified":"2025-06-30T00:15:18","modified_gmt":"2025-06-30T00:15:18","slug":"reset-supporting-refugees-in-edinburgh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/225261\/","title":{"rendered":"Reset supporting refugees in Edinburgh"},"content":{"rendered":"

A warm welcome, the Scottish way \u2013 powered by people like us.<\/p>\n

In a quiet corner of Fountainbridge, one Edinburgh family is thriving \u2014 going to school, making friends, playing football in the park. Just a few years ago, they arrived in the UK through the Community Sponsorship scheme, a national programme that empowers local people to take the lead in resettling refugees.<\/p>\n

Now, the grassroots group that welcomed them, Edinburgh Refugee Sponsorship Circle<\/a><\/strong>, is breaking new ground again. Faced with the news that the family\u2019s rented flat was being sold, the group decided not to let instability undo years of community-building. Instead, they\u2019ve launched a radical new housing project \u2014 purchasing the property themselves through a community-led trust, ensuring the family can stay rooted in the neighbourhood they now call home.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe knew what losing that flat would mean for the family \u2014 and we were really motivated to create an alternative path, not just for them, but hopefully for others too,\u201d says Fae, one of ERSC\u2019s founding volunteers.<\/p>\n

Community Sponsorship is a UK-wide scheme that enables everyday people \u2014 faith groups, book clubs, neighbours, colleagues \u2014 to come together and welcome a refugee family to their area. With support from Reset<\/a> the UK\u2019s national charity for Community Sponsorship, groups like ERSC receive training, guidance and peer support to walk alongside families as they rebuild their lives.<\/p>\n

ERSC\u2019s model is particularly inspiring because it shows what\u2019s possible when ordinary people take bold, practical steps \u2014 even in the middle of a housing emergency. They remain entirely volunteer-run, powered by shared values and a belief that welcome should last longer than a warm hello at the airport.<\/p>\n

Now they\u2019re inviting others to get involved. Whether you want to join or form a sponsorship group, contribute to their housing trust, or simply learn more, ERSC is showing Edinburgh what solidarity looks like in action.<\/p>\n

Because welcome isn\u2019t abstract. It\u2019s about homes, schools, neighbours \u2014 and people like you.<\/p>\n

\u27a1 Learn more or support the project: www.refugeesponsorshipcircle.org\/projects-3<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u27a1 Interested in Community Sponsorship? We\u2019ve just launched a new online introduction \u2013 find out more https:\/\/training.resetuk.org\/course\/introduction-to-community-sponsorship<\/a> \u00a0<\/p>\n

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