What is this all about?
We are a group of parishioners associated with Clifton Roman Catholic Cathedral in Bristol (UK) who are working towards obtaining sponsorship status within the Home Office’s Community Sponsorship Scheme (CSS - see Links page) in order to be able to sponsor a family of refugees from the wars in the Middle East.
The family chosen by the Home Office to come to Bristol is very likely to be a Syrian family, and the families who come to the UK under the CSS are chosen from among the most needy cases.
Having successfully obtained sponsorship status through a rigorous appraisal system, we shall be allocated a refugee family by the Home Office. The Home Office will be responsible for all e.g. medical and security checks and travel arrangements. For our part in Bristol we at the CRSS shall be responsible for welcoming, making friends with and integrating the family into the local community.
Our own deadline for our application to the Home Office to be awarded sponsor status is March 31st, 2019. We expect to be successful, and therefore we hope to be able to welcome a family to Bristol in late spring or summer of that year.
Please do watch the short YouTube video below to explain all about it.
Having successfully obtained sponsorship status through a rigorous appraisal system, we shall be allocated a refugee family by the Home Office. The Home Office will be responsible for all e.g. medical and security checks and travel arrangements. For our part in Bristol we at the CRSS shall be responsible for welcoming, making friends with and integrating the family into the local community.
Our own deadline for our application to the Home Office to be awarded sponsor status is March 31st, 2019. We expect to be successful, and therefore we hope to be able to welcome a family to Bristol in late spring or summer of that year.
Please do watch the short YouTube video below to explain all about it.
