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Help and support for Ukraine

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  1. You are here: Homes For Ukraine Sponsorship Scheme
  2. Ukraine permission extension scheme
  3. Support for Guests
  4. Visa Queries
  5. Volunteering
  6. Travelling to Ukraine

Homes For Ukraine Sponsorship Scheme

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Information about hosting arrangements

The Homes for Ukraine Scheme allows Ukrainian nationals and their family members to come to the UK if they have a named sponsor (host) who can provide accommodation.

Rotherham Council has obligations under this scheme to conduct DBS checks on the sponsor (host) family and inspect the property to ensure that they are suitable for the guests they have been matched with.  Once the guests have arrived, a welfare visit will take place to ensure that the expected guests are those who have arrived, to ensure that they are safe and are referred to any services they require.

Becoming a sponsor

If you want to offer a home to people fleeing Ukraine, you can register your interest in taking part in the Homes for Ukraine scheme.

You can offer to host someone:

  • applying to come to the UK (you would be their ‘sponsor’)
  • already living in the UK

A ‘thank you’ payment is available for hosts and a ‘welcome’ payment is available for guests under this scheme:

  • Hosts can claim £350 per property per month. This is paid 30 days in arrears from the date the guests arrive
  • Guests can claim £200 per person – this is a one-off payment, not to be paid back.

For information about how to become a Homes for Ukraine host, including checks the council will make, and eligibility criteria, click on the link below:

Eligibility, safeguarding, DBS and accommodation checks: Homes for Ukraine - GOV.UK

You can register your interest here: Register your interest

Other Useful links

Further information for hosts can be seen here: Homes for Ukraine: sponsor guides - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

You can also sign up for Rotherham Council’s fortnightly digital newsletter for the latest information: Sign up

If you have any queries about this scheme, please email them to Rotherham Council’s Homes for Ukraine contact team: HomesForUkraine@rotherham.gov.uk

 

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