Got more than you need at home? From spare rooms to energy rebates, here’s how to donate your surplus to those who need it

Room for Refugees is one of several charities linking hosts with a spare room with refugees in need of somewhere to stay

(Picture: Room for Refugees)

In March, when more than a million Ukrainians had already fled from Russian invasion, Nikki Kopelman leapt at the chance to help.

At the end of April, she and her housemate were joined in their home in northwest London by a young woman from Ukraine, under the Homes for Ukraine scheme.