A Bristol community group has issued a plea for a local landlord to give up a property for a refugee family. The Brislington Welcome group is a collective of BS4 residents who have come together to work with the Home Office, Bristol City Council and the UK government to rehouse a refugee family in Bristol.
Landlords across Bristol, but predominantly in the Brislington area, are being urged to consider offering up a property for a family who are living in a refugee camp abroad. The landlord would be giving a family in desperate conditions a fresh chance at life in the UK, and the group of Brislington residents have pledged to support the family on their arrival to the UK.
Bristol Live spoke to Catharine Hiley, who together with her friend, Emma, and the wider collective of Brislington residents, are fundraising, recruiting volunteers and pledging to complete the application to the Home Office to secure the refugee family's move to the UK, and then offer up the family a private home, healthcare, support, education and more in Bristol.
