A Great British Welcome

A Great British Welcome is a series of stories profiling people across the UK who are supporting refugees.

Across the United Kingdom, people are opening their hearts and lives to refugees and saying ‘welcome’ in a range of innovative ways. Some are supporting refugees to access education and housing, or restart their careers. Others are helping them overcome trauma or have their voices heard. In this series, we hear the stories of refugees and the individuals, projects and organisations across the country offering them A Great British Welcome.

A Great British Welcome

Knitting for refugees: the Londoners keeping refugees warm over winter

Syrian beekeeper tastes sweet success with British honey bees

Bristol crèche offers haven for refugee children

Garden helps refugees put down roots in Britain

The Grange: welcoming refugees in the British countryside

Farmhouse welcomes refugees to the British countryside

What I Learned Trying to Become a Pro Footballer in the UK

Project Elpis offers a ray of hope in refugee camps

Life cycles: The project getting refugees cycling in London

Teen Spirit: Edinburgh students help Syrian refugees to integrate

London Jewish community extends hand of friendship to new refugees

Bed, Breakfast, and New Beginnings

Kettle's Boiled: Scots share a cuppa with refugees

Bread and Roses: helping refugee women blossom in the UK

Onside with refugees: Syrian goalkeeper shares pro football skills with Nottinghamshire children

British theatre company brings joy to refugee children

Hull footballers welcome refugees to the city of culture

Voices in exile: refugee journalists retrain with media professionals in the UK

Top UK university offers scholarships for refugees

Daughter of Second World War refugees opens her London home to asylum-seekers

Syrian refugees find peace in Northern Ireland

Volunteers train refugees to crack into London tech industry

Local people campaign to welcome refugees in Worcestershire

Banding together in Scotland to welcome Syrian refugees

Life cycles: The project getting refugees cycling in London

Brighton theatre director brings laughter to refugee children

A home from home: welcoming refugees in the British countryside

Summer in the city: scholarships for refugees at King's College London

Historic Edinburgh school opens doors to refugee children

A town called Malvern: the long road to welcome refugees in Worcestershire