We are excited to announce to all of our supporters the opening of the new hub, Dyma Ni / Here We Are, set up by Croeso Menai in collaboration with the Quakers, to help, welcome and support refugees who have resettled in our communities from Syria, Afghanistan, Ukraine, and their hosts. The hub will be open twice a week initially – Thursday, 2-5pm and Friday, 10am-1pm.
For more information
Our HUB in Llandudno is at Holy Trinity Church and we are working with Cytun (Churches Together in Llandudno). Using a church is helpful as all churches have robust Safeguarding policies and procedures and are covered by 3rd Party Liability Insurance. This makes it safe for you and for refugees who come to see you.
Please let us know about your Community HUB and we will add it to our page to help Hosts and Refugees find their nearest HUB.
Use the flag as a profile picture and put your local name on it.
Name the FB Page with your local community name.
Create a FB address @ (your area code plus HUB).
Allow Messenger - this will be the prime way people can send you a message without you having to share personal phone number or email address.
Create several Admin people for the page so that more of you receive the message to share the load.
Ukrainian Christians will find you and there are some excellent resources for your Community Hub
SAFEGUARDING TRAINING
The Welsh Government recommends everyone involved, in any regard, with volunteering to support Ukrainian Refugees should complete the Social Care Wales Group A Safeguarding e-learning course. This has just been made public and is accessible for all.
DBS
We understand that host families do not need a Basic Volunteer DBS check in order to register, however it is a simple and quick process to get one and we would recommend that it is good practise and could ease registration with your local authorities - see Sponsor Guidance.
If you do intend working with children unaccompanied by their parents, you would need an Enhanced DBS. We will share our experience of this with a family who have found a match with a refugee and are preparing to register with the Government. Click below to find our more…
Children will want to get into a school as priority, they will be frustrated their learning has been disrupted.
Adults will want the security of a job.
The Local Authority will already know about the link between the host home and the Ukrainians arriving. The LA will have all the basic requirements taken care of.
The main role of the Hub will be to provide support for the hosts and Ukrainians staying with them, such as:
transport
arranging social and recreational events and outings
connecting with local clubs and activities
There could also be a need for clothes and equipment so knowing about local collections/foodbank etc will be useful
Conwy Foodbank has offered to support Ukrainian refugees - you may have a more local Foodbank that can help.
Mobilise your schools to do a project - collecting school uniform, baby clothes, welcome bags, food hampers, toys etc.
It’s simply about what you would do when you move into a new area if you came with nothing.