Staffordshire ready to welcome refugees

Councils in Staffordshire are busy putting everything place to welcome refugees from Ukraine.

Around 183 sponsors have been matched with an evacuee from Ukraine so far under the government’s Homes for Ukraine scheme, offering accommodation for an estimated 478 refugees.

Staffordshire County Council and the eight district and borough councils of East Staffordshire, Stafford, Tamworth, Cannock Chase, Staffordshire Moorlands, South Staffordshire, Lichfield and Newcastle-under-Lyme are working hard to ensure everything is in place for their arrival.

This includes ensuring proper checks are in place to make sure people are safe, working with schools to prepare them for children arriving, and working with GPs so that people can register and access services and support.

For more information on the scheme, visit www.staffordshire.gov.uk/ukraine.