Useful links
An easy-reference list of some areas of help that you may find useful.
Migrant Information Hub
This website's 'issue-based resources' give migrants valuable information on a range of subjects relating to life in the UK.
UK government information
- Welcome: a guide for Ukrainians arriving in the UK
- Homes for Ukraine - frequently asked questions
- Apply for a visa under the Ukraine Sponsorship Scheme
- How to apply for the Homes for Ukraine scheme
- Staying safe online and in the UK: Homes for Ukraine
- Adult Health: Homes for Ukraine
- Apply for Universal Credit and other benefits: Homes for Ukraine
- Child Health: Homes for Ukraine
- Care for elderly, vulnerable or disabled adults: Homes for Ukraine
- Get a bank account and your arrival payment: Homes for Ukraine
- Your rights at work: Homes for Ukraine
- Continuing to live with your host or rematching: Homes for Ukraine
- Working in Healthcare in the UK: Homes for Ukraine
- Driving and public transport: Homes for Ukraine
- Renting private accommodation: Homes for Ukraine
- Paying tax: Homes for Ukraine
- Homes for Ukraine: welcome guide for Ukrainian children under 18
- Parents of children under 18 travelling to, or staying in, the UK without their parent or legal guardian: Homes for Ukraine
- Homes for Ukraine: Guidance for parents or legal guardians (children and minors applying without parents)
- Homes for Ukraine: Guidance for councils (children and minors applying without parents or legal guardians)
- Homes for Ukraine: Guidance for sponsors (children and minors applying without parents or legal guardians)
- Homes for Ukraine: Guidance for guests
- Living with your sponsor: Homes for Ukraine
- Learn to speak, read and write English: Homes for Ukraine
- Get urgent medical help: Homes for Ukraine
- Find a sponsor using recognised providers: Homes for Ukraine
- Get a national Insurance number: Homes for Ukraine
- Find a job: Homes for Ukraine
- Before you book travel to the UK: Homes for Ukraine
- Arriving in the UK: Homes for Ukraine
- Parent/legal guardian consent form for the return of children to Ukraine or other country
- UK sponsorship arrangement consent form (children in the UK outside the ‘eligible minors’ Homes for Ukraine scheme)
- Becoming a sponsor: Homes for Ukraine
- Basic accommodation needs: Homes for Ukraine
- Homes for Ukraine: council guides
- Hosting someone already in the UK (rematching): Homes for Ukraine
- Eligibility, safeguarding, DBS and accommodation checks: Homes for Ukraine
- Homes for Ukraine: guidance for organisations making matches
- Finding a new host (rematching): Homes for Ukraine
- Things you need to consider before hosting or sponsoring: Homes for Ukraine
- If you own or rent your home: Homes for Ukraine
- Sponsors of children travelling to, or staying in the UK without their parent or legal guardian: Homes for Ukraine
- If you're worried about a guest or their children: Homes for Ukraine
- Ending your hosting arrangements, and helping your guest with their next steps: Homes for Ukraine
- Meet your guests and help them settle in: Homes for Ukraine
- Welcome Points and travelling to your sponsor: Homes for Ukraine
- When you have sponsored for 6 months: Homes for Ukraine
- Homes for Ukraine: sponsor guides
Shropshire-specific information
General information
- Ukrainian Displaced Persons Travel Scheme
- Help for anyone fleeing the Ukrainian conflict | Barnardo's
Ukrainian language
- Covid-19 vaccination guide for parents of children aged 5 to 11 years - Ukrainian
- Covid-19 vaccine for those with a weakened immune system - Ukrainian
- Covid-19 spring booster guide for over 75s - Ukrainian
Russian language
- Covid-19 vaccination guide for parents of children aged 5 to 11 years - Russian
- Covid-19 vaccine for those with a weakened immune system - Russian
- Covid-19 spring booster guide for over 75s - Russian
Mobile phones
- Three has rolled out a support package for Ukrainian refugees arriving in the UK, offering a free, 30 day, pay-as-you-go SIM card (available in-store) with unlimited UK calls and texts and also free calls and texts from the UK to Ukraine
- Vodaphone is offering free SIMS for six months – these can only be accessed by charities supporting people (not limited to Ukrainians)
- Virgin Media O2 has removed data charges for data use in Ukraine and will credit charges for calls and texts to and from Ukraine and the UK for their customers
- BT/EE and Plusnet have confirmed that they have removed charges for data use in Ukraine and will credit charges for calls and texts to and from Ukraine and the UK