Launched in 2020 by the founding father of community organising, the late Neil Jameson CBE, our core mission is to grow and shape the future of community-led resettlement in the UK and to help build a migration policy consensus that works for everyone.
⇒ We model innovative ways of welcoming newcomers to the UK, taking careful account of the views and priorities of local communities.
⇒ We help to build friendships of trust and reciprocity between new and existing residents.
⇒ We form and equip leadership teams made up of both who listen to local people and respond to their needs.
⇒ We especially encourage people with different backgrounds, views and life experience to come together in friendship and work together for the good of their local community.
By taking this approach we hope to build a settled consensus based on a migration policy that is realistic, sustainable, effective and works for everyone.
We are a registered Charity (1195770) and Company (12679315) with a shared vision of a more welcoming world for all.
Our Board of Trustees:
⇒ Chair – Mark Wiggin – retired CEO of Caritas Diocese of Salford
⇒ Treasurer – Rabbi Danny Rich – CEO of Liberal Judaism
⇒ Modern Slavery Expert – Anthony Brown – retired occupational psychologist
Our Staff Team:
⇒ Sean Ryan MBE – CEO
⇒ Hei Chow – Programme Manager
⇒ Ho Auyeung – Project Manager
⇒ Wai-Ling Kong – Project Manager
⇒ Jenny Harvie – Head of Finance, HR & Compliance
Our Funders:
Current and recent funders include the Volant Charitable Trust, Caritas Westminster, Greater London Authority, Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities and Heart of England.
Our Strategy:
- To develop and promote new models of community-led resettlement as a founder member of the Community Sponsorship Alliance
- To sustain and grow our pioneering work with Hong Kong BNOs and the communities who welcome them
- To advocate for a more inclusive approach to UK migration policy, with the primary goal of securing a broad consensus on what works through deep listening and dialogue
