It is good news that at last Afghan families are being resettled in the South and Vale area – they have for too long been stuck in hotels. A warm welcome and help are needed from local people as they begin to settle in our communities. Connection Support are the organisation responsible for helping with this task and they are looking for volunteers who would be able to spare an hour or so at a time to speak English in a home environment reinforcing the English terms for everyday items, greetings, requests etc. also to assist with localisation and understanding where to access some local amenities.

Rachel from Connection Support would like to meet any of us who might be interested in finding out more about this – so we will try to fix a meeting in Abingdon with her. Please email hello@hostabingdon.org if you would like to come along.