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13.04.2022 - 22:43 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Manchester families who are sponsoring Ukrainian refugees are complaining the Homes for Ukraine scheme is a "frustrating shambles" that is leaving them and the desperate people they are helping in limbo.
As part of the government scheme if a UK citizen wants to offer a home to people fleeing Ukraine, they can become a ‘sponsor’ and can offer accommodation for at least six months. Non-British citizens can also make this offer if they have leave to stay in the UK for at least six months.
But families across Manchester are taking to social media to complain about being left waiting for visas to be processed in order for the families they are trying to help to be able to arrive.
Helen Lyndon, 49, a secondary school teacher and her husband Glyn, 54, a civil servant both live in Stockport with their three sons Jacob, 18, Caleb, 17 and Frankie, 8 and decided they wanted to become sponsors.
Helen says she and her husband watched the trauma of the Russian invasion on Ukraine unfolding on the news: "We were both so upset by what we saw in Ukraine, we just looked at each other and said: "We have to help," she says.
"We have the space," Helen says, "We wanted to make sure the children were also willing, so we discussed it with them and came to the decision as a family." But Helen says after making contact with a Ukrainian family, made up of a child, his mother and his auntie they have been left in limbo, waiting for them to be able to arrive.
"It is so frustrating. There are huge delays," she says. "We have done advanced checks, taken documents to the Town Hall and had a home inspection from Stockport Housing to make sure we have enough space. But what is frustrating is that other people are getting seen quicker. There doesn't seem
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