A TENT for the Nations
Ways to Give
Every gift — large or small, one-off or monthly — makes a real and lasting difference to refugee families rebuilding their lives in the UK. Explore each giving option below to see exactly how your generosity will be used.
Monthly Giving
Regular monthly giving provides the predictable, sustainable income that allows us to plan ahead and commit to families for the long term. Choose the level that suits you.
Friend of Welcome
As a Friend of Welcome, your regular gift of £10 each month provides the steady, reliable foundation that makes our day-to-day welcome work possible. This level of giving helps cover the essentials — hot drinks and refreshments for drop-in sessions, printing costs for orientation materials, and small but meaningful gestures like birthday cards and welcome greetings for newly arrived families.
Your impact
- Provides refreshments for weekly community drop-in sessions
- Covers printing and materials for welcome packs and orientation guides
- Supports small gestures of care — greetings, birthday cards, and encouragement notes
- Helps maintain a warm, welcoming environment at every point of contact
Family Support Partner
As a Family Support Partner, your monthly gift of £25 directly funds the ongoing, hands-on support that families need during their first critical months in the UK. From accompanying a mother to her first GP appointment, to helping children settle into school, your giving ensures that no family walks this journey alone.
Your impact
- Funds transport costs for families attending medical, school, and council appointments
- Provides essential household items and grocery top-ups during initial weeks
- Supports interpreting and translation for vital appointments
- Enables regular befriending visits and welfare check-ins
Training 4 Work Partner
Your monthly gift of £50 as a Training 4 Work Partner invests directly in a family's long-term future. This level of support funds the ESOL classes, digital skills workshops, and employability training that help refugees move from dependence to confident independence — rebuilding professional identities and gaining the skills they need to contribute to their new community.
Your impact
- Funds ESOL learning materials and conversation practice sessions
- Supports digital literacy workshops — email, online banking, job searching
- Covers costs for CV writing and interview preparation sessions
- Provides vocational taster courses and skills-matching assessments
Community Building Partner
As a Community Building Partner, your generous monthly gift of £100 is a transformative investment in the infrastructure of welcome. This level of giving helps sustain the TENTing Community Welcome Centre itself — contributing to rent, utilities, equipment, and the operational costs that keep the doors open for every family, volunteer, and partner who walks through them.
Your impact
- Contributes to monthly rent and utilities for the community welcome space
- Funds equipment and furnishings for training rooms and family meeting areas
- Supports volunteer training programmes and safeguarding compliance
- Helps maintain insurance, health and safety, and operational standards
One-off Gifts
A single gift at any level makes an immediate, tangible difference. See below how each amount translates into real-world support for refugee families.
Welcome Meal or Basic Household Support
A gift of £25 provides a warm, nourishing welcome meal for a newly arrived family on their very first evening in the UK, or covers essential household basics such as bedding, towels, or toiletries. This simple act of hospitality speaks volumes — it says 'you are safe, you are seen, and you are welcome here.'
Your impact
- A full welcome meal for a family of four on their first night
- Basic toiletries and personal care items for the first week
- Bedding or towels for a family setting up their new home
English and Digital Learning Materials
A gift of £50 equips a family with the learning materials they need to begin building their English language skills and digital confidence. From workbooks and dictionaries to SIM cards and pay-as-you-go data, these tools open the door to communication, connection, and independence.
Your impact
- ESOL workbooks, dictionaries, and phrasebooks for a family
- A SIM card with data credit for accessing online learning and services
- Basic stationery and school supplies for children
Family Orientation and Transport Support
A gift of £100 funds a comprehensive local orientation for a newly arrived family — learning bus routes, locating the nearest GP surgery, school, pharmacy, and supermarket. It also covers a month's bus passes so the family can travel independently to appointments, classes, and community events.
Your impact
- A guided local orientation walk and mapped neighbourhood guide
- Monthly bus passes for a family of four
- Printed local services directory in the family's first language
Volunteer Training and Befriending Support
A gift of £250 trains and equips a volunteer befriender to walk alongside a refugee family for their first six months in the community. This covers safeguarding training, the BACiP induction, DBS checks, and the ongoing supervision and support that ensures every befriending relationship is safe, sustainable, and genuinely life-changing.
Your impact
- Full safeguarding and BACiP induction training for one volunteer
- DBS check and compliance administration
- Six months of supervision, debriefing, and pastoral support for the volunteer
Employability and Skills Workshop
A gift of £500 funds a full employability workshop series for up to ten refugees — covering CV writing, interview practice, UK workplace culture, and vocational taster sessions. This investment accelerates the journey from resettlement to meaningful employment, restoring dignity and self-sufficiency.
Your impact
- A four-session workshop programme for up to ten participants
- Professional CV writing and mock interview coaching
- Vocational taster sessions in partnership with local employers
Room Setup Contribution
A gift of £1,000 furnishes and equips a key room within the TENTing Community Welcome Centre — whether that's a family meeting space, a training room, or a quiet pastoral care room. Your generosity creates a physical environment where healing, learning, and community can flourish.
Your impact
- Furnishing a training or meeting room — tables, chairs, and storage
- Equipping a pastoral care room with comfortable seating and privacy
- Setting up a children's area with books, toys, and learning resources
Community Welcome Centre Foundation Gift
A foundation gift of £5,000 is a landmark contribution towards the establishment of the TENTing Community Welcome Centre. This level of giving funds significant capital costs — from structural improvements and accessibility adaptations to IT infrastructure and kitchen facilities — laying the physical foundations for decades of welcome.
Your impact
- Structural improvements or accessibility adaptations to the building
- IT infrastructure — computers, Wi-Fi, and digital learning stations
- Commercial kitchen or catering facilities for community meals
Major Building Partner Gift
A Major Building Partner gift of £10,000 or more places you at the heart of the TENTing vision. These transformational gifts fund the acquisition, lease, or major development of the Welcome Centre itself. Major donors are invited into a close partnership with the El-Bethel Mission leadership — receiving personal updates, site visits, and the opportunity to see their generosity take physical shape.
Your impact
- A named contribution towards the building acquisition or long lease
- Major refurbishment or fit-out of dedicated programme spaces
- Endowment towards the first year's operating costs for the Centre
Ready to make a difference?
Every gift is handled with care and integrity. Restricted gifts for the Building Fund are recorded separately, subject to trustee oversight.