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Aug 2021
Bid to resettle refugees in Nidderdale takes major step forward
Attempts to resettle a refugee family in the Pateley Bridge area have taken a significant step forward.
Nidderdale Community Welcome, a community group set up to sponsor a refugee family in Nidderdale, has found a house and raised more than £12,000.
Peter Wright, who heads the organisation, said:
With funding and housing in place, the application to bring the family to the Dales now needs Home Office approval, which should be a formality.
In preparation for the resettlement, Nidderdale Community Welcome is to hold a meeting at Pateley Bridge Methodist Church between 7pm and 9pm on Tuesday next week. For further details email wrightpandh@gmail.com
Mr Wright said:
The steering group is also looking at the possibility of establishing a community investment scheme to purchase a house for the longer term of this project.
People able to invest between £5,000 and £40,000 in a fixed-term scheme with an anticipated return of two percent per annum would have a proportionate share in the capital of the house.
John Tarrant, treasurer of Nidderdale Community Welcome, can be contacted at johntarrant@leakhb.plus.com for further information.
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Since the Taliban took control of Afghanistan, the refugee focus has switched from those displaced by war in Syria to Afghan nationals fleeing their country.
While Nidderdale Community Welcome, which was set up in November, plans for its first refugee family, Ripon City of Sanctuary has already resettled a number of Syrian families and is ready for another.
The group, established in 2016, has been fundraising since April, in anticipation of bringing another Syrian family to the city.
It has raised 85 per cent of the money needed and a has identified a suitable house.
Nicola David, chair of the Ripon group, said:
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