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Information about what to do if your guest will temporarily be absent from the UK.
Who can apply to the scheme, how the application process works, and the checks that authorities must complete.
What to do if your guest will be temporarily absent from your accommodation.
How guests can find rematches, and the how councils can support them. Includes how sponsors can continue to host.
Information about how to make your guests feel more comfortable in their new home, set expectations about how to live together and communicate with your guests.
How councils should approach rematching, both for guests who have completed a sponsorship term, and for those seeking a rematch before their agreed term ends.
Information about what to do if you need to end your hosting arrangements for any reason.
Sets out the council’s responsibilities for when guests are asked to leave their accommodation due to unreasonable behaviour.
How to have sponsorship arrangements set up to end amicably, and what to do if a guest refuses to leave.
What to do if you are concerned for your guests or their children's safety. Includes what to do if you think they are being exploited.
What councils need to do when a guest moves from one council's area to another council's area.
The checks councils must make if a guest moves in before telling the council.
The MENE survey provides trend data for how people experience the natural environment in England.
For teachers to use as an assessment tool for pupils working below the standard of national curriculum tests.
How to find a new guest that is already in the UK.
What councils need to do when a guest moves between devolved administrations.
Information about next steps when you have sponsored a guest for 6 months.
If your guests are not ready to leave sponsorship and move into their own alternative accommodation, but you can no longer accommodate them, they may want to find a new host.
Information about rematching children, rematching using existing sponsors and rematching in two-tier councils. Also how the council can help with rematching.
How councils can support guests to find work and claim benefits.
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