Partner with us
Young refugees arrive in the UK with hopes, talents and potential. Too often, barriers in our education system mean that potential goes unrealised.
By partnering with Refugee Education UK, you help remove those barriers so that more young people can rebuild their lives and futures through education.
Partnerships that power our work
Provide strategic, often multi‑year funding that allows us to grow programmes, strengthen our team and respond where the need is greatest.
Trusts and foundations
Channel your business resources, people and profile – from payroll giving and donations to pro bono expertise – to help young refugees thrive in education.
Corporate partners
Support young refugees through giving, prayer, and practical involvement, and help your community live out a welcome that is hopeful and tangible.
Faith communities
Trusts and foundations
“The Brown Source Trust has been a supporter of REUK since 2016 because we can see the difference that their commitment and hard work is having in supporting young refugees to have a better future.”
Thanks to trusts and foundations, REUK has grown from a local, volunteer‑led mentoring programme to a medium‑sized charity operating across the country. Strategic grants have enabled us to support hundreds of young refugees each year to access, remain in and progress through education.
Proven impact: We equip young refugees and asylum seekers to overcome educational barriers – from accessing school places to progressing to university or vocational training.
Specialist expertise: Our team combines education, youth work and refugee sector expertise, and many of our staff and volunteers have lived experience of forced migration.
Strategic use of funds: We work with funders to design grants that are catalytic, sustainable and aligned with your priorities, whether that is core support or specific programmes.
Why partner with us?
We build relationships based on transparency, learning, and shared goals. This can include:
Multi‑year strategic grants
Project or programme funding
Core or capacity‑building support
Learning partnerships and evaluation
We invite you to explore our most recent annual reports and accounts on the Charity Commission website, and to speak with us about how your trust or foundation can best support young refugees through education.
To discuss making a grant or developing a funding partnership, please contact our Chief Executive, Catherine Gladwell, via partnership@reuk.org.
How we work with funders
Corporate partnerships
Whether you are a growing business or an international corporation, we can work with you to create a partnership that fits your values, engages your team and makes a real difference for young refugees.
“Our partnership is founded on our shared belief that education has the potential to change lives and the world around us.”
Businesses like Invisible Grail commit a share of their profits each year to REUK because they believe every young person deserves an equal opportunity. Your business could do the same, helping to support individual young people, and to bring about positive systemic change.
Ways your business can support young refugees
The most effective way for businesses to support REUK is through payroll giving, corporate donations and fundraising events. These provide vital, flexible income that allows us to respond where the need is greatest.
Alongside financial support, many partners also:
Offer pro bono expertise: e.g. professional services, training, or mentoring.
Share conference rooms or other facilities for events and training.
Use their platforms and networks to raise awareness of our work.
Promote our volunteering opportunities and campaigns to staff and customers.
When you are ready, we can explore together what kind of partnership would work best for you and your employees, taking into account your size, sector and objectives.
If you feel our values align and would like to explore a corporate partnership, please contact our Chief Programmes Officer, Emily Bowerman, via partnership@reuk.org
Faith communities
REUK supports young people whatever their faith, religion or beliefs, and our staff team and volunteers are people of many faiths and none.
From the very beginning, the Christian theology of our founders has shaped our view of each individual as a holistic being, deserving of care, dignity and support. This continues to inform our commitment to welcome, hope and generosity.
“REUK provides our church community with a tangible way to get involved in the lives of young refugees. We are honoured to play a part in giving them hope for a different future.”
We work directly with churches and other faith communities to:
Deliver training on refugee issues, safeguarding and supporting young people in education.
Speak at services, conferences and events to share stories and learning.
Provide teaching, small‑group and prayer resources on request.
Explore ways for members to volunteer, fundraise or give regularly.
We are deeply grateful to our past and current faith‑based partners who support our work through giving, prayer and practical involvement.
If you would like REUK to speak to your community, or to explore partnership opportunities, please get in touch with us via hello@reuk.org.