An entrepreneur and investor on BBC programme Dragons’ Den has introduced he has signed up to supply his residence to a Ukrainian household fleeing the struggle as a part of the UK authorities’s sponsorship scheme.Steven Bartlett, the 29-year-old writer and podcaster, stated he had utilized to the initiative and hoped to home refugees within the spare room of his residence in London.Under the scheme, which was introduced on Monday, particular person sponsors will likely be requested to present houses or a spare room rent-free for so long as they’re ready, with a minimal keep of six months. In return, they are going to obtain £350 a month.Bartlett, the founder and former CEO of social media advertising and marketing company The Social Chain, stated he would donate the cash to the Disasters Emergency Committee, which is finishing up work in Ukraine.The entrepreneur, who was born in Botswana to a Nigerian mom and a British father, wrote on Twitter: “I’ve a spare room at my residence right here in London so I’ve signed up to supply it to a Ukrainian household.“The 350 month-to-month payment for housing a refugee household will likely be donated to decappeal who [fellow Dragons’ Den investor] Deborah Meaden advisable for their ongoing work in Ukraine.”Bartlett, who hosts The Diary of a CEO podcast and set up The Social Chain from his bed room in Manchester, urged his followers to be a part of him in making use of to the scheme and shared a hyperlink.He turns into the newest superstar after Cher and Benedict Cumberbatch to specific an curiosity in housing Ukrainians who’ve left their nation after the Russian invasion.More than 150,000 individuals had registered their curiosity within the UK’s Homes for Ukraine scheme earlier than its launch.However issues have been raised by refugee charities about paperwork, safeguarding and resourcing.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/mar/19/dragons-den-investor-signs-up-to-homes-for-ukraine-refugee-scheme
