'I've got a lot of love to give and it's the perfect opportunity to give it to someone who's in need'
One person putting her name forward is Mandi Arnold, who lives in Telford, Shropshire, with her partner and three children.
She fled an abusive relationship when she was in her 20s and says she can empathise with refugees who just want a safe place to call home. Mandi says her two sons are too young to understand what housing a refugee would involve but that she and her husband have chatted to her nine-year-old daughter, Amalia, about it.Husband and wife team Mandy and Mark Durrell were also among the first to register to offer a room."We want to offer space, companionship, comfort and safety," said Mark. "We have this home. There's two of us and the dog - and there's space here to give someone refuge and sanctuary.
There should also be plans for what happens "for the rare situations in which a placement does not work out", she added.She said Refugees at Home would be working with the government to firm up the details of the scheme.Homes for Ukraine is the second visa scheme the government has set up since the war broke out.
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