The charity is led by Executive Director Lauren Scott, who was awarded an MBE in 2022 in recognition of her work for refugees.
[2] It is chaired by Daniel Gerring, partner at law firm Travers Smith, who provide ongoing support.
[12] After being confronted on Twitter about his personal response to the refugee crisis, Mr Lineker responded with a picture of the charity's confirmation that he had signed up to host.
[13] Lineker received a letter of thanks from Rasheed, a Pakistani refugee who stayed with him for 20 days, which he said 'made it worthwhile'.
[19] Refugees at Home's overall aim is for hosting to be normalised as a way of welcoming those fleeing war and persecution in other countries to the UK.