Mark Wiggin
Associate Member
Mark Wiggin serves as the Chairperson of UK Welcomes Refugees, a charity established in 2021 to aid the expansion and progress of the Community Sponsorship scheme for resettling refugees. Over the years the work of UKWR has extended to include Hong Kong BNO’s and welcome work with local communities through our ‘Rebuilding Belonging’ project. As the Director of Caritas Diocese of Salford (2010 – 2021) Mark developed the diocesan response to the Syrian refugee crisis throughout the Greater Manchester and East Lancashire region and was invited by the UK Government to the launch of the Global Refugee Sponsorship Initiative in Ottawa, Canada. Mark is currently the President of the International Catholic Migration Commission (Europe) and through UK Welcomes Refugees is a member of the Community Sponsorship Alliance-UK
