After an extremely successful intensive 6-week course in Spring 2022 for 5 groups of refugees from the war in Ukraine, we have been able to extend and expand the course ever since with an academic year programme.

2022/3 for 6 groups
2023-24 for 7 groups
2024-25 for 11 groups
2025.26 for 10+ groups (subject to funding)

Watch our original video appeal in 2022 here. To see some of the course participants talking about the courses, follow the link below. To become a supporter and review our current list of supporters, please read on!

If you would like to see more of our course participants speaking, you will find an extended version of the above video here.

Our core aims remain unchanged. As English is a skill for life and social mobility, these courses aim to do three things:

1. Improve basic English skills
2. Help with skills and language needed to apply for jobs and working in an English speaking environment
3. Put refugees in a position to gain an internationally recognised qualification in English (ESOL)

Our current funding objective is to raise enough funds to enable as many refugees as possible to extend their group studies free of charge to the end of May 2025 and to allow for a a new intake of students in the coming academic year.

Donations Guide: 400€ will pay for books for 1 group for one academic year. 800€ will sponsor 1 student through 1 academic year. 4000€ buys a book for every student in the 2025/26 academic year. 6600€ will pay for one group to study for an academic year. We aim to form at least 10 groups for the academic year 2025/6.

However, please remember, no donation is too small or too big! All contributions big and small will be gratefully received and put to good use.

If you would like to support the English4 Refugees programme with a donation, please use the following bank details:

OÜ INTERNATIONAL LANGUAGE SERVICES.
IBAN is EE942200221078870902
Bank details: SWEDBANK AS
Liivalaia 8, 15040 Tallinn
SWIFT code/BIC: HABAEE2X
Reg. number: 10060701
Bank phone: +372 6132222

*Please write ‘English4Refugees Donation’ in the payment description and not that donations may incur a tax liability

Thanks again to our main partners and supporters so far:

Thanks also to:
Express Publishing	Allecto AS	A Gorizontova
Overall Eesti AS	J Aru	J Uhler
SimpleKPI	D Franch	H Proode
Merchants House Hotel	C Cameron	K Vahenurm
EuroX SIA	MB Galbraith	R Hazlehurst
JD Marsdale	RA Forssten	Dr. R Yallop
M Vahter	V Goguadze	P Rüsse
D Featherstone	C Lautre	B + M Marsdale
M Oliinyk	J Poole	D Selder
S. Griffen	R Brookes	Dr. Adrian Venables
Bromley and Beckenham Philatelic Society	G Hill	Slack Technologies
British Embassy Estonia	J Ross	Unique Hotels

Notes and queries to: refugees@ilstallinn.ee