Resettlement programmes are considered one solution to displacement following the so-called refugee crisis. Private or community-based sponsorship models enable volunteer groups to take responsibility resettling refugees. The UK Community Sponsorship scheme (CS) allows volunteer groups to support refugee families in their community. This paper explores the role of emotions in CS using Jaspers three-stage social action life cycle (1998) drawing upon Doidge and Sandri’s (Br J Sociol 70: 463–480, 2018) positive and negative emotions, Jaspers (Sociol Forum 13: 397–424, 1998) reactive and affective continuum and Hoggett and Miller’s (Community Dev J 35: 352–364, 2000) individual/group features to explore the role of emotions in CS work. Using interview data collected from 123 interviews with 22 sponsorship groups, we find across the life cycle that there is a shift from negative reactive emotions during group initiation to positive affective emotions during consolidation and finally a mix of negative and positive affective emotions as groups become sustained. Understanding the role of emotions in motivating and sustaining volunteers is essential to the success of the CS, to encourage group formation and reduce burnout.

安置方案被认为是在所谓的难民危机之后解决流离失所问题的一种方法。私人或基于社区的赞助模式使志愿团体能够承担重新安置难民的责任。英国社区赞助计划（CS）允许志愿团体为社区中的难民家庭提供支持。本文利用多斯和桑德里（Br J Sociol 70：463–480，2018）积极和消极情绪，贾斯珀斯（社会论坛13：397）的Jaspers三阶段社会行动生命周期（1998）探索情感在CS中的作用。 –424，1998年）的反应和情感连续体和霍格特和米勒的（社区发展J 35：352-364，2000年）的个人/群体特征，探索情绪在CS工作中的作用。使用从22个赞助团体进行的123次访谈中收集的访谈数据，我们发现，在整个生命周期中，从小组开始时的负面反应情绪转变为巩固期间的正面情感情绪，随着小组的持续发展，最终出现了负面情绪和正面情感的混合。了解情绪在激励和维持志愿者方面的作用对于CS的成功至关重要，它可以促进团队的形成和减少倦怠。