We promote international friendship and understanding by welcoming international students as guests in British homes. Run by EIL UK, the HOST UK programme is supported by a network of voluntary Regional Organisers across the country with the collaboration of International Student Advisors in academic institutions.

The HOST UK programme enables international students at British universities and colleges to be invited to stay in a British home for a weekend or visit for a day where they have the opportunity to experience British culture at first-hand. HOST UK is open to all international students in higher and further education in the UK who are at least 18 years old and have enrolled on a course of at least 3 months. In 2015 alone, more than 3,000 students from over 100 countries requested a HOST visit.

There are approximately 1500 volunteer hosts across the UK who report many benefits such as the chance to introduce the family to people from other cultures.