City of Sanctuary UK holds the vision that our nations will be welcoming places of safety for all and proud to offer sanctuary to people fleeing violence and persecution. In order to realise this vision, City of Sanctuary UK supports a network of groups, which includes villages, towns, cities and regions across the UK, and others engaged in Streams of Sanctuary, Sanctuary Awards and activities intended to welcome people seeking sanctuary.
For more information see our Charter.
Whilst we are a movement in our own right we also contribute towards wider movement building through partnership work and supporting advocacy and campaigning initiatives.
We work closely with our partner organisation Places of Sanctuary Ireland.
Wherever refugees go, we want them to feel safe and find people who will welcome them.
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Home Office Review of Section 95 and Section 4 Support Levels
Responses to review accepted to 31st of August The Home Office is conducting their 2018 review into support levels for those…
Sophy Bryson RIP
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WOMAD… you were wonderful!
Last week a group of local and national volunteers and sanctuary seekers took We’re Open on tour to…
An opportunity for your City of Sanctuary group to have a Fundraising Recital given by acclaimed pianist, Margaret Fingerhut
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Talgarth Sports 2018
‘This is our third year at Talgarth Sports Festival and it just gets better every time. There were so many…
No2H8 crime awards still open
City of Sanctuary encourages groups to submit nominations for the No2h8 Crime Awards, a multi-partner initiative that seeks to celebrate…
The Dorcas Dress Project
They are a UK registered charity who support people out of situations of hardship by offering refugees and asylum seekers…
More about Project Get Together [PGT]
By Sian Cox for HBTSR.
Refugee Week in Birmingham schools
In Birmingham over 30 schools are part of our Schools of Sanctuary network, of which ten have received the award…
Colchester sixth form college have officially become a College of Sanctuary
By Adrian Frost, Assistant Principal, 17 July 2018
Yorkshire & Humberside Maternity Stream recruiting for a Project Manager
The Yorkshire and Humber Maternity Stream of the City of Sanctuary is looking to appoint a person to lead the…
Medics awarded medals for fighting Ebola return them in protest over migrant healthcare access
Today a group of medics awarded medals for their work fighting Ebola will be returning their medals in protest of…
This Is Who I Am: First-hand accounts of LGBT+ people seeking asylum in the UK
City of Sanctuary Bolton present: This Is Who I Am – Ice & Fire Theatre Company 7.30pm Tuesday 18 September 2018 –…
New Report from Refugee Action on Access to Justice in the Asylum System
Refugee Action have produced a new campaign briefing on the impact of cuts to legal aid on justice in the…
Ongoing Delays and Poor Decision-Making in Asylum Support Process
One year on from Refugee Action’s report ‘Slipping through the Cracks,’ which documented delays and poor decision-making in the Home Office’s asylum…
Research on Wrongful GP Refusals & Safe Surgeries Network
New research published by Doctors of the World UK has found that 1 in 5 attempts to register vulnerable patients are…
Open Letter to Home Secretary on Standards of Proof in Asylum Decision-Making
The Windrush scandal revealed the impossible burden placed on individuals to prove their entitlement to be in the UK. Freedom…
Briefing on the Home Office’s Voluntary Returns Programme
Asylum Matters and Right to Remain have produced a briefing looking at the Home Office’s Voluntary Returns Programme for consideration by organisations and faith groups who are asked to host advice surgeries on behalf of the Home Office.