Call for Cities of Sanctuary to support the UNHCR’s solidarity statement World Refugee Day
Cities #WithRefugees The UNHCR have asked the City of Sanctuary network to consider asking the cities who are a part of our…
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City of Sanctuary National Conference and AGM 2018 – A Snapshot and full notes
By Tiffy Allen
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“DignityNotDestitution” Sanctuary in Parliament 2017
The Fourth Sanctuary in Parliament event The fourth Sanctuary in Parliament event, organised by City of Sanctuary, Asylum Matters and other…
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Annual Review 2016-2017
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Get Involved: Calling on CoS Groups to Contact their MPs on Asylum Issues
Asylum Matters is calling on all City of Sanctuary groups to join up with other local groups working to support…
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Our registered office is moving
From 8th June, our registered office in Leeds is moving.
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City of Sanctuary Charter launched at AGM
On Wednesday 5th July at the AGM, City of Sanctuary proudly launched its charter which crystallizes who and what we are, our values and principles and will guide us to reach our vision.
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City of Sanctuary Hosts New Advocacy and Campaigns Project – Asylum Matters
What is Asylum Matters?
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Join us for the Great Get Together
The friends and family of Jo Cox, along with a growing movement of organisations, have planned to mark the anniversary…
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Talk to your MP- Materials to support you to promote #LetRefugeesLearn
We have a new activism pack, with ideas, a template letter to MPs and MP Briefings, to help you ask…
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Model Letters for your MP: Sanctuary in Parliament follow up
On the 1st December we had a fantastic turn out of 43 MPs coming to visit us at Sanctuary in…
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Tell your MP – Sanctuary is coming to Westminster!
The City of Sanctuary movement and partners are holding a second Sanctuary in Parliament on 1st December 2015 in Committee Room 14 at…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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.
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University of Reading defended its Sanctuary Scholarships
University of Reading has joined other universities by launching its Sanctuary Scholarship for refugees. However, the exciting news and noble…
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City of Sanctuary London and South-East regional gathering
Date : 3 November 2018
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City of Sanctuary North West Regional gathering
The second Regional Meeting of City of Sanctuary groups in the North West will take place on Wednesday, October 17th from…
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North East Regional Gathering – October 27th 2018
The City of Sanctuary North East Regional Gathering will be held in Durham on the 27th October 2018, 10am – 3pm, at the…
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New classroom resource from My Bright Kite
My Bright Kite CIC is a specialist not-for-profit organisation working to improve the wellbeing and inclusion of young refugees through…
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Free access to BlueBottleBiz library of resources for City of Sanctuary network
City of Sanctuary have partnered with BlueBottleBiz, a collaborative learning platform, who have offered to provide the CoS network with access…
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Stories of Sanctuary project launched in Durham
To commemorate Refugee Week, a gathering of thirty people – including Syrian refugees recently settled in County Durham – met…
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City of Sanctuary Eastern Regional Gathering
Date : 6 Oct 2018
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City of Sanctuary Midlands regional gathering
Date : 20 Oct 2018
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New Resource on NHS Health Charges
Asylum matters has produced a short and very useful briefing primarily for frontline orgs/ groups to help clarify entitlements and…
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Stories of ‘friendship’ with people seeking sanctuary to celebrate Refugee Week
Today the 20th of June is the World Refugee Day. And here in the UK we celebrate the 20th anniversary…
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St Paul’s CofE Primary School awarded Sanctuary status
St Paul’s Church of England Primary School was yesterday officially awarded the School of Sanctuary status. The Primary school of…