Urgent Action – Immigration Bill
Latest update from Detention Forum. This action is still important.
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Open letter to Home Secretary from These Walls Must Fall
Campaign group, These Walls Must Fall has written an open letter to the Home Secretary Priti Patel urging the government…
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New Report from Doctors of the World – “An Unsafe Distance” the impact of Covid-19 on excluded people
Doctors of the World has launched a report on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on excluded people in England.
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Let Us Be Together – Margaret Fingerghut’s Fundraising Finale
Last year internationally acclaimed pianist Margaret Fingerhut raised an incredible £82,000 for City of Sanctuary, visiting 32 cities across the…
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Football Welcomes Project help to connect refugees in Doncaster
Club Doncaster Foundation has been running sport activities to make people seeking sanctuary feel welcome, develop their skills and connect…
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#SanctuaryStoriesOnline: Collaborative film-making during lockdown
Collaborative film-making during lockdown
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Call to Increase Asylum Support
CoS are mobilising behind the call for the Home Office to urgently increase financial support to people seeking sanctuary to…
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City of hope: Bristol’s refugee sector response to COVID-19
Bristol’s refugee sector has joined forces to find practical ways to support people seeking sanctuary in the city amidst the…
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MPs launch inquiry into combating isolation during COVID-19
The All Party Parliamentary Group on Social Integration has set up a new short inquiry to identify best practice for reaching isolated groups and how to overcome some of the challenges during the current COVID-19 pandemic. To keep within the guidelines of social distancing groups are requested to submit their written…
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Interfaith Glasgow zoom event on Sunday 19 April 2020: Faith and COVID-19 – Staying Connected at a Time of Physical Distancing
Please see message below from Interfaith Glasgow about their upcoming event:
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Creating online communities
In the face of the challenges of organising life with the outbreak of Covid-19, City of Sanctuary’s North East Sanctuary…
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Scheduling Zoom meetings for CoS groups
Our Zoom Business account allows calls that are longer than the 40 mins allowed on a free account (the maximum…
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New City of Sanctuary UK address
From 25 March 2020, our address will be:
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COVID 19 – City of Sanctuary UK update
The City of Sanctuary vision of welcome and sanctuary for all underpins our thinking as we respond to the new…
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Advocacy work to protect refugees and migrants from COVID-19
COVID-19 poses a great threat to the lives of most vulnerable within our society and among them are people seeking sanctuary from war, violence and persecution. Below are some of the advocacy works by leading UK charities calling Government to take practical steps to protect people seeking sanctuary from COVID-19.…
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Sanctuary resources for kids during school closures
With school closures across the UK and Ireland, children will be spending a lot of time at home. We are trying to gather resources which are about sanctuary for ourselves as well as learning about sanctuary for others. Please share any suggested activities via [email protected] and we will add them…