City of Sanctuary Movement Growing
We currently have active City of Sanctuary groups in Sheffield, Swansea, Oxford, Bristol, Coventry, Leicester, Hull, Huddersfield, Leeds,…
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National Conference 2010
Our third national conference in Birmingham on 13th September provided plenty of eye-opening insights into the City of Sanctuary movement…
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Manchester – A City of Sanctuary?
City of Sanctuary is coming to Manchester with a public meeting on Tuesday 5th October, 7pm at the Friends Meeting…
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Huddersfield, Wakefield & Hull Launch events
This June sees three celebratory launch events for City of Sanctuary movements in Huddersfield, Wakefield and Hull.
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Swansea becomes 2nd City of Sanctuary
Swansea has become the UK’s 2nd official ‘City of Sanctuary’, meeting all of the criteria set by the national City…
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Sanctuary in Yorkshire & Humber
We have been working on a ‘vision statement’ for what a ‘Sanctuary in Yorkshire & Humber’ initiative might look like.…
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Oxford's 'Moving to Mars' Film Night
Oxford City of Sanctuary recently held a wonderful evening for invited guests and ‘opinion formers’ in the city. They filled…
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Yorkshire & Humber to be a ‘Region of Sanctuary’?
At the recent 'Region of Sanctuary' conference in Bradford a wide range of organisations gave enthusiastic support to the aim…
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City of Sanctuary – the film: watch it here
City of Sanctuary is a movement to make our towns and cities welcoming places for people seeking sanctuary in the…
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New Campaign to End Detention of Children in UK
Members of Parliament Chris Mullin and Peter Bottomley are co-sponsoring an Early Day Motion, calling on the Government to end the detention of asylum-seeking children.
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City of Sanctuary coming to Glasgow
On Monday 30th November, City of Sanctuary held a public meeting at Glasgow City Chambers to explore the idea of…
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'Mobile Solidarities' research report
Dr Vicki Squire from the Open University has recently published a research paper on the City of Sanctuary movement and Strangers into Citizens campaign.
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Moving to Mars
A new documentary film, ‘Moving to Mars’, tells the story of two families who came to Sheffield as refugees from…
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What we did for Refugee Week 2009
City of Sanctuary groups across the country celebrated Refugee Week in style this year. Here is a brief round-up of just some of their activities.
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Refugees Welcome all over London
The newly formed London City of Sanctuary group have been showing that refugees are important and valued citizens of the capital by unfurling a ‘Refugees Welcome Here' banner at 50 iconic sites on Saturday June 20th as part of Refugee Week's ‘Simple Acts' campaign.
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Announcing the first London Citizens of Sanctuary awards
JULIET STEVENSON, PETER TATCHELL AND NEIL GERRARD MP to be honoured.