Leeds City Council calls for the Home Secretary to #StopAsylumEvictions
Despite the continuing rise in COVID cases and increasing restrictions in many local areas, the Home Office is still pushing…
Posts Categorized: Covid-19
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Call out from One Strong Voice – new collective for people with lived experience of seeking sanctuary and the wider immigration system
Do you want to be part of making positive change? If you have direct lived experience of the asylum and…
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Let’s Discuss Safeguarding and DBS checks: a facilitated conversation with Lyn Gavin from the Safeguarding Engagement Team at DBS
Please join the next City of Sanctuary Facilitated Conversation online, where we will discuss Safeguarding and DBS checks for volunteers.
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New report from IPPR ‘Access denied: The Human Impact of the Hostile Environment’
The Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) is a registered charity and the UK’s pre-eminent progressive think tank.
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Preston – Covid Memories Project
Preston COS were recently successful in obtaining a £500 grant from the Lancashire Covid Fund as part of their work…
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Guide to Privacy Settings on social media and other data protection resources
Privacy International have shared a series of useful resources aimed at migrant and refugee organisations and the people with whom…
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‘Hear Us’: New Sisters not Strangers report
Sisters Not Strangers - a coalition of eight organisations - surveyed over 100 women seeking asylum in England and Wales…
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New Survey: Living on asylum support
On 15th June the Home Office implemented an interim increase to asylum support of £1.85 per week.
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Network conversation – report from the first facilitated conversation.
The City of Sanctuary UK South West coordinator Nikki Walters facilitated the first City of Sanctuary network conversation on Zoom…
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The Covid Summer Food Fund
Raising awareness and uptake - temporary extension to free school meals for some families with no recourse to public funds:
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Sanctuary Stories Online – seeking your stories for the second video challenge!
Collaborative film-making during lockdown - July challenge
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Sea Rescue organizations, Mayors and civil society movements launch a network calling for a fundamental change in European migration policy
Europe, 20 June 2020 - On the 20th of June, the World Refugee day, just a few days before Germany…
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Infographic on the global impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on refugees.
For World Refugee Day and everyday we express solidarity with all those affected by the terrible pandemic and share this…
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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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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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North East Sanctuary Ambassador delivers food packages on his bike to support refugees
Photo credit: Marian Alonso