Please Act on the Humanitarian Crisis in the Barracks
Following the December 2020 action to close the ex army barracks housing hundreds of people seeking sanctuary, there have been…
Posts Categorized: Covid-19
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Connect & Create is back!
Connect & Create is back to help you get through the lockdown blues. Following our successful online activities programme last…
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Museum of Homelessness is seeking your input
The Dying Homeless Project is run by The Museum of Homelessness. It aims to collect the stories of those who…
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Using Sports & Arts to support mental health during Covid
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Speed Friending Event – 9 December 6.30 – 8pm
We are excited to have teamed up with the TimePeace Slack Community to run a special Speed Friending Event on…
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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…
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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 they work.
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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