Local Welcome
Local Welcome is a charity that brings local people and refugees together to share their stories and experiences while cooking and eating…
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Goal Click: Refugees Project
Goal Click is a global photography project that helps people understand each other and the world through football and amazing stories. Goal…
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City of Sanctuary UK 2018 Conference and AGM
Bookings are now open for the 2018 City of Sanctuary Conference and AGM. Full details can be found here
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Scottish Refugee Council New Telephone Helpline
Scottish Refugee Council is launching a new telephone helpline for people across Scotland looking for advice and information on refugee…
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CALL FOR EVIDENCE: Impact of living on asylum support rates
At the beginning of February, the Government increased the level of asylum support (Section 95) by 80p weekly - from £36.95 to £37.75. This is the first time that support levels have been raised since 2015. However, in that same year, the Government also reduced support levels for children from…
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Latest Asylum Statistics Q4 2017
Q4 2017 Asylum Stats
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Project to help refugees, asylum seekers and other marginalised communities represent their experiences through games
Have you ever been curious about making a game?
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Young Orchestras CIC is recruiting
Young Orchestras CIC is seeking to appoint someone to work on a freelance basis for approximately 35 days to co-ordinate …
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Leicester CoS are recruiting for Co-ordinator Finance and Administration Officer
Leicester CoS are recruiting for a Co-ordinator
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Successful Guardian Grant Applicants Announced
We are very excited to announce the successful applicants of the second round of Guardian Grants! After the launch of…
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The Wedding!
Gecko is an award winning and internationally acclaimed physical theatre company touring nationally and internationally. Striving to make their work…
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Will Your MP Support a New EDM for a Time Limit on Detention?
Catherine West MP for Hornsey & Wood Green has tabled an Early Day Motion calling for a time limit on immigration detention. The UK is the only country in Europe without a time limit on detention. You can help by contacting your own MP to ask them to support EDM…
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New Data Protection Law to Limit Privacy and Data Protection Rights of Migrants
Campaigners from Liberty and JCWI have warned that a clause smuggled into the Government’s new data protection law would create a two-tier, racially discriminatory data protection regime and undermine millions of people’s privacy rights. The widespread sharing of personal data collected by frontline agencies with the Home Office is the…
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World on our doorstep – “Horsforth Refugee Camp” in Leeds
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Hostile Environment: Checks on 70m Bank Accounts in Search for Illegal Immigrants
In a recent article, the Guardian revealed that banks and building societies will be carrying out immigration checks on 70m current…
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Highlights from CoS development in the North West
There have been great strides in sanctuary awards work - a City of Sanctuary strategic tool to sustain welcome in the mainstream. Three schools (English Martyrs in Preston & both the Cathedral Schools in Lancaster), have gained the School of Sanctuary award. Staff at Bolton's Octagon Theatre have had awareness sessions which generated great enthusiasm…