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…
Q4 2017 Asylum Stats
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Young Orchestras CIC is seeking to appoint someone to work on a freelance basis for approximately 35 days to co-ordinate …
Leicester CoS are recruiting for a Co-ordinator
We are very excited to announce the successful applicants of the second round of Guardian Grants! After the launch of…
Gecko is an award winning and internationally acclaimed physical theatre company touring nationally and internationally. Striving to make their work…
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…
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…
In a recent article, the Guardian revealed that banks and building societies will be carrying out immigration checks on 70m current…
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…
A primary school in Gloucester has become the first in the city to receive a special status for developing a…
A new City of Sanctuary group in Portsmouth, led by British Red Cross and inspired by Journeys Festival International arrival…
On Thursday 21st September City of Sanctuary Dublin will host a groundbreaking high level conference entitled 'Asylum Seekers Right to Work'. With speakers including a Supreme Court Judge,a Human Rights Commissioner, business CEOs and Trade Union leaders alongside asylum seekers and refugees telling their story, the conference promises to be…
The Jo Cox Loneliness Commission’s spotlight month on refugees and asylum seekers is taking place in October, and will aim…