We have just produced some new 'car-sticker' style signs for supporting
organisations to display in windows/doors etc. They read 'We welcome
asylum-seekers & refugees', with the CoS logo and web address, (see
design at www....
Sheffield City Council has voted unanimously to adopt the City of Sanctuary Manifesto, which aims to make Sheffield a city that takes pride in the welcome it offers to people in need of safety.
The Manifesto has been developed by...
More than 120 people from over 20 countries on 4 continents gathered at St Helen's Primary School in Swansea to officially launch ‘Swansea City of Sanctuary'.
The group consisted of refugees, asylum seekers and representatives of...
London joined 11 other UK cities in a move to become a 'City of Sanctuary' for refugees and people claiming sanctuary in the UK, with a launch event at St Martin-in-the-Fields on Trafalgar Square last week.
London is the latest city to...
On 6th October Oxford City Council passed a motion to support Oxford in its bid to become a ‘City of Sanctuary.'
The motion, which was proposed by Cllr John Tanner of the Labour Party and seconded by Sushila Dhall of the Green Party...
On Wednesday 1st October Bradford's new City of Sanctuary group held its public launch.
There was food, entertainment from the Mussanzi family choir (above) and a powerful performance of excerpts from Ice and Fire Theatre Company's '...
On 25th September at the Coventry 'Council House' (Town Hall) Coventry's own movement to become an official City of Sanctuary was launched by the Mayor Andy Matchet.
At a packed meeting (which someone described to me as the best...
National charity Refugee Action has just announced its support for the City of Sanctuary movement, offering to help develop local City of Sanctuary groups in all the areas where it works.
Refugee Action is the leading refugee agency in...
The online politics magazine Open Democracy recorded interviews with City of Sanctuary supporters in Sheffield for Refugee Week. You can listen and download the podcast here.
People representing groups from over 20 towns and cities, from Glasgow to Portsmouth, came to our first City of Sanctuary national conference on 4th June to share ideas about how to build their own local Cities (or Towns or Villages) of...
City of Sanctuary in London has taken its first step, with an initial meeting in May and ambitious plans for the future as an ‘Olympic City of Sanctuary’.
Please do spread the word about City of Sanctuary London and get any...
Over the next fortnight the online magazine 'Open Democracy' is working with City of Sanctuary to produce a series of articles and podcasts on the experiences of people seeking sanctuary in the UK. You can read, listen, and participate in...
"The development and expansion of the ‘City of Sanctuary' movement is
expressly to be encouraged as one way of forming a centre ground for sanctuary
at a local level", according to The Independent Asylum Commission.
The IAC...
The New Statesman has published an article by Donna Covey, Chief Executive of the Refugee Council, outlining the support they would like to see from London Mayoral candidates, which includes:
City of Sanctuary is teaming up with the Refugee Council, the UK’s largest refugee organisation, to support local groups throughout the UK
in developing their own Cities of Sanctuary. We have also received funding from the Joseph Rowntree...
This is a new initiative of the Citizens Organising Foundation to conduct a nationwide review of the asylum system.
They are calling for submissions of evidence through their website. This allows people to share their personal stories...
This is an important new campaign by the Citizens Organising Foundation for a pathway into citizenship for thousands of undocumented workers, including refused asylum-seekers, who have made new lives in the UK. More information is...
