City of Sanctuary is coming to Manchester with a public meeting on Tuesday 5th October, 7pm at the Friends Meeting House, 6 Mount Street, Manchester, M2 5NS (behind Central Library).
At this event, Tiffy Allen, National Co-ordinator of the...
Swansea is the UK’s 2nd official ‘City of Sanctuary’, meeting all of the criteria set by the national City of Sanctuary network for this prestigious status. The City and Council of Swansea resolved unanimously to support...
A ‘vision statement’ for what a ‘Sanctuary in Yorkshire & Humber’ initiative might look like is now in development. We are now looking to meet up with potential partner organisations to work out how to put this...
Oxford City of Sanctuary recently held a wonderful evening for invited guests and ‘opinion formers’ in the city. They filled the Ultimate Picture Palace for a screening of the documentary ‘Moving to Mars’.
At the recent 'Region of Sanctuary' conference in Bradford a wide range of organisations gave enthusiastic support to the aim of becoming the first region to make a commitment to being a place of safety and welcome.
A new documentary film, ‘Moving to Mars’, tells the story of two families who came to Sheffield as refugees from Burma, through the UN Gateway Protection programme.
The film will have its world premiere at the international...
City of Sanctuary groups across the country celebrated Refugee Week in style this year. Here is a brief round-up of just some of their activities.
Asylum Dialogues National Tour
Asylum Dialogues is a documentary play about real-life...
The newly formed London City of Sanctuary group have been showing that refugees are important and valued citizens of the capital by unfurling a ‘Refugees Welcome Here' banner at 50 iconic sites on Saturday June 20th as part of Refugee...
JULIET STEVENSON, PETER TATCHELL AND NEIL GERRARD MP to be honoured.
A London City of Sanctuary group was formed in early 2009, the latest place in the UK to join a growing network of cities and towns dedicated to promoting a greater...
Our 2nd national conference in Sheffield was a fascinating sharing of achievements, ideas and enthusiasm between City of Sanctuary activists from all over the country.
We had a mixture of presentations, discussions and training...
Looking for new ideas in integration?
Sheffield City of Sanctuary has been singled out by an international initiative that promotes integration. It will be featured during Refugee Week (June 15-21) on the ‘Cities of ‘Migration' website....
The Simple Acts campaign is about inspiring people to use small,
everyday actions to change perceptions of refugees.
It consists of 20 actions that can be done by anyone and that encourage
us to learn and do more with...
This Refugee Week (June 13-21), iceandfire is bringing Asylum Dialogues to seven cities across the UK in collaboration with pioneering movement, City of Sanctuary.
Help us to promote a culture of hospitality for those seeking...
On 24th March Bradford Council passed the following motion, supporting Bradford's bid to become a recognized 'City of Sanctuary'
"This Council notes that:
City of Sanctuary is a national movement to build a culture of hospitality...
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...
