Call to librarians, artists, and those working in the museum - bring kindness 🧡 into your spaces. City of Sanctuary UK 🧡 #Museums #library #artists

Take a look at this free pack from City of Sanctuary UK 🧡 encouraging us all to start having ‘courageous conversations’ about #refugee rights with our friends, colleagues, neighbours and families. orlo.uk/c4Yvc

Southend Council have made the very first step towards applying for a Local Authority of Sactuary award 👀🤩🥳 echo-news.co.uk/news/24545419.…

Welcome back! We are excited for the year ahead as more schools & colleges across the Bradford District work to build welcoming & inclusive communities for people seeking sanctuary, via the Sanctuary Award. Opportunities for this term coming out soon! (Artwork: Co-op Academy Penny Oaks🙏)

We're looking for a (Volunteer) Project Manager to lead Never Walk Alone! This is an exciting opportunity for anyone who loves nature and walking, and who wants to make a tangible difference to the lives of refugees in London. fencesandfrontiers.org/join-our-team #refugeeswelcome

Add your name to the 10k+ others who are calling for people seeking sanctuary to be moved out of hotels targeted by the far right 👇 you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/safe…

We are proud to have added our voice to this Migrant Voice 🧡 letter signed by 80+ orgs. People become undocumented for many different reasons. Rather than detention, we urgently need ways to make it easier for them to have a secure status. theguardian.com/uk-news/articl…

"Hull is the city of William Wilberforce and the abolition of slavery, a city that stood up to fascism during the Second World War and a City of Sanctuary. We are a strong and united city and nothing will ever break that spirit." thehullstory.com/allarticles/ri…

12 people, including 3 children, have died trying to reach the UK. These waters are a graveyard. Without safe routes to reach family, sanctuary are the chance to rebuild, these tragedies are inevitable. This is politics devoid of empathy. theguardian.com/world/live/202…

New report by Women for Refugee Women 🧡 finds that hotel accommodation: ❌Harms and retraumatises women seeking safety; ❌Perpetuates patterns of coercion and control that women thought they had escaped. Hotel accommodation must END now. refugeewomen.co.uk/coercion-and-c…

So easily could have been prevented. Safe routes now.

Join us on Friday 6th September at 5pm, at Goat Ledge steps opposite Warrior Square Gardens in St Leonards, to mourn the 12 people who tragically lost their lives in the Channel today, and to fight for the living. We call for safe passage now! City of Sanctuary UK 🧡 Together With Refugees 🧡

Ellie is about to run the Richmond Marathon all to help build this movement of welcome for people seeking sanctuary🏃‍♀️ "When I considered all of the causes close to my heart, City of Sanctuary UK felt like the right decision" Go Ellie, go! justgiving.com/page/ellie-pea…

The e-Visa scheme could create another Windrush scandal. By the end of 2024, proof of the right to be in the UK will be fully digitalised. Up to 4 million migrants will be at risk of not being able to prove their status offline. Tell your MP #stopEvisas action.openrightsgroup.org/write-your-mp-…

Meet Ori. She's 11 & has just completed a triathalon to help build welcome for people seeking sanctuary in the UK! She 🏊‍♀️2k 🚴‍♀️30k🚶‍♀️15k - 47km over 3 days! Because there are roughly 47 million refugee children Ori's mega-challenge raised an incredible £1821! THANK YOU, ORI! 🏆🏅

So proud of my fantastic cousin raising so much money for such a great cause!

Join a free online 6-week cultural exchange programme⚡️ The Roots Programme encourages participants to reflect on their identities, consider differences & commonalities & challenge biases. Interested? Sign up here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

Teachers, heading back to school? 🍎 Make this the year your school commits to welcome. Join the 1000+ schools who are doing all they can to ensure refugee students are supported to thrive. Join us on 17th Sep for an introduction to Schools of Sanctuary 🧡 cityofsanctuary.org/events/an-intr…