City of Sanctuary UK

We absolutely love it when the green pencil comes out. These coloured-in London Boroughs have all achieved the Local Authority of Sanctuary award! 12 out of 32 Boroughs, and counting... This award means they’ve put in policies and practices to create a culture of welcome, inclusion and empowerment for people seeking sanctuary. Achieving it is no mean feat. A huge well done to Lewisham, Barnet, Camden, Waltham Forest, Wandsworth, Southwark, Islington, Lambeth, Richmond, Newham who have all gone above and beyond. Find out more about the award: https://lnkd.in/d2ThDJEN

Meet Ori. She's 11 years old and has just completed a triathalon (yes a triathalon!) to help build welcome for people seeking sanctuary in the UK! She swam 2km, cycled 30k and walked 15k - 47km over 3 days! She chose this target because there are roughly 47 million refugee children. Ori's mega-challenge raised an incredible £1821! Every single penny will ensure that even more people seeking sanctuary are met with a warm welcome, supportive community and empowering opportunities. THANK YOU, ORI! Inspired? There are so many ways you could raise money and help build this movement of welcome for people seeking sanctuary. Download our fundraising guide and get going today: https://lnkd.in/ePQuD63h

Communities united will never be defeated🌻 The last few weeks has shown how critically important our movement of welcome is - we work in every area and sector to encourage solidarity, inclusivity and compassion for people seeking sanctuary. Help us grow this movement of welcome. For the next 19 days ONLY we are selling these limited edition t-shirts - so snap yours up today: https://lnkd.in/giTSYJN3

No hate, no fear: refugees are welcome here.

Solidarity, love and strength to everyone affected by this weekend's appalling violence. Thank you to the tens of thousands of people, many in Cities of Sanctuary, who have stood up for their neighbours and cleaned up after these mobs. There are far more of us than of them.

Refugee Week is just around the corner... Kick off this special week with an evening of poetry from authors published by the UK's only Magazine of Sanctuary, The Other Side of Hope. June 17th, 7-8pm. Feel free to eat your dinner or enjoy a glass of wine during this free online event. Register your place now! https://lnkd.in/eQYsZT46

CELEBRATING OUR MUSEUMS OF SANCTUARY We had a wonderful time at the Great North Museum: Hancock this afternoon celebrating our Museums of Sanctuary award. Sanctuary Awards are presented to organisations that go above and beyond to welcome people seeking sanctuary. And we're so proud that our nine museums and galleries have been recognised. Kindness, compassion and a warm welcome are more important now than ever before. We also took time to celebrate our incredible Multaka North East volunteers. Multaka (which means 'meeting point' in Arabic) is a museum volunteering programme for people with a migration background. The group has done amazing things. Like today - Arezoo gave a tour of the Ancient Egypt exhibition to 15 people in her first language, Farsi. Thank you to everyone who came along!

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