Supporters

Wanted: your experience of welcome

We are working hard to enable Wales to become the first ever Nation of Sanctuary. To help us in doing…
AGM & Celebration Event

This week we held our AGM and celebration event. We elected our new Management Committee and celebrated the steps taken…
Free awareness-raising training available through Swansea CVS.

We are pleased to be delivering a free awareness-raising training session, about issues affecting asylum seekers and refugees, through the…
Wales Nation of Sanctuary Conference

We would love you to join us at the Wales Nation of Sanctuary Conference, on Thursday April 27th 2017, at…
Reflections from intern, Divya

Earlier this month, we welcomed an intern into our small team. Divya joins us all the way from the University of…
Women’s Group visits Senedd during half-term break.

Wednesday, 22nd February was a very special day which we were pleased to have shared. It was great to see…
Holocaust Memorial Day 2017

Today we were privileged to attend the Holocaust Memorial Day service held at Bishop Gore School. The service brought together…
Job Opportunity: Accommodation Development Worker with SBASSG.
Networking Event- Volunteering

We started 2017 off with an excellent networking event, bringing together around 40 individuals from more than twenty different organisations.…
Swansea Sanctuary Awards 2017.

What are the Swansea Sanctuary Awards?
Swansea City of Sanctuary says Thank You to its volunteers!

Yesterday Swansea City of Sanctuary hosted a fantastic event to say thank you to our volunteers, without whom we could…
Human Rights Day 2016

December 10th is Human Rights Day. It commemorates the day on which, in 1948, the United Nations General Assembly adopted…
#HRD528

We are working with Swansea University’s College of Law and Criminology to raise awareness of the support provided to asylum…
All day experimental music celebration in support of Swansea City of Sanctuary.

We are delighted that the Gwyl Nawr festival has chosen to donate any proceeds to Swansea City of Sanctuary in…
Free Training in Partnership with HOPE not hate Wales

This training focuses on the techniques needed to bring people around to a different way of thinking, and how to…
Stand As One Rally

Last Saturday saw hundreds of people gather in Swansea’s Castle Square to welcome and celebrate people seeking sanctuary in Wales.…
Meet our new Committee Officers!

We are delighted to introduce our brand new Management Committee officers for 2016-2017.
Destitution Working Group Meeting 9th September 2-4pm.

City of Sanctuary

About

City of Sanctuary is a movement to build a culture of hospitality for people seeking sanctuary in the UK. Our goal is to create a network of towns and cities throughout the country which are proud to be places of safety for people seeking sanctuary and helping them integrate into their local communities.

Through creating a national network of Cities of Sanctuary, we aim to demonstrate the desire of people of goodwill throughout the country for a more just and humane approach to people seeking sanctuary in this country.

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Contact the National Team

Streams

A Stream links people and organisations within a city or across cities around a particular theme or campaign. A Stream can also be a campaign on a particular issue, such as Destitution or Detention. Find out more.

Groups

Scotland

North West

North East

Yorkshire and Humberside

Places of Sanctuary Ireland

Wales

Central England

South West

South and South East

New and emerging groups

Resources

What is City of Sanctuary?

Core Principles, Developing a Culture of Welcome, & City of Sanctuary films

Running a City of Sanctuary group

A guide to setting up a local group, support services, running groups & meetings, possible funding sources.

Raising Awareness

FAQ, resources around Awareness Raising and Destitution, and reading lists.

Useful Templates

Constitution, Resolution of Support, Logos, Fonts & Design Resources and more.