Supporters

Food and Friendship in Swansea

One of our supporters, The African Community Centre, has produced a document with details of places providing food and friendship…
Swansea Brings Home Sanctuary Games Trophy

On Sunday 6th August, a team of asylum seekers and refugees from Swansea competed in the first Sanctuary Games. The…
Interpreters in the Community Discussion Forum

INVITATION TO “INTERPRETERS IN THE COMMUNITY” DISCUSSION FORUM SWANSEA UNIVERSITY’S DEPARTMENT OF LANGUAGES, TRANSLATION AND INTERPRETING CORDIALLY INVITES YOU TO JOIN US FOR…
Summer Holiday Activities

Attached is a compilation of free activities for August . Please note that the list is not exhaustive but hopefully…
Summer Holiday Activities

SUMMER HOLIDAY ACTIVITIES IN SWANSEA – JULY 2017
Wales Nation of Sanctuary Summary Report.

We are delighted to bring you the Nation of Sanctuary Event Summary on World Refugee Day.
Want to support volunteers who are seeking sanctuary?

Refugee Week takes place every year across the world in the week around World Refugee Day on the 20 June. In…
Job Opportunity- Volunteer Development Worker, with SBASSG.

JOB ADVERTISEMENT– Volunteer Development Worker, Swansea Bay Asylum Seekers Support Group
Swansea City of Sanctuary Wins Prestigious Queen’s Award
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.…

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.