News

Destitution Working Group Re-launched

For several years Swansea City of Sanctuary has had a subgroup about destitution, in partnership with Swansea Bay Asylum Seekers…
Summer Holiday Activities

SUMMER HOLIDAY ACTIVITIES IN SWANSEA – JULY 2017
The experiences of our volunteers

To celebrate Refugee Week we’re sharing the experiences of some of our volunteers. Today, we’re sharing the experience of Saba,…
From Volunteer to Staff Member

To celebrate Refugee Week, we are collecting articles and pieces of writing from our volunteers. Today’s piece, comes from Stepheni,…
Wales Nation of Sanctuary Summary Report.

We are delighted to bring you the Nation of Sanctuary Event Summary on World Refugee Day.
The experiences of our volunteers

To celebrate Refugee Week we’re sharing the experiences of some of our volunteers. Today we share our Co-Chair Amber’s experiences.
The experiences of our volunteers

To celebrate Refugee Week, we have asked several of our volunteers to write a blog piece for us. We asked…
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
Swansea Refugee and Asylum Seeker Advocacy Forum

We are excited to announce that thanks to funding from the Welsh Government, an Advocacy Forum for asylum seekers and…
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…
VolcanoFridays – World Voices in Swansea!

Multilingual World Literature in Swansea: over 30 authors, artists and musicians and more than 17 languages in a unique event series. Meet…
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…