Syrian Song Cafe in Birmingham – World Hijab Day on 1st February
World Hijab day, celebrated on the 1st February aims to foster acceptance and understanding between different faiths and communities. The…
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Birmingham City Council Household Support Fund
Support is available for households who are struggling with food or energy bills and other essentials. The main eligibility criteria are Birmingham residency and facing financial hardship. This includes NRPF if facing destitution as per DWP guidance.
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How asylum-seekers can find work in social care
On the last working day before Christmas, the government announced that it is adding social care workers to the Health and Care visa and Shortage Occupation List. The change is due to come into force “in February 2022“. The Home Office describes this as a temporary measure, in place for a minimum…
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Send a Valentine’s Day card to your MP for the rights of refugees!
Together With Refugees and City of Sanctuary are joining with other organisations to send Valentine's Day cards to MPs just…
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Climate Change and Migration – St Dunstan’s pupil is overall winner in national art competition
National Schools of Sanctuary's autumn term competition was to produce a piece of art making the link between climate change…
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Refugee Council response to the government announcement on the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme
Following the announcement in the House of Commons today to open the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme (ACRS), Enver Solomon, CEO of the Refugee Council, said:
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New report on conditions in institutional asylum accommodation
Asylum Matters has worked together with other groups to compile a report which looks at the experiences of people seeking…
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Birmingham City of Sanctuary AGM
This evening we held our AGM at Birmingham Progressive Synagogue. We heard about the Synagogue's work towards becoming a Synagogue…
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City of Sanctuary’s youtube channel
City of Sanctuary now has its own national youtube channel, containing video briefings, videos of recent conference presentations, and specialist webinar discussions. Follow the link below to see the full content.
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Something big and beautiful came to Erdington!
On Thursday afternoon on the 28th October Erdington High Street was packed with hundreds of people waiting to welcome the…
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Birmingham City Council asks the government to abandon its new proposed legislation on immigration and asylum
In this letter, Birmingham City Council makes its views clear about the proposed new legislation on immigration and asylum:
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Orange Hearts across the city
There is a flurry of Orange Hearts across Birmingham right now - Carrs Lane, Cotteridge Church, the Quaker Peace Hub,…
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Together With Refugees/Orange Heart Campaign is now underway
Today, City of Sanctuary joined up with the Asylum Matters and the Birmingham Churches Together refugee befriending project Restore, with…
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Birmingham City Council would like to explore migrants’ experiences of the city
Birmingham City Council and the Institute for Community Research & Development (ICRD) at the University of Wolverhampton are working to explore migrants’ experiences of living in Birmingham.
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Together With Refugees – church support
St Paul & Silas in Lozells shows its support for refugees. Most of those at the harvest supper already knew…
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Orange Hearts in Birmingham
If you or your group are planning to join in the Orange Hearts Campaign, we have resources for you -…
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Together With Refugees – Orange Heart campaign
City of Sanctuary is promoting the Together With Refugees Orange Hearts Campaign to draw attention to the iniquitous Nationality and…
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Birmingham Schools feature in the national Schools of Sanctuary newsletter
The latest national Schools of Sanctuary newsletter features reports from some of our schools, an interview with one of our Head Teachers, and the news that one of our schools has won a national competition! Follow the link to read more: