Birmingham remains a City of Sanctuary
At yesterday's meeting, Birmingham City Council voted with a clear majority to maintain its City of Sanctuary status. Many of…
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Birmingham City of Sanctuary declares: Reform’s motion to the Council won’t fix a single problem facing Birmingham
On Tuesday 14th July , Birmingham City Council will discuss a motion put forward by the Reform UK group, requiring the Council to abandon its Council of Sanctuary status and cease supporting people coming to the city in search of safety and welcome. The local City of Sanctuary group…
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Keep Birmingham a City of Sanctuary
🧡Birmingham City of Sanctuary status is under threat - please write to your local councillors! 🧡
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Schools of Sanctuary artwork on display in the Children’s Library
Pupils from over a dozen of our Schools of Sanctuary have produced artwork based on this year's Refugee Theme of…
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Fourth Sanctuary Award for a Birmingham school!
We were delighted to present St Vincent's Primary School (Nechells) with its FOURTH Sanctuary Award. We believe that this is…
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Join us for a Refugee Week film evening on Thursday 18th June!
Join Birmingham City of Sanctuary and Peace Hub for some short films exploring ‘Courage’ (the theme of this years’ Refugee…
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Birmingham’s first Mosque of Sanctuary
We were delighted to visit Green Lane Masjid this morning for their Sanctuary Award presentation - which was given…
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Birmingham’s first Mosque of Sanctuary!
We are delighted to announce that following a visit to Green Lane Masjid and Community Centre, the appraisal team made the unanimous decision that this is definitely a Mosque of Sanctuary!
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Birmingham celebrates ten years as a City of Sanctuary
On 4th December, a celebration event took place in the Banqueting Suite of the Council House to mark Birmingham's tenth…
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Saturday 21st June – join the Refugee Welcome March from Moseley to Cannon Hill Park, followed by a picnic, and other events to celebrate Refugee Week.
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Join us for a Refugee Week film evening on Tuesday 17th June!
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Standing together in joint response to anti-migrant violence
Birmingham City of Sanctuary joined together with 240 other organisations as part of the Together With Refugees coalition to stand…
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Restore the universal human right to claim asylum. Register for our meeting on 11th June.
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Schools of Sanctuary internationally recognised as best practice!
We have dozens of schools in our local Schools of Sanctuary network, and are part of a national network of almost 800 schools across the country with or working towards the Sanctuary Award.
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Birmingham has its first Theatre of Sanctuary
City of Sanctuary UK has recognised the Birmingham Rep for its commitment to offering a place of safety for sanctuary…
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Birmingham Schools of Sanctuary campaigning is recognised locally and nationally
In Birmingham, we have over seventy schools in our Schools of Sanctuary network. The campaigning work of three of these…
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Aston University celebrates University of Sanctuary status
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Birmingham City of Sanctuary joins with many others to demand a clear political response to anti-refugee violence
Birmingham City of Sanctuary has signed an Open Letter from Together With Refugees, calling for political leaders to condemn any…