Birmingham City of Sanctuary Valentine’s Day Card campaign on BBCWM radio
Today BBCWM broadcast an interview with the Secretary of the Birmingham City of Sanctuary committee, the lay chaplain from St…
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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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Refugees and Covid-19 – video and report
Newcastle University has produced a very clear short video about the impact of Covid-19 on refugees, which you can watch…
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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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St Peter’s RC Primary School in Bartley Green – our newest School of Sanctuary!
St Peter's RC Primary School is the latest school in Birmingham to receive the Sanctuary Award. The visitors from Birmingham…
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Birmingham schools feature in the latest update from national Schools of Sanctuary
Birmingham schools are very active and their commitment is acknowledged in this latest update from national City of Sanctuary.
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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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Oasis Church Centre in Birmingham – showing their hearts for refugees
Oasis Church in Birmingham welcomes asylum-seekers and works with City if Sanctuary to increase the culture of hospitality.
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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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Orange Heart Photos needed!
Orange Heart photos are needed for the next stage of the Together With Refugees Campaign. Please use the resource below, which came from an ecumenical network but which is of course open to everybody.
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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 Schools and Colleges of Sanctuary – ORANGE HEART NEWSLETTER
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Schools take their Orange Hearts to the Library of Birmingham
Children from schools all over Birmingham came to the Library of Birmingham today to share their activities around the Nationality…