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Welcome to our March newsletter aiming to update, share opportunities and ideas for action. Our good news stories rely on City of Sanctuary groups posting articles on their websites and telling us about your inspirational work.
Please help us to keep the newsletter balanced by sharing your work with us. Sharing your latest news on your website also keeps it up to date. Please also share this newsletter with your supporters and networks.
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News from around the Network
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Booking is now open for our annual conference and AGM
 The event will be held in Coventry on 23 May. Remember that places will be limited so we advise groups to book early by using this link. This year's conference will focus on the participation and engagement of people seeking sanctuary and will allow ample time for networking to enable people to share and learn from one another. More information to follow shortly |
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Margaret Fingerhut-Fundraiser tour
Margaret Fingerhut, an internationally acclaimed pianist is one month into her Far From the Home I Love piano series fundraiser tour. Five of the 26 planned concerts Margaret has performed so far and have collectively raised over £9,000 for City of Sanctuary local groups.
All details of future tours and information on how to book tickets can be found here.
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School of Sanctuary Award
 Well done to all the staff and students at Light Oaks Infants School, Clarendon CP School, Lark Hill CP School, St Joseph the Worker RC School, Brentnall CP School and the Friars CP School in Salford in becoming a School of Sanctuary.
Tell us about all Schools of Sanctuary Awards which you can do by completing this form So that we can keep the list of schools awards on the website up-to-date. |
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Sheffield resists deportations to Zimbabwe
We are inspired by this blog about how Sheffield, the first City of Sanctuary continues to mobilise local people to protect Zimbabweans from deportation. We are concerned that deportations to Zimbabwe are on the rise despite the fragility and uncertainties.
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Hasting & Rother Refugee Buddy Project
The Hastings & Rother Refugee Buddy Project puts local volunteers in contact with newly arrived refugees building friendships and community. They share food, help navigate the town, organise social events... read more about it here
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Early Action: A new approach for asylum support
The Asylum Early Action partnership are looking for organisations working with people at all stages of the asylum process to join them in changing the way we support people, to help prevent them reaching crisis point. Read more on how your organisation can get involved here
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Oxford Sanctuary Pass scheme
Support Oxford Sanctuary Pass scheme is a community initiative to provide free bus passes to destitute sanctuary seekers in our city.
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Help End Indefinite Detention
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Events, Resources and Opportunities
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Opportunity for Financial Support
Prisoners of Conscience (PoC) is looking for City of Sanctuary groups who are interested in becoming a referral agency and refer prisoners of conscience to the agency for financial support. They support people including refugees and asylum seekers in the UK. Read more about it here
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Forced Migration Toolkit
 Doc Academy & Comic Relief have teamed up to produce this brand new & FREE toolkit to help develop students' media literacy skills, critical thinking & empathy around the issue of Forced Migration. A wonderful resource to use in the classroom, form and tutor groups, after-school groups and as part of assemblies and year-group projects. The toolkit can be downloaded from here
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Improving Access to Higher Education Institutions
Birkbeck, University of London are offering 20 scholarships to enable people to access graduate and postgraduate courses. They also have a free taster day for would-be sanctuary scholars. For more information see here
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New Resources for Sanctuary Breaks and Hosting Schemes
We invite you to look at the new resources now available on the Greater Lincolnshire Area of Sanctuary website to support Sanctuary breaks. These include Safeguarding, policies DBS and various useful templates.Villagers in Lincolnshire host people seeking sanctuary for short periods providing respite and positive shared experiences. For more information click here
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A call for artwork on the theme of ‘Home’
The Cambridge-based Charity CamCRAG (Cambridge Convoy Refugee Action Group) are taking submissions for an art exhibition supporting the homeless in Cambridge and Northern France. More details can be found here
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Report in 'Seeking Asylum'
The report ‘Seeking Asylum’ was compiled in early 2019 by the Baobab Women’s Project, CARAG, Women with Hope, MEENA Centre for Women and Children, Coventry Migrant Women’s Houses and Refugee Rights Europe is available here. The report specifically highlights the shortcomings in the UK’s fulfilment of the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW).
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Free online courses
REDRESS, which is dedicated to ending torture and seeking justice for survivors worldwide, has prepared a free e-learning course designed for community organisations and similar organisations without specialist legal knowledge. Check it out here.
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Job Opportunities
- Counterpoints Arts is recruiting a freelance project manager with specialist communications skills to help deliver Refugee Week 2019 while the current Coordinator is on maternity leave. The role is London-based for 3.5 days at a rate of £35K pro rata equivalent, for April - June and September 2019. Please see job description for details, deadline for applications is Friday 15 March. Job Description
- NACCOM is recruiting for a number of posts. Please see here for details
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