Welcome to our June newsletter aiming to update, share opportunities, new resources and ideas for action. Thank you to City of Sanctuary groups for posting articles on your websites and telling us about your inspirational work.
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News from around the Network
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Conference and AGM Report
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Annual Review now Available
 The City of Sanctuary 2018 Annual Review is now available to download from the website here or contact Joanna@cityofsanctuary.org for a printed copy. The review updates our streams work and provides highlights and photos from around the network.
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Farewell Tiffy
We're wishing Tiffy Allen, National City of Sanctuary coordinator 2010-2017 and Ireland Coordinator 2017-2019 a long and happy retirement in Ireland at the end of this month. We're grateful for her welcome parting gift of stories from the City of Sanctuary network 2005-2019 in her book "A Hundred Thousand Welcomes" available from Lulu publishers. Please share the link to access this beautifully written, accessible book and help promote our history to inspire others to engage with the vision of welcome.
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 Well done to the staff and students for their commitment in creating a a culture of welcome and inclusion within Belfast Unemployed Resource Centre. Congratulations to the first College of Sanctuary in Northern Ireland.
- Congratulations to staff and students at Donegall Road Primary School in Belfast on becoming a School of Sanctuary! Click on the picture below to see their video.
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#LiftTheBan Campaign - A month of action
 To keep momentum and increase the pressure on decision-makers to make policy change, Lift the Ban has proposed Days of Action in June. It encourages coalition members and their partners to pick a date which works best for their local context, including during Refugee Week and organise a lift the Ban Day of Action event. Read more about it and pick up a toolkit and templates here. You can also read the story of core cities mobilising behind Lift The Ban - City Leaders urge Home Secretary to allow asylum seekers to work. |
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#Time4aTimeLimit
Detention campaigners are calling for its supporters to lobby their MPs to support the push for a 28-day time limit on immigration detention. Read the recent report here
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Patients not Passports – New Toolkit
The ‘Patients not Passports’ Toolkit has recently been launched by Docs Not Cops, Migrants Organise, and Medact. The Toolkit offers resources and information to support healthcare workers and people affected by charging to launch campaigns in their Trusts and in their communities. More details here
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This Refugee Week support the UNHCR campaign to send a strong message of global grass roots solidarity for #familiesforced to flee by signing your city to the statement of solidarity #WithRefugees. More details here
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Please visit Asylum Matters website for more campaigns to follow and support.
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Events, Resources and Opportunities
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Universities of Sanctuary Conference
The first University of Sanctuary annual conference will take place in York on Wednesday, September 4th. Click here for more information including how to book your place.
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Regional Gatherings and conferences 2019
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Latest Asylum Statistics
The quarterly asylum statistics have been released - January to March and reveal that a 12% increase of people seeking asylum in the UK waiting more than six months for their claim to be processed. Follow the link for more insights.
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Access to Healthcare Resources
The Equalities and Human Rights Commission has recently published a number of practical materials to improve healthcare access for people seeking and refused asylum here
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Safe Surgeries
We love the Doctors of the World Safe Surgeries project which improves access to and experience of healthcare for people seeking sanctuary. It also lays the ground work for Surgery of Sanctuary Awards. Please find out more here and help to promote this excellent initiative
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Britain Talks
Britain Talks is a project where people are matched with someone in their local area with different political views and arrange to meet up on June 23rd. You can sign up here to participate.
Watch a Syrian refugee Razan Alsous meeting a third-generation fisherman Bob Roberts - a committed Brexiteer who thinks immigration should be controlled here
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NACCOM Convention on Hosting
NACCOM is running ‘Happy To Host’, a one day convention for hosts, guests and coordinators as well as anyone who is interested in knowing more about opening up their home to someone in need on the 13th of July. Details here
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Job Opportunities
- City of Sanctuary Sheffield is recruiting a new Director, Closing date: 0900h on Monday 15 July 2019. More information including job description and person specification here.
- Praxis are recruiting a caseworker to support survivors of gender based violence, trafficking or destitution. More information here Deadline for applicants - June 9th.
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