Stories from our Community: Helen
Helen Kidan works for Bristol Hospitality Network and is a trustee of Bristol City of Sanctuary. She had many years…
Posts Categorized: Welcome
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Make Bristol Your City of Sanctuary
Thanks to supporters like you, over the last decade, we have achieved a lot.
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City of Bristol College Dig Deep to Raise Money
We are incredibly grateful to the students on ESOL courses at City of Bristol College for fundraising for our small…
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World Refugee Day: Whoever. Wherever. Whenever. Everyone has the right to seek safety.
Today is World Refugee Day. Our Communications Officer, Anna Wardell, has written a blog to mark today looking at how…
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Stories from our Community: Nathalie
Nathalie Jaifar is Kurdish and French and moved to Bristol when she was 8 years old. Previously a trustee of…
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Stories From Our Community: Baher
Each month, we are asking people from our community to speak about the importance of welcome and sanctuary. This month,…
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Message of Welcome From Marvin Rees, Mayor of Bristol
Marvin Rees, Mayor of Bristol has recorded a message of welcome for people moving to our city. In it, he…
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Walkers Raise Over £2600 for Sanctuary Transport Fund
On Saturday 14th of August a group of people, dedicated to building a movement of welcome, walked around the centre…
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Illuminating City Hall to Celebrate a Decade of Sanctuary
On Monday 2nd of August, City Hall was lit up in blue to celebrate a decade of Bristol being a…
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Nationality and Borders Bill Public Forum
These are the notes that we took in the public forum, if you have any questions please email us on [email protected] We also held a meeting with representatives from Bristol's refugee sector, discussing the impact of the bill on people seeking sanctuary. If you would like to find out more…
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A Decade of Sanctuary in Bristol
Today marks ten years since Bristol officially launched as a City of Sanctuary. In those ten years, people from across…
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Seeking Sanctuary is a Human Right
We have become increasingly concerned at the hostile and dehumanising rhetoric from the Home Office, and the Home Secretary in…
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The Healing Power of Food
Update: Due to lockdown, they will not be running the pop-out from Cafe Conscious and the takeaway option has changed.…
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Relaunch of our Bristol City of Sanctuary Transport Fund
During the lockdown in Bristol, we made the decision to suspend our Sanctuary Transport Fund, which provides bus tickets for…
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Imagine…
Today marks World Refugee Day. Our co-chair Caroline Beatty & manager Forward Maisokwadzo have produced a piece on the theme…
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Finding Sanctuary in ‘Cooking’
Ali and John
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Building a City of Welcome, Safety and Hope
We are proud to launch Building a City of Welcome, Safety and Hope, a centralised fundraising appeal linking with five…
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We need your smartphones
In 'normal' times, Bristol provides a net of support for people seeking sanctuary (refugees and asylum seekers) in the city.…