BCoS is seeking to appoint a gifted & experienced administrator for this key role within our developing charity team. The successful candidate will be an enthusiastic and a highly organised administrator with excellent interpersonal and communication skills. They will possess a creative mind and the ability to think inventively to solve…
The University of Bristol has achieved a University of Sanctuary award, celebrating the efforts of the University’s students and staff…
A new campaign has been launched to celebrate the differences between people in Bristol. Bristol, a city of sanctuary, with…
Bristol City of Sanctuary Trustees warmly invite you to our
Two Sanctuary Scholars have recently been hit with study bans resulting in their suspension from Bristol University. If they study…
NHS charges for migrants are dangerous and ineffective say Bristol medics and midwives. On Saturday 9th March, 2019, at 1200 a demonstration, No Borders in Maternity Care, will gather at St Michael's maternity hospital and march to Bristol Royal Infirmary arriving at 1230. Jessica Wheeler, a Research Associate at University of…
The Stanstead 15 are activists who chained themselves to a UK Home Office charter flight plane to prevent deportations of people whose cases for asylum were not yet resolved. In October 2018 they were charged under a terrorism law the Aviation and Maritime Security Act 1990, which was brought into…
SANCTUARY BREAKS
On the 26thof January, the Opus Group will gather at Colstons’ Statue to embark on a six-mile walk to Patch-way Police Centre, in solidarity with many asylum seekers who are forced to make this journey regularly. Destitute asylum seekers have lost all their housing and financial support. In the UK, currently, destitute…
SIXTEEN sanctuary seekers across the South West region took part in City of Sanctuary’s Sanctuary in Politics Training course held…
The Refugee Journalism Project, a new initiative to support refugees and exiled journalists, is currently recruiting participants interested in developing or…
On the 16th of June, we were delighted to join forces with Bristol Rovers Community Trust, Lockleaze Sports Trust and United Communities to run Our City Community Cup Refugee Week Football Tournament. You can catch a glimpse of the day below: [embed]https://youtu.be/0Xb8n1ey-y4[/embed]
Bristol Refugee Festival will return again this year on the 1st of June, launching a month long series of events in the city. You can view the full programme below, and find more information on their Facebook page.
Bristol City of Sanctuary supporters, members of the community were joined by Cllr Ruth Pickersgill and Cllr Sultan Khan to…
University of Bristol's Student Action for Refugees (STAR) has launched a gardening project for refugees in the heart of St…
St Nicholas of Tolentino has become Bristol's first church to be awarded Church of sanctuary by City of Sanctuary under…
Over the course of four weeks, students at Stroud College worked together to write, produce and perform a radio play,…
Two hundred people gathered at the City Hall on Sunday afternoon, in the freezing rain, sleet and snow, to walk through the city centre in a display of solidarity with refugees, who flee their homes, make terrifying journeys and living in appalling conditions around the world. The focus of Sunday’s…