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Current Job Opportunities:
Schools of Sanctuary Project Coordinator
Can you help realize Bristol City of Sanctuary’s vision for the City of Bristol, with its organisations, networks and communities, to be a place of welcome and safety for forced migrants?
As a registered CIO, Bristol City of Sanctuary is seeking to appoint a Schools of Sanctuary coordinator to support and develop our work with schools to develop their work on sanctuary issues within a framework of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion and specifically anti-racist practice.
People with lived experience of seeking sanctuary are strongly encouraged to apply.
If you are interested in this job, please read the information below, and fill out the Personal Details (Application Form pt1) and Application Form pt2 and email these two together to [email protected] on or before 9am on the 30th October 2023.
Job Description – Schools of Sanctuary Project Coordinator
Background Information – Schools of Sanctuary Project Coordinator
Person Specification – Schools of Sanctuary Coordinator
Personal Details (Application Form part 1)
Volunteer with us
We are currently seeking a volunteer to help with social media. If you are someone interested in the work of City of Sanctuary and can help develop our social media presence please get in touch . If you have experience of interviewing people and developing short written articles please apply. We also welcome people emailing us with any ideas of initiatives that they would like to set up!
To be added to our database of volunteers that we can call on when we need, please email Sarah on [email protected]
Volunteer Opportunities in Bristol
Borderlands
Borderlands is a charity that works with people who are asylum seekers and refugees. Through various projects, they support their members to improve their lives and the community in which they live. Their work at Borderlands would not be possible without the contribution of their large team of skilled volunteers.
Borderlands are not currently recruiting for volunteers, but if you fill in this form they will contact you once they have active volunteer vacancies. They recruit volunteers as needed across all of their projects. Once you have submitted this form, you will be added to their pool of potential volunteers. They will contact you once they have active volunteer vacancies to see if you are still interested. This may take a few months – depending on when they last recruited!
Bristol Signing Support
Bristol Reporting Solidarity are welcoming new volunteers on to their Wednesday morning sessions! They attend Patchway Police station every Wednesday morning to offer a friendly face and a chat to asylum seekers having to report to the Home Office as part of their bail conditions. They also offer signposting to services provided by others, for example foodbanks, and destitution support.
