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As you may remember, we are affiliated to the Sheffield City of Sanctuary initiative. Below is their latest newsletter.
Best wishes
Bob
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Subject: City of Sanctuary News
From: "Craig Barnett"
Date: Wed, July 25, 2007 4:29 pm
To: craig@cityofsanctuary.com
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News July 2007
What does it mean to be a City of Sanctuary?
Following the recent announcement of Sheffield becoming the first City
of Sanctuary, we now want to work out a shared set of practical goals
for Sheffield’s engagement with asylum-seeker and refugees. We will be
asking for the views of all our supporters and aim to hold a ‘World
Café’ consultation event in October, leading to a plan that we can all
share responsibility for working towards.
Asylum Blogs
Our website now has a section called ‘Asylum Blogs’, written by
Sheffield based asylum-seekers and refugees. Please have a look and
encourage them by leaving your comments on their articles. You can also
comment on any news articles on the site by clicking on ‘Comments’ at
the foot of any article. It would really help to have the views of our
supporters on the website, as our critics are already quite well
represented…
Volunteer Advocates Needed
ASSIST is looking for volunteer befriender/advocates who can accompany
asylum-seekers to appointments and offer moral support in meetings with
solicitors and officials. If you could offer some time for this very
important role please contact Paul Snell at:
phsnell@onetel.com
City of Sanctuary on Facebook
There is now a City of Sanctuary group on Facebook at:
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2414298833
If you are a Facebook user, please invite your friends.
Towards a City of Sanctuary in Leicester
We are working with a group in Leicester which is keen to develop their
own City of Sanctuary initiative there. They are planning a meeting in
October for local groups to explore the idea. There has also been
interest from Leeds, Coventry and London.
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City of Sanctuary
www.cityofsanctuary.com
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