Local Authority network meeting: employment and skills
We look forward to welcoming Local Authorities and their local partners to a session on 19 March at 12pm to discuss approaches taken to support the people of sanctuary seeking background into work. Register here.
Welcome to City of Sanctuary: An Introduction
Join us on 11 March at 12:30 for an overview of the background and growth of the City of Sanctuary movement and how you can get involved. Register here.
Sanctuary Awards training
If you are part of a City of Sanctuary group and want to start doing assessments for awards, please sign up for this session on 20 March at 11:30.
Arts and Library Info Sessions
Join us on 6 March to learn about becoming an Arts Institution of Sanctuary or Library of Sanctuary?
FE Colleges of Sanctuary Network Meeting: Empowering Student Voice & Leadership
Join us on 5 March at 1pm for our regular FE Colleges of Sanctuary Network Meeting we will focus on the actions colleges can take to enable and empower student voice, particularly for those with lived experience. Register here.
New report: Mental Health of Asylum Seekers
We are proud to have supported The Mental Health Foundation in this report which presents evidence on the circumstances which asylum seekers and refugees in the UK can face, and how these experiences can harm their mental health and even lead to suicidal feelings and actions.
Other Side of Hope magazine: submissions open
The UK's first magazine of Sanctuary is open to submissions of poetry and prose, submit your work by 30th April. Support this incredible publication by buying a copy of this wonderful magazine.
Online training with Manchester Metropolitan University: Engaging and Connecting with Refugees and Asylum Seekers
Created with Manchester City of Sanctuary, this online self-study pack explores the myriad of reasons why people leave, look at the journey they must undertake to find safety and unpack the challenges and barriers they face at different stages.
New Films & Games Bursary
There is now a new opportunity for displaced Film, TV or Games professionals: the RJP Film & Gaming Bursary. With support from BAFTA, Refugee Journalism Project is looking for UK-based practitioners with a refugee background who have a specific project or career development opportunity they will be working on in 2024.
The Poetry of Forced Migration - Malka al-Haddad and Loraine Masiya Mponela: In Conversation
Sanctuary Ambassadors Malka and Loraine will read and discuss each other's and their own work and share insights and reflections on the influences they draw on in their writing and activism. The readings and conversation take place online on 28 March, 6-7:30pm. Sign up here.
The Migration Museum: exhibition preview
The Migration Museum warmly invites you to preview the homecoming of our national touring exhibition, Heart of the Nation. Lewisham, 6 March, 6pm. Register here
New guide: human rights in asylum accomodation
This guide, co-designed by the British Institute of Human Rights and Migrants’
Rights Network, will provide people housed in asylum accomodation with information about what rights you have, how they may be relevant to you, and how you can challenge treatment which is not rights respecting.
Recruitment for people to sit as fee-paid Lay Panel Members at the Judicial Appointments Commission
These panel members play an important role in recruiting Judges across the various courts in the UK, including the High Court. The JAC are eager to identify talented potential candidates from ethnic minority backgrounds who may be interested in pursuing this unique type of role. Find out more here.
Refugee Festival Scotland
Submissions for events for Refugee Festival Scotland 2024 are now open. Find out more here.
Knowledge is Power Online Workshop
Join Right to Remain on 4 March, 10-12:30 for a workshop designed to help you to get to grips with the basics of the asylum system.
New report: The National Referral Mechanism: Near Breaking Point
This report provides an overview of the last 12 months relating to the crisis facing First Responder Organisations and their capacity to assist and safeguard survivors of trafficking and modern slavery
Human Rights Watch Film Festival
Mediha, a teenage Yazidi girl recently returned from Islamic State captivity, turns the camera on herself, capturing an astonishing journey as she confronts her past in order to fight for her future. Watch online, across the UK and Ireland —18-24 March — use the discount code RESIST24LDN to receive a £1.50 discount on individual digital tickets; or the code RESIST2024FF to receive a £10.00 discount on the Digital Festival Pass. Explore the Programme.
They don’t want money to be a barrier to entry, so HRW are offering free tickets to members of the public for for whom cost of a ticket would be inaccessible, by emailing [email protected] | 
