Events, resources and opportunities
Arts and Libraries of Sanctuary Award Info session
Join us on 6 Nov for a quick fire session to learn about the award process and for us to answer any questions. This is geared towards groups, arts institutions, and libraries that are looking to either assess or apply for an award. Register here.
Theatre of Sanctuary - Platforma planning
Join us and Counterpoints Arts on 7 Nov for a Theatres of Sanctuary online meet up to discuss the plans for Platforma 2025. The Platforma festival is produced by Counterpoints Arts every two years in a different part of England, in partnership with organisations, artists and venues across many different art forms. Sign up here.
Local Authority of Sanctuary network meeting: Targeted Sanctuary Interventions
We are holding an online session on Nov 26 for LAs and their local partners to discuss approaches to targeted sanctuary interventions. Full agenda TBC. Sign up here.
Sanctuary and the Visual Arts - Platforma planning
Developed by City of Sanctuary UK and Counterpoint Arts, the Arts Stream of Sanctuary recognises work done by arts organisations with artists and communities from refugee and asylum seeking backgrounds and helps them build sustainable ongoing programmes.This meeting will feature short presentations by studios and galleries which have Sanctuary status, to share the work they do, some of the challenges they face and how they address them. There will be plenty of time for questions and discussion. Join us on Nov 12, all welcome, whether you are experienced in this work or coming to it for the first time. Register here.
Wales regional meeting
Our regional meetings are an opportunity for organisations and institutions working to support people seeking sanctuary based in specific regions to come together, connect, share best practice and support one another. This Welsh network meeting not specifically for City of Sanctuary groups, all partners and supporters are welcome to join. Nov 13th - register here.
Mental health recources for refugees and asylum seekers
Mental Health Foundation have developed resources to support refugees and asylum seekers with their mental health, including advice translated into other languages.
Fear and Hope: the case for community resilience report
HOPE not hate’s Fear and HOPE reports identify the drivers of fear and hope and the triggers that push people from one to the other. This year, they look at 2024 as a pivotal point for the UK, with the General Election in July and riots in August. Read it here.
Know your rights - moving to eVisa
Scottish Refugee Council are holding a session on Nov 11th for newly granted refugees who will be moving to the new eVisa (this includes current Biometric Resident Permits (BRP) holders, and those who have recently been granted Leave to Remain through the asylum process. Sign up here.
Co-host an online event with Child Migrant Stories
Are you interested in working with Child Migrant Stories to organise an event to highlight the experiences and needs of young migrants in Britain? Please contact Eithne Nightingale on [email protected] to find out more.
Other Side of Hope magazine
The UK's first and only magazine of Sanctuary has just released its fourth printed issue. This literary magazine is edited by refugees and migrants and platforms the work of refugee and migrant authors. Support this unique and powerful project, buy your copy here.
Community cohesion following the riots - survey
Refugee Action Insight Hub are looking for organisations in the refugee and migration sector to respond to their survey about community safety and cohesion following the riots. You can access the survey using the link below, and it will take around 20-25 mins to complete: https://survey.zohopublic.eu/zs/rbDWWN Closing date: Monday 11 Nov
Sexual assault and sexual abuse information
Migrant Help have translated information and guidance for people in the asylum system who are experiencing sexual abuse. See more here.
We all come from somewhere exhibition
Baltic, the first Gallery of Sanctuary in NE England, are about to open an exhibition of artwork and objects 'We all Come From Somewhere' made in collaboration with communities seeking sanctuary in Gateshead. | 
