Events, resources and opportunities
Town and Parish Councils of Sanctuary Meeting
Join us on April 24 at 12:00 for a session designed for Town and Parish Councils exploring or working towards the Council of Sanctuary award. At our sessions we will learn about the award process, share good practice and inspire one another to take action to welcome people seeking sanctuary. Local refugee groups working with their respective councils are also welcome to join the meeting.
City of Sanctuary Affiliate Agreement Q&A
Following the launch of our new Affiliate Agreement for City of Sanctuary groups join us for this interactive online Q&A session on April 7th at 12:30
Scholarship for Teachers of English as a Second Language to Refugees
As part of its prestigious Hornby Scholarship programme, the A.S. Hornby Educational Trust is inviting applications from experienced teachers of English who are now working with refugee communities in the UK. The successful applicant will join a group of Hornby scholars from a range of different countries to study on a one-year Masters in TESOL at the University of Exeter in the academic year 2025/26. The deadline for applications is 22 April 2025. Find out more and apply here
Make or break: learnings from Further Education Enrolment
This new Refugee Education UK briefing presents practitioner-based insights from supporting young people from refugee and asylum-seeking backgrounds to enrol in further education. It highlights some of the barriers and challenges facing young sanctuary seekers in enrolling in further education institutions, and identifies examples of good practice. It presents top tips for colleges to help make enrolment a smoother, more inclusive and accessible experience for young refugee students.
Free, online trainings to resist the Hostile Environment in public services.
Whether you are working in public sector services like social care, health care, housing, schools, or in charities and community settings, we all have a part to play in building a better world. See the full programme of training here
Sanctuary Runners
To mark the 10-year anniversary of Brighton being awarded a City of Sanctuary, 44 members of the UK’s first Sanctuary Runners group will take part in the 2025 Brighton Marathon Weekend. Sanctuary Runners is a solidarity-through-sport movement that was founded in Ireland in 2018 to bring communities together through running, with a focus on supporting asylum seekers and refugees. In 2024, a Sanctuary Runners arm was launched in Brighton through the Brighton Table Tennis Club – the first of its kind in the UK. Later this year a national Sanctuary Runners GB organisation will be launched in England and Wales, with more groups to be added nationwide. Find out more here
Power of Sport Toolkit
This toolkit is a free Sport England funded digital learning resource designed in collaboration with StreetGames. The toolkit has been developed to help those designing, delivering and evaluating sports programmes to create inclusive, impactful programmes that bring people together, bridge divides, and foster a sense of belonging.
St Andrews: Annual Sanctuary Lecture
To celebrate five years as a University of Sanctuary, St Andrews invites you to the upcoming Annual Sanctuary Lecture on Wednesday 2nd April 2025, at the University of St Andrews. This event is in-person, open to the public and free
Free fabric samples for crafters
Donation Manager are offering free fabric samples of those with accounts. Find out more here
UNESCO RIELA Spring School 2025:The Arts of Integrating
This year the Spring School will focus on peacebuilding, specifically using arts, languages and education. For 2025, they invite proposals which explore how to build peace in the minds of people, how to live together peacefully, restoratively and interculturally, how to respond to and counteract current events worldwide that seek to divide societies, and how to ensure that peace prevails, founded on justice. Find out more here.
Dundee & Angus College Awards
Dundee & Angus College won three awards this academic year for their work in creating a College of Sanctuary: Inclusive College Award and the Judges Award at the College Development Network College awards and Championing Diversity & Inclusion Award at this year's Scottish Public Services Awards. Find out more about the College of Sanctuary programme here
Esther Gluck Awards for Young Changemakers
To honour the inspiring impact young people can have on positively changing the world around them, Separated Child have launched an annual award to celebrate separated young people up to the age of 21, who have been changemakers. Find out more and make your nomination here
First steps to starting a business
Wandsworth Enterprise Hub, an initiative of Wandsworth Council Borough of Sanctuary, are holding free workshops to help refugees/individuals with a migrant background turn their business idea into a reality. Find out more here.
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