Our Party!
Big thanks to all of you who came to our annual party, and if you didn't, you missed a great gig! There was loads of yummy food cooked by our refugee volunteers - just enough to fill the 100-plus people who turned up.
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Community gets together in Gleadless
Residents from different countries and backgrounds came together in Gleadless at the weekend to find out more about their neighbours. City of Sanctuary organised the event with Gleadless Valley Community Forum after some local refugee families reported incidents of harrassment by local youths.
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Summer of Sanctuary Closing Event
The Lord Mayor of Sheffield, Councillor Alan Law, JP, led the celebrations for the closing event of Sheffield first ‘Summer of Sanctuary’ at the Town Hall. Some 60 guests from refugee and supporting organisations which had hosted events during the last three months attended the ceremony, where the city council’s…
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“Moving to Mars” on More 4
The documentary “Moving to Mars”, screened on More 4 on Tuesday Feb 2nd, shows the relatively smooth and managed migration of two Burmese families as they are transferred from a refugee camp in Thailand to begin new lives in Sheffield.
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Sheffield scores a century!
At City of Sanctuary we aim to make everyone feel at home, so it seems particularly fitting that Sheffield Homes has become the 100th organisation to sign up to the movement. The event was marked at a special ceremony where Sheffield Homes signed a large-scale pledge, and City of Sanctuary…
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Have a say in your city!
If you live, work or study in Sheffield you could join a team of people who work with the city council to make sure your thoughts and ideas are included in discussions about improving life in the city.