Leicester

Supporters

Gill Buttery — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 15:10:03 +0100

Currently around 15 organisations support Leicester as a City of Sanctuary. We are in the process of listing them here:

Leicester Soroptimists International
Leicester Quaker Meeting
Leicester Secular Society

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Leicester Mercury Article

Craig Barnett — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 16:32:58 +0000

You can read the recent Leicester Mercury article on City of Sanctuary and leave your comments here.

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Citizens Speak - have your say on Asylum

Craig Barnett — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 15:12:47 +0000

Tuesday 4th March 2008, from 9.30am - 1pm
including lunch and time to chat
at Active Community Centre, 9 Newarke Street, Leicester LE1 5SN

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Leicester - City of Sanctuary - first meeting

Mark Gibbens — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 17:51:22 +0000

A report of the initial meeting of Leicester City of Sanctuary

The meeting was attended by over sixty people including: many individuals including some with personal experience of the asylum system; members of voluntary organisations, refugee community organisations, and faith groups from Leicester and beyond; and staff from various organisations from across the Midlands, the police, various departments of the local authority, and the office of a local MP. In addition, messages of interest and support had been received from many others who were unable to attend including: various City Councillors, and the three local MP’s – Keith Vaz, Patricia Hewitt and Peter Soulsby.

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