Swansea City of Sanctuary
Make Swansea a City of Sanctuary
City of Sanctuary is a national movement of local people, community groups, businesses and institutions united in a common wish to turn their city into a welcoming place for people seeking sanctuary from war or persecution. Swansea has offered a home to people who have lost their homes and families and we wish to celebrate the welcoming attitudes of Swansea people and organizations.
Our City of Sanctuary Working Group invites all organisations, local groups and individuals to join us and help make Swansea proud to be a place of safety. City of Sanctuary support can include community centres, charities, social clubs, schools, local services and businesses, as well as refugee organizations and volunteers. Supporting organisations promise to welcome and include people seeking sanctuary in their activities.
Take a look at our City of Sanctuary resolution of support. We also have included some ideas to turn your support into practical help.
Resolution of Support
Your Resolution of Support - The First Step
The first step in your support for City of Sanctuary is to pass a resolution of support and to send it to the City of Sanctuary Group. We have suggested a form of words below. Do feel free to vary this.
It will be very helpful to us if you agree that we can include your organisation as part of a list of people who have pledged support.
Please send your resolution to: Swansea@cityofsanctuary.org
"We support the initiative to make Swansea into a recognised 'City of Sanctuary', welcoming those fleeing violence and persecution in their own countries. We recognise the contribution of refugees and those seeking sanctuary to the City of Swansea. We are committed to taking practical steps to welcome and include them in our activities and are actively seeking ways of supporting them wherever we can. We are willing for our organisation's name to be added to a list of supporters of City of Sanctuary. We are also willing to be contacted by the Swansea City of Sanctuary group with further ideas for how we can turn this pledge into practical action."
Signed:
Position in organisation:
Resolved at a meeting of:
Date:
Contact details so that we can keep in touch:
Swansea City of Sanctuary is currently being led by an informal partnership of community, voluntary and public sector organisations.
July 2008
Ideas from 21 June Workshop
Submitted by AlanTSwansea on Thu, 14/08/2008 - 11:14.
These are the notes from the two subgroups at the 21 June Workshop on the four Questions posed for discussion.
Saturday 21 June Workshop
Submitted by AlanTSwansea on Thu, 14/08/2008 - 11:04.
An extremely successful workshop was held on Saturday 21 June as part of the Refugee Week events at the National Waterfront Museum, to launch the idea of Swansea becoming a 'City of Sanctuary'. 20 people attended and we had apologies and/or messages of support from a similar number. We had good press coverage:
Ways to welcome people seeking sanctuary
Step One - Pass a resolution of support for City of Sanctuary in Swansea
Step Two - Plan how you can turn your resolution into practical action.
By making some simple action your organisation can make a real difference. You could...
