a national network about welcome and belonging

local people and community groups committed to creating

a culture of welcome and safety, especially for refugees seeking sanctuary from

war and persecution

Building a culture of welcomecity by city

There are already 35 cites and towns signed up to the Network with committed local groups: Is there one in your city?

• Doncaster • Reading • Bradford• Bristol• Cardiff• Coventry• Derry/Londonderry• Exeter• Hackney• Hull• Leeds• Liverpool• Nottingham• Oxford• Southampton• Newcastle• Tees Valley• Wolverhampton

• Swansea• Wakefield• York• Loughborough• Belfast• Brighton• Birmingham• Causeway• Derby• Dublin• Glasgow• Huddersfield• Ipswich• Leicester• Manchester• Sheffield• Sunderland

Creating opportunities for refugees to connect

• Schools and universities of sanctuary• Sanctuary in health • Theatres of sanctuary• Sanctuary in sport• Sanctuary in faith

… Making our Cities and Towns welcoming forEVERYONE

What can Cathedrals do?

– Connect…to your local City of Sanctuary group

– Welcome… refugees in your cathedral

– Speak up… awareness raising for people you know

– Donate… your time, expertise, meeting place

www.cityofsanctuary.org

What have York done?Connect…to your local City of Sanctuary group and

refugee services

What have York done?Welcome… refugees in your cathedral

What have York done?Speak up… awareness raising for people you know

What have York done?Donate… your time, expertise, meeting place

Find out more

–Talk to me–Take a postcard and leaflet today–Look up City of Sanctuary website–Get connected!

Let’s work together to make our City Welcoming and Openwww.cityofsanctuary.org