Near Neighbours (the Church Urban Fund) Grant
Near Neighbours (the Church Urban Fund) has awarded us £2,500 to run outings.
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Grant from Communities First (Fosse Ward)
We have been granted £1,500 from the Communities First (Fosse Ward) scheme for running painting – and other – classes at the drop-in centre on Mondays.
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Successful Bid for Bikes
Michael Tully has been successful in his bid to the Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland Community Fund Local Donors scheme and has secured £1000 towards providing bikes for asylum seekers.
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Regional Meeting
A Regional Meeting of City of Sanctuary was held in the Booth Hall at St Martins House on Wednesday May 23rd. Regional meetings are a new initiative, replacing the old ‘group meetings’. The Leicester meeting was attended by delegates from Nottingham, Coventry, Leeds and London as well as by nine…
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The Annual General Meeting
The Annual General Meeting of Leicester City of Sanctuary was held in the Wycliffe Room of St Martins House at 7.30pm on Monday, May 21st. The speaker was Tiffy Allen from National City of Sanctuary. Two people who regularly attend the drop-in centre – one asylum seeker and one new…
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May Fair
Our May Fair was held on Saturday May 5th, 2012 at the Friends’ Meeting House on Queens Road. Red Leicester choir, the Zimbabwean Association choir and a troupe of Indian dancers all gave performances in the afternoon. It was a cold windy day and all the stalls had to be…
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Twinlakes outing
Our most recent outing, on March 24th, was to Twinlakes theme park, near Melton Mowbray.
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Royal visit
On March 8th, 2012, the Queen, the Duke of Edinburgh and the Duchess of Cambridge came to Leicester as the first of the Queen’s Jubilee visits. They had lunch at St Martin’s House and a number of asylum seekers were allocated places in the building and outside the Cathedral to…
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Cake stall
On Saturday, March 3rd, 2012 we had a cake stall on Leicester’s Market Corner to raise funds for Leicester City…
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Christmas party
The Leicester City of Sanctuary Christmas party took place at the Drop-in Centre on Thursday, December 22nd, 2011. The Soroptimists…