Successful Sanctuary Summit – attended by 400
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More and more people are using the Leicester Drop-in Centre for Asylum Seekers and Refugees!
The Leicester City of Sanctuary drop-in centre is a hive of activity and friendship. It opened in May 2011 with…
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New Board of Trustees for LCofS
At a Special General Meeting on October 2nd 2014, Leicester City of Sanctuary approved a new Board of Trustees. At the AGM in May it had been agreed that there was too much of an overlap between the Board of Trustees and the Steering Group, and the existing trustees were…
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Leicester joins nine other UK cities in the Still Human Still Here campaign.
Leicester became the tenth city and the first in the Midlands to pass the Still Human Still Here resolution opposing…
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Successful Town of Sanctuary meeting in Loughborough
67 people turned out for the first Public Meeting organised by City of Sanctuary in Loughborough on Wednesday 15th January.…
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Local paper stands up for what is right
Leicester City of Sanctuary are proud of the local press The Leicester Mercury. They have followed the campaign to…
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Leicester City of Sanctuary comments on the Home Office Affairs Report on asylum published today
Leicester City of Sanctuary were pleased to be asked by Radio Leicester to comment during the Breakfast show on the Home Office Affairs Committee Report on Asylum published today. The Committee was chaired by Keith Vaz MP for Leicester East. Whilst we welcomed the report, which highlights the plight…
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We need new volunteers for our sewing projects
Leicester City of Sanctuary Drop-in sewing group produced these colourful patchwork cushions. These were commissioned by the British Red…
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Leicester City of Sanctuary awarded a £10,000 capital grant.
Volunteers who run the Drop-in centre were delighted when The Clothworkers’ Foundation agreed a £10,000 grant for new equipment for the Drop-in and other activities.
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Leicester campaigns against deportation to Zimbabwe
The ongoing Leicester campaign to prevent the deportation of Evenia Mawongera to Zimbabwe has continued since she was released…