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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
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Building a culture of welcome city by city
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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
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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 for EVERYONE
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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
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What have York done? Connect… to your local City of Sanctuary group and refugee services
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What have York done? Welcome… refugees in your cathedral
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What have York done? Speak up… awareness raising for people you know
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What have York done? Donate… your time, expertise, meeting place
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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 Open www.cityofsanctuary.org
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