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...

• Send City of Sanctuary 2 or 3 simple sentences about your organisation to be included in a directory of organisations which welcome asylum seekers and refugees
• Invite an asylum seeker or refugee to come to speak of their experience to your organisation or to a group of organisations in your area. (Contact us for details)
• Display one of our "We welcome refugees and asylum seekers" signs outside your building or office (Available shortly)
• Offer befriending or advocacy to people seeking sanctuary in your area
  Offer volunteer placements for suitably skilled refugees or asylum seekers
• Consider appointing refugees to positions of responsibility in your community.
• Offer meeting space to an asylum or refugee community group
  Fundraise for an asylum or refugee charity (e.g. Asylum Justice or the Welsh Refugee Council Destitution Fund)
• Publicise City of Sanctuary, Refugee Week and other refugee events within your community
• Publicise opportunities to volunteer with refugee charities

Contact Alan Thomas, temporary coordinator of the Swansea City of Sanctuary Working Group for more information: a.r.thomas@swansea.ac.uk