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
See printable PDF of the leaflet with the Resolution and ideas for actions here.
Contact Alan Thomas, temporary coordinator of the Swansea City of Sanctuary Working Group for more information: a.r.thomas@swansea.ac.uk
