City of Sanctuary
City of Sanctuary UK holds the vision that the UK will be a welcoming place of safety for all and proud to offer sanctuary to people fleeing violence and persecution. In order to realise this vision, City of Sanctuary UK supports a network of groups, which includes villages, towns, cities and regions across the UK, and others engaged in Streams of Sanctuary, Sanctuary Awards and activities intended to welcome people seeking sanctuary.
Streams of interest include the arts, colleges, universities, shops, libraries, health, maternity, faiths, gardens and more.
International and National Campaign and Support groups
INTERNATIONAL organisations
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
International Rescue Committee
Afghanistan and Central Asian Association
Migrant Offshore Aid Station operates a rescue boat in the Med. The ship Mo Chara works in the Central Mediterranean
Statistics and information about landings on the Agean Islands here
NATIONAL organisations
Royal National Lifeboat Institution
Directory of organisations working with Refugees
Local campaign and support groups
Abigail Housing
A West-Yorkshire based charitable company dedicated to providing support and homes to refugees and asylum seekers who find themselves destitute on our streets. This includes those who have been refused asylum but cannot reasonably return to their country of origin and those given refugee status who have to leave their NASS housing.
Beacon
BEACON’s vision is that the Bradford district becomes a hospitable community where asylum seekers and refugees are welcome, enjoy access to justice and fair treatment and are supported on their journey to independence and integration.https://https://beaconbradford.org/
Biasan
Bradford Immigration and Asylum Seekers Support and Advice Network [BIASAN] provides support, befriending and signposting to asylum seekers and refugees.
Pendle New Neighbours
A charity based in Nelson which helps newly arrived asylum seekers to find their feet. Help with English, form filling, finding a GP, household items, bicycles
Contact Phil McCarthy
People and the Dales
People and the DALES is an award-winning project that provides life-changing opportunities for disadvantaged people from urban areas to access and experience the Yorkshire Dales countryside, often for the first time https://https://www.ydmt.org/what-we-do/people-and-the-dales
Refugee Home
By refugees, ABOUT refugees, FOR refugees. Lancaster & surrounding areas
St Vincent de Paul Bradford
collect furniture https://www.svp.org.uk/st-vincents-bradford/
Bradford City of Sanctuary
for more information www.bradford.cityofsanctuary.org
