Manchester City of Sanctuary
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manchester.cityofsanctuary.org
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Vital research by @ippr.org on how the government's plans to increase settlement routes will harm hundreds of thousands of children's future prospects.
It doesn't have to to be this way.
The government should cap settlement routes, not expand them.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Vital research by @ippr.org on how the government's plans to increase settlement routes will harm hundreds of thousands of children's future prospects.
It doesn't have to to be this way.
The government should cap settlement routes, not expand them.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
300,000 children face 10-year wait for settled status under UK plans, says IPPR
Thinktank analysis says proposed ‘earned settlement’ changes could trap families in prolonged insecurity
www.theguardian.com
February 9, 2026 at 1:09 PM
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Vital research by @ippr.org on how the government's plans to increase settlement routes will harm hundreds of thousands of children's future prospects.
It doesn't have to to be this way.
The government should cap settlement routes, not expand them.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Vital research by @ippr.org on how the government's plans to increase settlement routes will harm hundreds of thousands of children's future prospects.
It doesn't have to to be this way.
The government should cap settlement routes, not expand them.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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We're so grateful to everyone who donated to our Christian Aid Christmas Appeal at the carol service last month.
Thanks to you, we've raised £123.74!
Thanks to you, we've raised £123.74!
Christmas Appeal | Christian Aid
This Christmas, will you support families fleeing conflict to buy food and lifesaving supplies?
www.christianaid.org.uk
February 8, 2026 at 9:31 AM
We're so grateful to everyone who donated to our Christian Aid Christmas Appeal at the carol service last month.
Thanks to you, we've raised £123.74!
Thanks to you, we've raised £123.74!
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The Government's plans to make people wait decades for settlement will do huge damage to our communities.
Every local authority that values a diverse, cohesive community should stand against them.
www.expressandstar.com/news/politic...
Every local authority that values a diverse, cohesive community should stand against them.
www.expressandstar.com/news/politic...
Birmingham Council urged to ‘take stand against nightmarish migration plans’
Birmingham Council has been urged by campaigners and refugees to take a stand against ‘nightmarish’ government plans for migration.
www.expressandstar.com
February 7, 2026 at 4:44 PM
The Government's plans to make people wait decades for settlement will do huge damage to our communities.
Every local authority that values a diverse, cohesive community should stand against them.
www.expressandstar.com/news/politic...
Every local authority that values a diverse, cohesive community should stand against them.
www.expressandstar.com/news/politic...
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🚨We're looking for a Maternity Stream of Sanctuary Consultant🚨
Support awareness raising within maternity services of the issues facing families seeking sanctuary:
🔵 Hours: 7 hrs pw
🔵 Salary: £30 ph
🔵 Based: UK/Home working
🔵 Contract: April-Dec 26
cityofsanctuary.org/get-involved...
Support awareness raising within maternity services of the issues facing families seeking sanctuary:
🔵 Hours: 7 hrs pw
🔵 Salary: £30 ph
🔵 Based: UK/Home working
🔵 Contract: April-Dec 26
cityofsanctuary.org/get-involved...
Current Vacancies - City of Sanctuary UK
Maternity Stream of Sanctuary Consultant |Application closing date 6th March Purpose of the post The Maternity Stream of Sanctuary is a UK wide network of charities, people with lived experience of t...
cityofsanctuary.org
February 5, 2026 at 8:43 AM
🚨We're looking for a Maternity Stream of Sanctuary Consultant🚨
Support awareness raising within maternity services of the issues facing families seeking sanctuary:
🔵 Hours: 7 hrs pw
🔵 Salary: £30 ph
🔵 Based: UK/Home working
🔵 Contract: April-Dec 26
cityofsanctuary.org/get-involved...
Support awareness raising within maternity services of the issues facing families seeking sanctuary:
🔵 Hours: 7 hrs pw
🔵 Salary: £30 ph
🔵 Based: UK/Home working
🔵 Contract: April-Dec 26
cityofsanctuary.org/get-involved...
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⚠️ The Government is planning to make it significantly harder for people to gain indefinite leave to remain (ILR). Find out more and how you can take action before the consultation period ends on February 12th ⏰⬇️
www.boaztrust.org.uk/articles/ear...
www.boaztrust.org.uk/articles/ear...
February 4, 2026 at 3:03 PM
⚠️ The Government is planning to make it significantly harder for people to gain indefinite leave to remain (ILR). Find out more and how you can take action before the consultation period ends on February 12th ⏰⬇️
www.boaztrust.org.uk/articles/ear...
www.boaztrust.org.uk/articles/ear...
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Our Griff Ferris speaks on the BBC about the waste of public money on private companies that profit from providing inadequate housing for those seeking safety & how this money can go towards improving local council housing to house people seeking asylum in our communities, where they belong.
S: BBC
S: BBC
February 3, 2026 at 9:59 AM
Our Griff Ferris speaks on the BBC about the waste of public money on private companies that profit from providing inadequate housing for those seeking safety & how this money can go towards improving local council housing to house people seeking asylum in our communities, where they belong.
S: BBC
S: BBC
It’s Hate Crime Awareness Week in #GreaterManchester.
We are a city region that is proud to recognise and celebrate difference and diversity (and sanctuary! 🧡).
Hate crime has no place here.
For support and to report hate crime, visit: www.letsendhatecrime.com
#WeStandTogether
We are a city region that is proud to recognise and celebrate difference and diversity (and sanctuary! 🧡).
Hate crime has no place here.
For support and to report hate crime, visit: www.letsendhatecrime.com
#WeStandTogether
February 2, 2026 at 1:53 PM
It’s Hate Crime Awareness Week in #GreaterManchester.
We are a city region that is proud to recognise and celebrate difference and diversity (and sanctuary! 🧡).
Hate crime has no place here.
For support and to report hate crime, visit: www.letsendhatecrime.com
#WeStandTogether
We are a city region that is proud to recognise and celebrate difference and diversity (and sanctuary! 🧡).
Hate crime has no place here.
For support and to report hate crime, visit: www.letsendhatecrime.com
#WeStandTogether
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Free, fun fitness sessions every Wednesday at Moss Side Millennium Powerhouse!
Asylum seekers and marginalised women especially welcome.
No experience needed. Just turn up, move your body, have a laugh - and grab a free cuppa. ☕
📍 Moss Side Millennium Powerhouse
🗓 Wednesdays | 11am–12pm
Asylum seekers and marginalised women especially welcome.
No experience needed. Just turn up, move your body, have a laugh - and grab a free cuppa. ☕
📍 Moss Side Millennium Powerhouse
🗓 Wednesdays | 11am–12pm
January 31, 2026 at 4:42 PM
Free, fun fitness sessions every Wednesday at Moss Side Millennium Powerhouse!
Asylum seekers and marginalised women especially welcome.
No experience needed. Just turn up, move your body, have a laugh - and grab a free cuppa. ☕
📍 Moss Side Millennium Powerhouse
🗓 Wednesdays | 11am–12pm
Asylum seekers and marginalised women especially welcome.
No experience needed. Just turn up, move your body, have a laugh - and grab a free cuppa. ☕
📍 Moss Side Millennium Powerhouse
🗓 Wednesdays | 11am–12pm
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This was a good day 🧡
We just had the pleasure of seeing this group graduate from our Sanctuary in Politics course - a programme designed to supercharge advocacy, campaigns and change-making.
We cannot wait to carry on working with this phenomenal bunch of storytellers, campaigners & organisers 💪
We just had the pleasure of seeing this group graduate from our Sanctuary in Politics course - a programme designed to supercharge advocacy, campaigns and change-making.
We cannot wait to carry on working with this phenomenal bunch of storytellers, campaigners & organisers 💪
January 29, 2026 at 4:35 PM
This was a good day 🧡
We just had the pleasure of seeing this group graduate from our Sanctuary in Politics course - a programme designed to supercharge advocacy, campaigns and change-making.
We cannot wait to carry on working with this phenomenal bunch of storytellers, campaigners & organisers 💪
We just had the pleasure of seeing this group graduate from our Sanctuary in Politics course - a programme designed to supercharge advocacy, campaigns and change-making.
We cannot wait to carry on working with this phenomenal bunch of storytellers, campaigners & organisers 💪
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📣Today we have launched the #EndDestitution campaign📣
migrantdestitution.co.uk/end-destitut...
‼️The government’s latest plans threaten to force yet more people in our communities into destitution. We must stand against this. 1/
migrantdestitution.co.uk/end-destitut...
‼️The government’s latest plans threaten to force yet more people in our communities into destitution. We must stand against this. 1/
January 27, 2026 at 2:50 PM
📣Today we have launched the #EndDestitution campaign📣
migrantdestitution.co.uk/end-destitut...
‼️The government’s latest plans threaten to force yet more people in our communities into destitution. We must stand against this. 1/
migrantdestitution.co.uk/end-destitut...
‼️The government’s latest plans threaten to force yet more people in our communities into destitution. We must stand against this. 1/
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🚨Introducing your guide to informed, compassionate conversations about asylum.
Providing clear, accessible info about people seeking sanctuary, this guide also encourages you to bring your own thoughts & experience into the conversation.
Download yours now: cityofsanctuary.org/facts/
Providing clear, accessible info about people seeking sanctuary, this guide also encourages you to bring your own thoughts & experience into the conversation.
Download yours now: cityofsanctuary.org/facts/
January 28, 2026 at 2:57 PM
🚨Introducing your guide to informed, compassionate conversations about asylum.
Providing clear, accessible info about people seeking sanctuary, this guide also encourages you to bring your own thoughts & experience into the conversation.
Download yours now: cityofsanctuary.org/facts/
Providing clear, accessible info about people seeking sanctuary, this guide also encourages you to bring your own thoughts & experience into the conversation.
Download yours now: cityofsanctuary.org/facts/
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People need to be housed in our communities, not in military barracks.
We can't go back to repeating the same mistakes that cost lives and retraumatised people seeking safety.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
We can't go back to repeating the same mistakes that cost lives and retraumatised people seeking safety.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
First asylum seekers moved into Crowborough former military site
The Home Office says 27 people seeking asylum have been housed in the training camp in East Sussex.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 22, 2026 at 2:55 PM
People need to be housed in our communities, not in military barracks.
We can't go back to repeating the same mistakes that cost lives and retraumatised people seeking safety.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
We can't go back to repeating the same mistakes that cost lives and retraumatised people seeking safety.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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'Our Side of the Story'
Created by the Greater Manchester Asylum Hotels Group and Stand & Be Counted Theatre, this short film features people with lived experience of asylum hotels. The group is supported by us, and the film presents a spoken version of a statement they shared a few months ago.
Created by the Greater Manchester Asylum Hotels Group and Stand & Be Counted Theatre, this short film features people with lived experience of asylum hotels. The group is supported by us, and the film presents a spoken version of a statement they shared a few months ago.
Our Side of the Story: Greater Manchester Asylum Hotels Group
YouTube video by GMIAU
youtu.be
January 21, 2026 at 11:13 AM
'Our Side of the Story'
Created by the Greater Manchester Asylum Hotels Group and Stand & Be Counted Theatre, this short film features people with lived experience of asylum hotels. The group is supported by us, and the film presents a spoken version of a statement they shared a few months ago.
Created by the Greater Manchester Asylum Hotels Group and Stand & Be Counted Theatre, this short film features people with lived experience of asylum hotels. The group is supported by us, and the film presents a spoken version of a statement they shared a few months ago.
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The Government is introducing the biggest immigration overhaul in 50 years. They want to make settling here harder than ever as part of a broader attack on migrants and refugees. Now, they're asking what YOU think of their plans.
Use our guide & speak up today.
www.praxis.org.uk/consultation...
Use our guide & speak up today.
www.praxis.org.uk/consultation...
Consultation — Praxis for Migrants and Refugees
www.praxis.org.uk
January 21, 2026 at 5:41 PM
The Government is introducing the biggest immigration overhaul in 50 years. They want to make settling here harder than ever as part of a broader attack on migrants and refugees. Now, they're asking what YOU think of their plans.
Use our guide & speak up today.
www.praxis.org.uk/consultation...
Use our guide & speak up today.
www.praxis.org.uk/consultation...
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Finding a safe home should not be this hard. People seeking safety face unacceptable conditions, social homes are not being built, and decades of underinvestment have created a housing emergency affecting us all.
Read these 4 things the government can do.
Email your MP: https://bit.ly/4pFEXly
Read these 4 things the government can do.
Email your MP: https://bit.ly/4pFEXly
January 21, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Finding a safe home should not be this hard. People seeking safety face unacceptable conditions, social homes are not being built, and decades of underinvestment have created a housing emergency affecting us all.
Read these 4 things the government can do.
Email your MP: https://bit.ly/4pFEXly
Read these 4 things the government can do.
Email your MP: https://bit.ly/4pFEXly
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Amazing 👏
Over 13,000 people have already backed this petition, set up by a group of refugees, demanding the Government scrap abhorrent plans to make people wait 20 years to settle securely in the UK.
Add your name now! 👇
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/do...
Over 13,000 people have already backed this petition, set up by a group of refugees, demanding the Government scrap abhorrent plans to make people wait 20 years to settle securely in the UK.
Add your name now! 👇
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/do...
January 20, 2026 at 9:55 AM
Amazing 👏
Over 13,000 people have already backed this petition, set up by a group of refugees, demanding the Government scrap abhorrent plans to make people wait 20 years to settle securely in the UK.
Add your name now! 👇
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/do...
Over 13,000 people have already backed this petition, set up by a group of refugees, demanding the Government scrap abhorrent plans to make people wait 20 years to settle securely in the UK.
Add your name now! 👇
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/do...
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A reminder that we are also on Instagram!
Follow us over there to keep up to date with our work, announcements and news 🤳
Instagram: @gmiaunit / www.instagram.com/p/DTsLmEiDZG...
Follow us over there to keep up to date with our work, announcements and news 🤳
Instagram: @gmiaunit / www.instagram.com/p/DTsLmEiDZG...
January 19, 2026 at 3:23 PM
A reminder that we are also on Instagram!
Follow us over there to keep up to date with our work, announcements and news 🤳
Instagram: @gmiaunit / www.instagram.com/p/DTsLmEiDZG...
Follow us over there to keep up to date with our work, announcements and news 🤳
Instagram: @gmiaunit / www.instagram.com/p/DTsLmEiDZG...
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Shabana Mahmood’s latest asylum plans are dangerous for all communities.
The UN says they could “create prolonged uncertainty and despair, undermining integration and social cohesion”.
If the Home Secretary truly wants to “unite the country” then she must listen.
www.unhcr.org/uk/publicati...
The UN says they could “create prolonged uncertainty and despair, undermining integration and social cohesion”.
If the Home Secretary truly wants to “unite the country” then she must listen.
www.unhcr.org/uk/publicati...
January 12, 2026 at 12:14 PM
Shabana Mahmood’s latest asylum plans are dangerous for all communities.
The UN says they could “create prolonged uncertainty and despair, undermining integration and social cohesion”.
If the Home Secretary truly wants to “unite the country” then she must listen.
www.unhcr.org/uk/publicati...
The UN says they could “create prolonged uncertainty and despair, undermining integration and social cohesion”.
If the Home Secretary truly wants to “unite the country” then she must listen.
www.unhcr.org/uk/publicati...
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Me. 🙋♂️
Every step of the way.
Forever and a day.
Every step of the way.
Forever and a day.
January 11, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Me. 🙋♂️
Every step of the way.
Forever and a day.
Every step of the way.
Forever and a day.
Who’s with us?
January 11, 2026 at 5:58 PM
Who’s with us?
Hello 2026! 💫
Let’s make it a stellar year for refugee rights.
We can’t wait to get started.
Let’s make it a stellar year for refugee rights.
We can’t wait to get started.
January 1, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Hello 2026! 💫
Let’s make it a stellar year for refugee rights.
We can’t wait to get started.
Let’s make it a stellar year for refugee rights.
We can’t wait to get started.
From our family to yours, wishing you a wonderful Christmas filled with peace, joy and blessings. 🎄💫
December 25, 2025 at 10:14 AM
From our family to yours, wishing you a wonderful Christmas filled with peace, joy and blessings. 🎄💫
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It takes a village! As of tonight, our caseworkers and wider team at West London Welcome have pulled out all the stops and ensured that the twelve of our refugee community members who were facing homelessness in the run-up to xmas are now safely housed.
December 23, 2025 at 11:17 AM
It takes a village! As of tonight, our caseworkers and wider team at West London Welcome have pulled out all the stops and ensured that the twelve of our refugee community members who were facing homelessness in the run-up to xmas are now safely housed.
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We are commissioning a consultant to scope and define a new part-time communications position, with recruitment planned for 2026. If this is you, please apply. Deadline for applications 12 Jan ow.ly/S1Kl50XN7mt #NoOneisIllegal #MigrationisLife #TheseWallsMustFall
December 22, 2025 at 12:44 PM
We are commissioning a consultant to scope and define a new part-time communications position, with recruitment planned for 2026. If this is you, please apply. Deadline for applications 12 Jan ow.ly/S1Kl50XN7mt #NoOneisIllegal #MigrationisLife #TheseWallsMustFall
Migration cannot be separated from colonialism.
Instead of slamming the door, the UK must recognise its colonial legacy, and take urgent steps towards justice.
#MigrantsDay
Instead of slamming the door, the UK must recognise its colonial legacy, and take urgent steps towards justice.
#MigrantsDay
December 18, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Migration cannot be separated from colonialism.
Instead of slamming the door, the UK must recognise its colonial legacy, and take urgent steps towards justice.
#MigrantsDay
Instead of slamming the door, the UK must recognise its colonial legacy, and take urgent steps towards justice.
#MigrantsDay