Offering Sanctuary to Refugees: Insights from the UK
From 19 June 2017, reprinted via The European Student Think Tank
Posts Categorized: Sanctuary Breaks
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Louth Town Council Funds Befriending
In October 2016, East Lindsey Area of Sanctuary (now Greater Lincolnshire Area of Sanctuary) received £1,000 from the Guardian newspaper’s…
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Language Retreat Coming Soon!
We are so pleased to be a part of the Guardian newspaper's second round winning cohort of grant applicants! The funds are enabling those who have pledged befriending and English lessons/conversations to fulfil those pledges in a spirit of welcome and hospitality. This project clearly adheres to the City of…
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Ben & Jerry’s Fundraiser with 8 Borders, 8 Days
Last Friday night, 25 people turned out at Trinity Centre in Louth to enjoy tea, coffee, and free Ben & Jerry’s ice cream, raising £200 in aid of Greater Lincolnshire Area of Sanctuary’s Sanctuary Breaks scheme, which places asylum seekers and refugees from Leeds and Leicester with hosts for short…
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GLAoS Receives Bishop of Lincoln Social Fund Grant
The Greater Lincolnshire Area of Sanctuary (GLAoS) is pleased to announce that it is the recipient of a Bishop of Lincoln Social Justice Fund grant. This money has enabled us to fund a part-time Sanctuary Breaks Coordinator post for one year. The newly appointed coordinator, Heather Luna, is tasked with…
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Offering Hospitality to Strangers
A Open Letter to a Woman Who Offered Hospitality to Young Men from Eritrea and Sudan Who Suddenly Appeared in Her Lincolnshire Village