Swindon City of Sanctuary steps up a gear for a New Year of Hope and Welcome
Local charity, Swindon City of Sanctuary, is adding fresh momentum to its commitment to building a town that is welcoming,…
Posts Categorized: Welcome
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🧡 Swindonians Show Their Hearts 🧡
Show Your Heart Month of Welcome🧡 Swindon has heart 🧡
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SCoS’s Forward Plans
"Swindon City of Sanctuary will not exist to only support people seeking sanctuary, but to work with them to empower…
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An Evening of Welcomes – 28th January 2019
The Project
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The Journey to Safety and Welcome – a Schools of Sanctuary project
On Tuesday 11th December, 4:00pm-5:00pm, at Drove Primary School, teachers from Drove Primary School and artists Rachel Pryor and Nicky-Ann Walker will…
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We’re Open Christmas shindig 13th December
We're Open is a weekly social at Darkroom Espresso, 11 Faringdon Road, SN1 5AR each Thursday from 6.30pm – 8.30pm. The evenings offer a relaxed get-together over free coffee and games, with occasional live music too. Not for nothing is it the most stylish community cafe in the South West!
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FREE training on our hosting scheme – 24th November
Come along to find out more about volunteering as a Host or Support Worker with Room for All Hosting Scheme!
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Competition Time: Stories of Welcome
Here in Swindon, we know that it's a welcoming place to sanctuary seekers. Now there's an opportunity to tell others about that warm welcome through a new competition, Stories of Welcome.
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WOMAD… you were wonderful!
Last week a group of local and national volunteers and sanctuary seekers took We're Open on tour to WOMAD. It wasn't quite Earth, Wind & Fire... we had sun (a fair bit), rain (a fair bit more!) and gales (a lot), but we still received a warm welcome! We focused…
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Refugee Week 2018 – well, that was fun!
Thank you to everyone who supported us in making Swindon's celebrations so sparkling!
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SCoS ‘We’re Open’ project receives funding
Our weekly 'We're Open' event has received a £2,225 grant from the Police and Crime Commissioner for Wiltshire and Swindon, administered by the Wiltshire Community Foundation.
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Swindon CoS hosts South-West Regional City of Sanctuary Conference
On 7 September 2017, we welcomed 40 delegates from 14 City of Sanctuary groups across the South West of England and Wales to learn, be encouraged and inspire each other to make our cities more welcoming environments for those seeking refuge.
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Swindon to launch as a ‘City of Sanctuary’
Swindon City of Sanctuary Steering Committee