More Than Just a Festival
Leeds City of Sanctuary 2025
News
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Deer Shed Festival 2024
As we drive to Baldersby for this year's Deer Shed Festival, the group chat is a flurry of excited messages between people who have and haven’t met. Selfies of people in packed cars, ETAs, last-minute updates and requests.
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New Schools of Sanctuary
Congratulations to Allerton CoE Primary and Leeds City Academy who received their Schools of Sanctuary Awards at the recent Award…
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University of Leeds working towards University of Sanctuary status
The University of Leeds is working towards Sanctuary status to give further direction and visibility to research and education in…
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New Schools of Sanctuary Awards in Leeds
In Refugee Week in June 2022, Lawnswood School and John Smeaton Academy received their School of Sanctuary Awards at a…
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Schools of Sanctuary Magazine
Welcome to your first edition of Leeds Schools of Sanctuary! Leeds Church Institute are overseeing the Schools of Sanctuary programme…
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New Schools of Sanctuary Lead for Leeds
Leeds Church Institute have employed Katherine Hogg as the Schools of Sanctuary Lead in Leeds. Katherine is working one day…
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Leeds Refugee Week 17th – 24th June 2018
Refugee Week is an umbrella festival, with events held by a wide range of arts, voluntary, faith and refugee community organisations, schools, student groups and more. Past events have included arts festivals, exhibitions, film screenings, theatre and dance performances, concerts, football tournaments and public talks, as well as creative and…
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Theatre of Sanctuary: Refugee Week Events at the West Yorkshire Playhouse
The West Yorkshire Playhouse, the first Theatre of Sanctuary in the UK, is putting on an incredible programme of events for…
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Refugee Week 19th-25th June 2017
Refugee Week is an annual event celebrating the contribution of refugees to the UK and encouraging people to take a…
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Volunteer Xmas Party- all welcome!
Come and join us on the 15th December 4-6pm at Ebor Court (LS1 4LX) where we will be throwing a…
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Hidden Talents programme in the Guardian newspaper
We were very proud to see our very own volunteer, Aster, in the Guardian newspaper recently.
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Beyond Borders networking event at West Yorkshire Playhouse
West Yorkshire Playhouse and Platforma invite you to a networking event exploring theatre, dance, refugees and migration. It will be…
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Leeds Muslim Youth Group hosts Sanctuary Supper
Leeds Muslim Youth Group, a member of Citizens UK, will be the first community group to host an event as…
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Refugees Welcome March 2016
City of Sanctuary is supporting Refugees Welcome 2016.
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Refugee Welcome Summit 2016
Citizens UK are hosting a Welcome Summit in Birmingham on September 10th.
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BEACON Walk for Justice 2016
On Wednesday 22nd June at 4-4.30pm come and help us welcome BEACON Bradford to Waterside Court on Kirkstall Road as they…
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Monthly Volunteer Information Sessions
Introducing new volunteers to the migrant support sector in Leeds