Oxford's refugee youth football team would like to stand in solidarity with Gary Lineker and thank him for standing up for refugees. The Illegal Immigration Bill is 'beyond awful' and we respect Gary's courage to express and stand by his views. He is a role model both on and
Our response to the Home Secretary's "Illegal Migration Bill". As a proud asylum-supporting organisation, located in a city of sanctuary, we share the moral outrage that will be felt by people of compassion in Oxfordshire and beyond, as they learn of this government’s latest attack on the system of international
Welcome to our first newsletter of 2023. Here we reflect on the idea of welcome and the challenges of supporting newly arrived asylum seekers in Oxfordshire hotels, as well as celebrating the success of our Sanctuary Wheels project. And we have an unusual request: can you help us find a warehouse?
Our Director, Mark Goldring, shares his thoughts on the past year. Reblogged from New Philanthropy Capital (NPC). Our challenges Oxfordshire has never been at the centre of UK refugee arrivals. It is far from major points of entry and rents are too high for the county to be widely used for
Tania Baldwin-Pask, Hosting Services Manager at Sanctuary Hosting, reflects on the importance of Human Rights Day. Sanctuary Hosting will become part of Asylum Welcome from January 2023. Saturday 10th December - Human Rights Day - marks the start of a year-long celebration of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR),
Our director, Mark, criticised the egregious Home Office failures that led to vulnerable refugees being transferred to an Oxford hotel with no prior planning or consultation. Mark Goldring, director of Asylum Welcome, told The Oxford Mail, “it is absolutely right” that Oxford should welcome more refugees and asylum seekers but
We were delighted to join our friends and partners at Oxford Contemporary Music to celebrate the final performance of the Dash Arts show Dido Bar’s at OVADA last Saturday 29th October. Dido’s Bar was an epic retelling of Virgil’s Aeneid, created and performed by a multilingual international ensemble of actor-musicians,
By Sarah Firth, Families & Community Coordinator & Independent social worker Asylum Welcome’s Resettlement Programme currently works alongside 14 families providing 12 months of intensive support to adults and children who have arrived to settle in Oxford city via the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy (ARAP) and the UK Resettlement Scheme (UKRS) programmes
