For Sanctuary Seekers | Preston City of Sanctuary

Please use the drop down menus in this section to find help around different issues.

Just click the down arrow ∨ and then choose from the list

You can find also a map of all the services and organisations in Lancashire that may be able to help you. Please note this is now several years old

SERVICES FOR ASYLUM SEEKERS AND REFUGEES IN LANCASHIRE

This map shows all the organisations we know of in 2018 but some of the detailed information about times and places of activities and services may be out of date. So please contact the organisation before just turning up.

The Home Office Guide for new refugees in several different languages can be downloaded here https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/welcome-a-guide-for-new-refugees

RECENT FACEBOOK POSTS

I Was a Stranger And You Welcomed Me | The Diocese of Blackburn 21 October 2021

from the diocese of Blackburn https://www.blackburn.anglican.org/i-was-a-stranger-and-you-welcomed-me For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me (Matthew 25:35).(Feed generated with FetchRSS)

Sign the Petition 19 October 2021

Please can you sign and circulate this petition https://www.change.org/p/the-home-secretary-stop-the-new-detention-centre-for-women Stop the new detention centre for women(Feed generated with FetchRSS)

Covid-19, Access to Public Health, and the Hostile Environment 18 October 2021

Interesting online event coming up https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/covid-19-access-to-public-health-and-the-hostile-environment-tickets-189763938047 Anti-immigrant legislation & rhetoric make it increasingly hard for migrants to access health services: in a pandemic this is a crisis.(Feed generated with FetchRSS)

Sanctuary Stories: Claude Niyukuri from BURUNDI 14 October 2021

Meet the wonderful Claude from Burundi talk about food and culture of his country at 6pm TOMORROW online via ZOOM. Register here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/173037207947 This will be one of our last sessions in the year, so please come along if you can. If you don't have WiFi or unlimited data, there's also an option to call […]

Campaign update from Refugee Action Last week, Priti Patel made a speech to the Conservative Party Conference. We were disappoi... 13 October 2021

Campaign update from Refugee Action Last week, Priti Patel made a speech to the Conservative Party Conference. We were disappointed, but unsurprised to see that it was full of the same hateful rhetoric that she has been peddling for years to stir up fear of refugees and target anger against them. Priti Patel seems to […]