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Posts Categorized: Wakefield District City of Sanctuary
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Asylum Seekers Support Fund – July Update
C/O Quaker Meeting House,Thornhill Street,Wakefield WF1 1NQRegistered Charity No. 1187477
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Knitters of Sanctuary –
Ladies staying in Wakefield's Initial Accommodation centre are getting together in lock-down to crochet together. At the end of…
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Refugee Week 2020 – Day 7
Sanctuary Sunday celebrates our long tradition of sanctuary in British society. Under medieval English common law, sanctuary doorknockers like this…
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Refugee Week 2020 – Day 6
We are proud of our City! Those people who pass through Wakefield on their journey looking for asylum often…
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Refugee Week 2020 – Day 5
Part of our welcome to Wakefield for new asylum seekers is providing them with some new clothes. Many arrive…
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Refugee Week 2020 – Day 4
New arrivals to Wakefield from other parts of the world may have little English, and need a little help to…
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The Clothing Store
Practical Support
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Refugee Week 2020 – Day 3
Both The Art House, and also Wakefield Theatre Royal (who are a theatre of sanctuary) were involved in the production…
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Refugee Week 2020 – Day 2
Acts of the Imagination! - We’d love you to take part in 8 Simple Acts – a series of small…
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Refugee Week – 2020 – Day 1
Today is the first full day of Refugee Week 2020. The theme this year is “Imagine”. We are…
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The Ongoing work of WDCoS #12
These teddies, and the blankets they rest on, are the work of Sanctuary knitters. They are included in the…
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The Ongoing work of WDCoS #11
Big thanks to one of our many friend organisations - The Well Project in Normanton, who provide us with bicycles…
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The ongoing work of WDCoS #10
Four of these garden benches now adorn the local initial accommodation centre, which we were able to purchase due to…
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The Ongoing work of WDCoS #9
This last week ... we bought 900 pairs of mens underpants! We make sure that vulnerable people seeking asylum in…
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The Ongoing work of WDCoS #8
Men's T-Shirts on their way to the initial accommodation centre - Generous grants and donations from the council and…
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The ongoing work of WDCoS #7 – 300 pairs of shoes !
We have been busy buying clothing and shoes for people arriving in our area. We have seen people's shoes nearly…
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The ongoing work of WDCoS #6
Redressed dolls and little teddies – gifts for children in the asylum process. (More would be welcome!). All donations…