🚨We're looking for a Maternity Stream of Sanctuary Consultant🚨 Support awareness raising within maternity services of the issues facing families seeking sanctuary: 🔵 Hours: 7 hrs pw 🔵 Salary: £30 ph 🔵 Based: UK/Home working 🔵 Contract: April-Dec 26 cityofsanctuary.org/get-involved...

⚠️ The Government is planning to make it significantly harder for people to gain indefinite leave to remain (ILR). Find out more and how you can take action before the consultation period ends on February 12th ⏰⬇️ www.boaztrust.org.uk/articles/ear...

Our Griff Ferris speaks on the BBC about the waste of public money on private companies that profit from providing inadequate housing for those seeking safety & how this money can go towards improving local council housing to house people seeking asylum in our communities, where they belong. S: BBC

It’s Hate Crime Awareness Week in #GreaterManchester. We are a city region that is proud to recognise and celebrate difference and diversity (and sanctuary! 🧡). Hate crime has no place here. For support and to report hate crime, visit: www.letsendhatecrime.com #WeStandTogether

Free, fun fitness sessions every Wednesday at Moss Side Millennium Powerhouse! Asylum seekers and marginalised women especially welcome. No experience needed. Just turn up, move your body, have a laugh - and grab a free cuppa. ☕ 📍 Moss Side Millennium Powerhouse 🗓 Wednesdays | 11am–12pm

This was a good day 🧡 We just had the pleasure of seeing this group graduate from our Sanctuary in Politics course - a programme designed to supercharge advocacy, campaigns and change-making. We cannot wait to carry on working with this phenomenal bunch of storytellers, campaigners & organisers 💪

📣Today we have launched the #EndDestitution campaign📣 migrantdestitution.co.uk/end-destitut... ‼️The government’s latest plans threaten to force yet more people in our communities into destitution. We must stand against this. 1/

🚨Introducing your guide to informed, compassionate conversations about asylum. Providing clear, accessible info about people seeking sanctuary, this guide also encourages you to bring your own thoughts & experience into the conversation. Download yours now: cityofsanctuary.org/facts/

People need to be housed in our communities, not in military barracks. We can't go back to repeating the same mistakes that cost lives and retraumatised people seeking safety. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

'Our Side of the Story' Created by the Greater Manchester Asylum Hotels Group and Stand & Be Counted Theatre, this short film features people with lived experience of asylum hotels. The group is supported by us, and the film presents a spoken version of a statement they shared a few months ago.

The Government is introducing the biggest immigration overhaul in 50 years. They want to make settling here harder than ever as part of a broader attack on migrants and refugees. Now, they're asking what YOU think of their plans. Use our guide & speak up today. www.praxis.org.uk/consultation...

Finding a safe home should not be this hard. People seeking safety face unacceptable conditions, social homes are not being built, and decades of underinvestment have created a housing emergency affecting us all. Read these 4 things the government can do. Email your MP: https://bit.ly/4pFEXly

Amazing 👏 Over 13,000 people have already backed this petition, set up by a group of refugees, demanding the Government scrap abhorrent plans to make people wait 20 years to settle securely in the UK. Add your name now! 👇 you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/do...

A reminder that we are also on Instagram! Follow us over there to keep up to date with our work, announcements and news 🤳 Instagram: @gmiaunit / www.instagram.com/p/DTsLmEiDZG...

Shabana Mahmood’s latest asylum plans are dangerous for all communities. The UN says they could “create prolonged uncertainty and despair, undermining integration and social cohesion”. If the Home Secretary truly wants to “unite the country” then she must listen. www.unhcr.org/uk/publicati...

Me. 🙋‍♂️ Every step of the way. Forever and a day.

Who’s with us?

Hello 2026! 💫 Let’s make it a stellar year for refugee rights. We can’t wait to get started.

From our family to yours, wishing you a wonderful Christmas filled with peace, joy and blessings. 🎄💫

It takes a village! As of tonight, our caseworkers and wider team at West London Welcome have pulled out all the stops and ensured that the twelve of our refugee community members who were facing homelessness in the run-up to xmas are now safely housed.

We are commissioning a consultant to scope and define a new part-time communications position, with recruitment planned for 2026. If this is you, please apply. Deadline for applications 12 Jan ow.ly/S1Kl50XN7mt #NoOneisIllegal #MigrationisLife #TheseWallsMustFall

Migration cannot be separated from colonialism. Instead of slamming the door, the UK must recognise its colonial legacy, and take urgent steps towards justice. #MigrantsDay

Absolutely - the Asylum Seeker Memorial Project has done fantastic, heart-breaking work making recording many deaths in the asylum system. But it's appalling that this vital work has been left to journalists and campaigners for so long - it's the Government's duty to track these tragedies.

Yesterday, on #HumanRightsDay, we found ourselves reflecting on the hostile policies announced in recent weeks. Policies that don't just erode the rights of people seeking sanctuary, but remove protections that keep us all safe. Let us be clear: we won't stop resisting.

We are so close to our fundraising target - 82% - it would be such a shame to miss out on the match funding. Please do donate if you can 🤞🤞🤞

24 hours to go! ⏳ Anything you can spare to fund our movement of solidarity + welcome will be DOUBLED! Let's make our third decade the biggest and best yet 📈

🚨 The Border, Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill is now law. It undermines international obligations and threatens the safety and dignity of people fleeing conflict and persecution. We refuse to accept a future where compassion is criminalised. #refugeeswelcome #compassionnotcruelty

📹 Watch community groups come together to tell the Home Office - we choose compassion not cruelty. Want to join us? Write to your MP TODAY tinyurl.com/382ujcwn #TogetherWithRefugees

Compassion, welcome and solidarity, brought straight to the door of the Home Secretary! ✊ The message is clear: these cruel plans do not represent us. Communities up and down this country stand for #CompassionNotCruelty. It's not too late to change course.

📢 Today we join over 200 community organisations to stand together and reject the Government’s cruel new asylum plans. ✍️ Write to your MP TODAY 👇 tinyurl.com/382ujcwn #TogetherWithRefugees

The Home Secretary's ruthless new plans are out of step with everything we stand for in Manchester. Every day, we see Mancunians open their homes, volunteer their time and show solidarity with people seeking safety. 🧡✊ Proud to sign this letter to say: NOT IN OUR NAME 👇

Asylum is about protecting people. But the Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Act, which received royal assent this week, treats asylum as a border security issue. It continues the trend of criminalising people seeking sanctuary. It builds walls against refugees. We need something different.

This is huge⚡️ Over a third of all UK unis are a University of Sanctuary! This means: scholarships; training for staff; opportunities for students; collaboration with local refugee orgs. ✨Help us build this movement! Until Tuesday all donations will be doubled! donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...

Right now public money fuels private profit while people live in poor conditions. It hurts all our communities. Our report sets out a council-run alternative. Email your MP and ask them to speak about it in Parliament: https://bit.ly/4pFEXly

Welcome Changes Everything. Never before has it been so urgent to build a fairer, kinder society where everyone feels valued and welcome, no matter where they come from. Until December 9 only, all donations are doubled! Stand up for welcome - please give today: donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...

📣 The Government has announced cruel policies that risk eroding refugees' rights. So we – people who believe in compassion and unity – are raising our voices. We’re fighting back with a message of our own. We stand #TogetherWithRefugees ✉️ Write to your MP TODAY! actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...

On a lighter note, we'd briefly like to blow our own trumpet! This year we turned 10. Here's a film we made to celebrate! Big thx to all our friends, partners + neighbrs who recently celebrated with us. We love you! Here's to another 10 yrs of organising welcome! www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4jW...

Our little team is cooking up big ideas🥄 We support and coordinate 100+ local groups whilst working with hundreds of schools, universities, councils and more to ensure theyre places of welcome, understanding and opportunity. Last week we had a rare team day... 🧵

At HMSC, we work tirelessly to provide holistic casework and advocacy to migrants in London, and we campaign alongside our visitors for an end to the hostile environment. We need your help to continue this vital work - support us by donating to our fundraiser! localgiving.org/fundraising/...

We're proud to partner with the wider sector in challenging this madness. Volunteering must remain VOLUNTARY. Read about our open letter to the Home Secretary 👉 www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Mandatory volunteering? This policy is a paradox. Forcing people to volunteer would: ❌ Undermine everything that makes volunteering so valuable ❌ Harm survivors of trafficking & modern slavery ❌ Discriminate against those who can't volunteer

🔔 A reminder.

Today, Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood prepares to announce the latest attack on refugee rights in the UK. A host of hostile policy changes have already been announced. We don’t yet have the full details, but we’ll keep you updated as more becomes clear. ⬇️Here’s what we know + think so far:

Refugee status isn’t a ‘golden ticket’, nor is it time sensitive. It is a human right. Today, the Home Secretary will roll out drastic changes to refugee protections. Here is our reaction.

🚨🚨🚨 Our new report on hotel accommodation drops today. These hotels are not 5*. Here's the proof. Relying on testimony from clients, photos & medical evidence, you can now see the awful reality of hotel life. More updates throughout the day so watch this space. www.ramfel.org.uk/asylum-hotel...

🙌🙌 "The answers are obvious. End the long-term use of hotels. Fund councils to provide proper housing. Let people seeking asylum work & support themselves. Bring asylum housing back into public hands." RAMFEL's Layla Hussain on our hotels report in @bigissue.com www.bigissue.com/opinion/asyl...

Honoured to play a role in ensuring Manchester and Sanctuary are forever interlinked. A history that goes right back to Viraj Mendis at @hulmeascension.bsky.social. (Would recommend reading up on this chapter of Manchester’s history if you’re unfamiliar! ✊)

Tomorrow @houseoflords.parliament.uk will have the chance to vote on amendment 76 tabled by @greenjennyjones.bsky.social that would require Government to record and report on fatalities in the asylum system so no death is ignored. #KnowTheirNames bills.parliament.uk/bills/3929/s...

An appreciation post on #TrusteesWeek! 🧡 We're super grateful for the work our trustees do to guide MCoS' strategic vision; ensuring we embed sanctuary in every last corner of the city. Futureproofing our movement of welcome, one meeting at a time. 📈

Join us 🏛️Manchester Central Library M2 5PD 📅Friday 7 November 🕛12-3pm to discuss what sanctuary looks like for people fleeing persecution. How can today's UK Cities of Sanctuary resist this growing hostile environment? racearchive.org.uk/sanctuary-no...