Wishing a joyful and happy Rosh Hashanah to all who celebrate. 🍎🍯 From all of us at ASSIST, Shana Tova!

We stand with 150+ groups and individuals against rising hostility. ✊🏽 Partners face threats & attacks just for helping people seek sanctuary. We won’t be silenced. The media must report with integrity, not fuel dangerous racism and division. Read the statement 👇🏽 tinyurl.com/2k398vkn

Summer Highlights at ASSIST ☀️ In June, volunteers came together for Volunteers’ Week and Refugee Week to pause and reconnect. They created powerful collages reflecting what inspires them and their memories with ASSIST. Their artwork now brightens our office, a reminder of the community we build. 🧡

Just over 5 weeks to go! Join ASSIST's #Sheffield10K team on Sunday 28th September. Run, jog or walk, everyone is welcome. 🏃🏿‍♀🏃🏿 ✅ Sign up: www.runforall.com/events/10k/s... ✅ Contact us to fundraise Amidst rising hostility, let’s fill Sheffield's streets with solidarity and welcome! 🧡

⏳ 5 days remaining to apply! We’re #hiring an Office and Projects Assistant 🖥 Do you have excellent people skills? Are you approachable, friendly, and committed to creating a welcoming and safe environment for everyone, including those seeking asylum? Click the link below 👇🏽 tinyurl.com/4jsey5b

From 7–10 August, communities across the UK are coming together for the @refugeestogether.bsky.social #WelcomeWeekend — a nationwide stand in solidarity with people seeking sanctuary. 🙌🏽 This weekend, join us and send a powerful message of solidarity and compassion. 🧡 More info in the post below ⬇

We're recruiting for new volunteers! 📣 Your skills and experience can make a huge difference in the lives of people seeking asylum. Join us in challenging destitution and hostile immigration policies. Apply here ➡️ www.assistsheffield.org.uk/content/volunteer-us #Volunteering #SheffieldVolunteering

Thanks to everyone who applied for the Casework Coordinator role! It's now closed, we're grateful for the overwhelming interest. 🧡 Our Office and Projects Assistant role is still open! You have over two weeks to apply, with the deadline on Monday 18 August. 👉🏽 tinyurl.com/yc6u9pr4 #hiring #sheffield

Subscribe to the ASSIST #Newsletter! ✉ Get the latest news on our work supporting people seeking asylum, inspiring stories, upcoming events, and ways you can get involved. Join today, just in time for our Summer update! 👇🏽 www.assistsheffield.org.uk/content/join... #ASSISTSheffield #Subscribe

As hostility towards people seeking sanctuary escalates, marked by far-right attacks like in Epping, one individual's courageous words stand out "I hope you can be a voice for fairness and show the world that every refugee has a story." 👉🏽 Please read and share: tinyurl.com/3cwb54cj #RefugeesWelcome

Community Power in Action at our AGM ✊🏽 We brought together people seeking asylum, volunteers, staff (past and present), trustees, partners & supporters to reflect on the past year and look ahead. It was an evening rooted in solidarity & community. 🧡 #CommunityPower #SolidarityinAction ⏬ (1/2)

@4refugeewomen.bsky.social led an open letter calling on the Government to include women seeking asylum in its commitments to end violence against all women and girls. Violence doesn’t stop at borders, so neither should our support. ✉ Please read and share the letter below #WelcomeEveryWoman

We're saying farewell to two incredible team members. Samya is stepping back after 3 years, thankfully it's not a permanent goodbye. Gaby is off to a new frontline role. 🧡 Now, we're looking for driven individuals to join ASSIST and make a difference for people seeking asylum in Sheffield. ⏬

"It's been a horrific moral failure and a total pragmatic failure." 🔊Listen to @zoejardiniere.bsky.social on @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social last night. bsky.app/profile/impl...

Thanks to your generous donations, we raised £18,931 during #SmallCharityWeek2025 🎉 All vital funds go to people seeking asylum facing destitution in Sheffield. While we didn’t quite reach our target, thank you for supporting us! 🧡 #SheffieldSolidarity @biggive.bsky.social @ncvo.bsky.social

One year on, we honour Andy, whose vast legacy lives on through ASSIST, Spectrum Theatre, and our welcoming community. He brought ‘Sanctuary’ to life: a musical sharing real stories of people seeking asylum in our city and what it means for a community to stand in solidarity against hostility. 1/2 ⬇️

⭐SYMAAG Annual General Meeting⭐ 🏢Central United Reformed Church S1 2JB 📅Tuesday 1st July 🕖7-8.30pm Guest Speakers: Maggy Moyo activist @thesewallsmustfall.bsky.social & @right-to-remain.bsky.social and Dr Sahar Awadallah, Gazan refugee @pscupdates.bsky.social All who support our aims welcome

We're halfway through @Small Charity Week with only 3 days left!🧡 We've raised £7,680 for people seeking asylum, but we still need your help to reach our £20,000 target! All donations though the link below will be DOUBLED by Big Give!👇🏽 tinyurl.com/5xhr6646

It’s here! #SmallCharityWeek is live – and for one week only, your donation is DOUBLED. Same contribution. Twice the impact. ✌🏽 Help us reach our £10,000 target = matched to £20,000 🎯 #Donate via the @biggive.bsky.social platform👇🏽 donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05... Please share and spread the word 📣

1 week to go until #SmallCharityWeek 🎉 “ASSIST provided me with a weekly allowance and a bus pass; without that, I would not have been able to continue my studies." - Client From 23-30 June, your donations will be DOUBLED! Donate via the @biggive.bsky.social platform 👇🏽 tinyurl.com/yc75kxe8

This #RefugeeWeek, #OurSuperpower is solidarity. Our amazing communities are filled with incredible people with a huge range of different experiences. Our solidarity is what unites us, makes us speak up for each other, and ensures we'll never be strangers.

Join the @refugeeweek.bsky.social Thunderclap! 🧡 This #RefugeeWeek, #OurSuperpower is witnessing the hope and resilience of our clients—people seeking sanctuary who inspire us every day. We’re proud to stand in solidarity alongside thousands of voices ✊🏽 #SimpleActs #CommunityAsASuperpower

Looking to support people seeking asylum in your community? Meet us at Sheffield's Volunteering Fair. 📍 The Circle, 33 Rockingham Lane 🗓 Wed 18 June, 10am–2pm Chat with us about #volunteering - casework, hosting, events & more. Stand in solidarity & make a difference 🧡 @sheffcitycouncil.bsky.social

📣 Less than 2 weeks to go until Big Give #SmallCharityWeek From 23–30 June, we’re aiming to raise £10,000 with every donation DOUBLED (£20,000) thanks to Global's Make Some Noise 🔗 Save the link (donations only count during campaign week) donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...

Less than one week to go! 📣 #RefugeeWeek 2025 starts on 16 June with the theme #CommunityasaSuperpower🦸🏾‍ Join us alongside this global movement, take part in #SimpleActs, attend/hold exciting events, and stand in solidarity with people seeking sanctuary. 🧡 #RefugeeWeek2025 #Moomin80

Always an Island of Solidarity never an Island of Strangers. Join us on Tuesday 10th June in Sheffield. Let's get organised to defend each other against state racism. #RefugeesWelcome

We’re launching our most ambitious fundraiser to date for #SmallCharityWeek From 23–30 June, your donation to ASSIST, via @biggive.bsky.social, will be DOUBLED. Helping us raise £10,000, matched to £20,000, to support people seeking asylum. Donate here (opens 23 June, 12pm)👇🏽 tinyurl.com/yn5w25f4

It’s #NationalConversationWeek2025. Let’s talk about the facts and end the hostile myths. People seeking asylum want to contribute. The right to work isn’t a “pull factor” — it’s common sense and a fundamental human right. This new report from Lift The Ban coalition lays it all out. 📘👇🏽#LiftTheBan

Less than 5 days to apply! ℹ️ Client Support & Engagement Worker ⏰ 9am, Wed 28 May You can directly impact the lives of people seeking asylum by providing one-on-one casework within a collaborative, inclusive, and empowering environment. Apply now 👇🏽 #HiringNow #CaseworkJob

A powerful act of solidarity just came our way! Our friends at the Archer Project have donated beautiful artwork to help furnish our ASSIST houses. This moving gesture reminds us that Sheffield stands for compassion and welcome, NOT anti-migrant and refugee hostility and hate. #SolidarityInAction

A statement from Siân Summers-Rees, Chief Officer of City of Sanctuary UK

We are not — and never will be — an “island of strangers.” We are interconnected communities of care, solidarity and courage. These latest proposals, and the dehumanising language used, is not the reality we see daily. People seeking sanctuary and migrants enrich society for the better! 🧡

We’re #hiring! Client Support & Engagement Worker 💰 £22,932–£24,879 🕒 Full-time | 📍Sheffield 📅 Apply by 9am 28 May Support people seeking sanctuary in a trauma-informed, client-centred role.👇 🔗 tinyurl.com/485wm8av #JobOpportunity #SheffieldJobs #Casework @cityofsanctuaryuk.bsky.social

Everyone deserves a fair hearing and sanctuary. But the UK’s crumbling legal aid system is forcing people seeking asylum to go it alone — with devastating consequences. We need change! Powerful and essential reporting from the Big Issue 👇 tinyurl.com/3sr9e729

With 120+ languages thriving, Sheffield’s multicultural spirit shines. Migration weaves history into our communities, enriching the fabric of our society. In challenging times, unity matters. Our diversity is our strength! 💪🏽 #CityOfLanguages #Sheffield

Spring Cleaning? Give Your Pre-Loved Home Goods a Fresh Start 🏠 We're on the lookout for new or gently used items to help transform our ASSIST houses for people seeking sanctuary in Sheffield. If you have any of the items listed in the image, please contact us. #Donate #SpringCleaning

Today we’re joining other members of the Solidarity Knows No Borders community in Sheffield to share strategies for effective anti-racist organising. The immigration system is hostile and racist by design, but we have alternatives—and we are building the people power we need to win! ✊🏽

🌍 Happy #EarthWeek! We’re proud to showcase our work with SY Ecofit CIC, improving homes and lives through sustainable retrofitting. Honoured to be shortlisted for the 2025 Unlock Net Zero Awards! 🎉 Let’s keep building a fairer, greener world for people seeking sanctuary 💚 @earthdayorg.bsky.social

🚨 The legal aid system is in crisis! At ASSIST, we witness this impact daily. The people we support are navigating a hostile system without access to the legal advice they are entitled to. 💬 Read the report by @migrantsorganise.bsky.social and partners for more info 👇 tinyurl.com/45n8n93j

What a day! Proud to be part of @naccomnetwork.bsky.social Annual Conference, marking 10 years of transformative collective action to #EndDestitution amongst people seeking sanctuary. Shoutout to Jochen and Oliver for sharing insights on ASSIST’s vital housing services.🧡 #NACCOM10

Have you found a spare phone during your spring cleaning? Dust it off and give it a new purpose!📱📦 By donating, you can help those seeking sanctuary stay connected to vital services and loved ones. Ready to provide a lifeline? Find out more and how to #donate today. ⬇️ tinyurl.com/m8cr8tkf

🌟 ASSIST Community Social 🌟 We recently launched New Horizons—events celebrating connection & community—with an evening of laughter, food, poetry, music & magic. 🎶 Most importantly, we said farewell to Jochen, our Accommodation Manager of 12 years. 🧡 More ⬇️ #MagiciansAgainstTheFarRight

Eid Mubarak! The festivities are in full swing. 🌙 From all of us at ASSIST, we hope this special time brings you peace, joy, and cherished memories with loved ones.🧡

Happy Nowruz from all of us at ASSIST! We wish you a joyful and prosperous New Year. 🌸🌿 #Norouz #Nowruz

We issue 725 welfare payments annually, helping people seeking asylum meet needs. With Ramadan underway, we’ve shared gift bags too.🌙 As we shape ASSIST’s strategy, our clients lead the way: "In 5 years, there could be an ASSIST in every city!" They are not only part of ASSIST; they are our future.🧡

At ASSIST, we are proud that women play a key role in leading our organisation. 💪🏽 On #InternationalWomensDay we’re spotlighting all women, including those seeking sanctuary, a group too often overlooked in conversations about displacement. (1) ⬇️

Are you a keen runner? Ready to lace up your shoes? The #SheffieldHalfMarathon is just two weeks away! Join us at South Yorkshire's biggest running event and raise money for ASSIST to support those seeking asylum in our community. Contact us today to become our half-marathon hero! 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️ #RunForASSIST

Our Clients shaped our future at today’s workshop, led by City of Sanctuary Sheffield and South Yorkshire Refugee Law and Justice. Their experiences of seeking sanctuary guide our services and how we support people seeking asylum. Together we strive to build a more compassionate Sheffield. 🧡