Greater Lincolnshire Area of Sanctuary becomes two groups
East Lindsey Area of Sanctuary set up a local group in Scunthorpe some years ago, to support the incoming families…
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Offering Sanctuary to Refugees: Insights from the UK
From 19 June 2017, reprinted via The European Student Think Tank
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Launch of Birds without Sky – Poems from Exile
On 21st February, more than 60 people gathered in Leicester Central Library for the Leicester Writers Showcase event in partnership with…
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Louth Town Council Funds Befriending
In October 2016, East Lindsey Area of Sanctuary (now Greater Lincolnshire Area of Sanctuary) received £1,000 from the Guardian newspaper’s…
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Language Retreat Coming Soon!
We are so pleased to be a part of the Guardian newspaper's second round winning cohort of grant applicants! The funds are enabling those who have pledged befriending and English lessons/conversations to fulfil those pledges in a spirit of welcome and hospitality. This project clearly adheres to the City of…
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Ben & Jerry’s Fundraiser with 8 Borders, 8 Days
Last Friday night, 25 people turned out at Trinity Centre in Louth to enjoy tea, coffee, and free Ben & Jerry’s ice cream, raising £200 in aid of Greater Lincolnshire Area of Sanctuary’s Sanctuary Breaks scheme, which places asylum seekers and refugees from Leeds and Leicester with hosts for short…
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GLAoS Receives Bishop of Lincoln Social Fund Grant
The Greater Lincolnshire Area of Sanctuary (GLAoS) is pleased to announce that it is the recipient of a Bishop of Lincoln Social Justice Fund grant. This money has enabled us to fund a part-time Sanctuary Breaks Coordinator post for one year. The newly appointed coordinator, Heather Luna, is tasked with…
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Introducing the Greater Lincolnshire Area of Sanctuary
East Lindsey Area of Sanctuary began in March 2017 as part of a campaign to lobby Lincolnshire County Council to ask the Home Office for its fair share of Syrian refugees (200) under the UK Resettlement Scheme. Their work quickly expanded to included Sanctuary Breaks, whereby local residents invite asylum…
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Film: 8 Borders, 8 Days… and Free Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream!
We are pleased to be showing 8 Borders, 8 Days, a film about the consequences of closing America’s doors to families fleeing war. With no answer to her application for resettlement in the US, and every other path to safety closed off, a smuggler’s raft to Europe was the only…
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Offering Hospitality to Strangers
A Open Letter to a Woman Who Offered Hospitality to Young Men from Eritrea and Sudan Who Suddenly Appeared in Her Lincolnshire Village
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Over 200 Ask Lincolnshire County Council for 200
A vigil was held in Louth at St James' Church on Saturday 12 March 2016. Over one hundred people turned out to hold up hearts with the names of over 200 people in Lincolnshire who are ready to welcome refugees. Ninety-eight specific pledges to teach English, befriend, offer days out,…
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Vigil: 200 for 200
We need to put pressure on the councils to accept their fair share of refugees in this growing humanitarian crisis.