I trialled a DayOfWelcome Norfolk Schools of Sanctuary 🧡 Schools of Sanctuary 🧡 lesson today with YR 6. Make sure you sign up to DayOfWelcome to access 50+ free resources for EYFS-KS4, live events and CPD. This embroidery was inspired by Afghan designs ♥️

I would appreciate if you could encourage family and friends to read #TheLightlessSky so they can get a better understanding of the refugee struggles and story. So we can all humanise the debate and discussion on the subject of asylum, migration and protection. #WithRefugees

📢Calling all #schools . Join us in building welcoming communities for people seeking sanctuary. #ADayofWelcome offers 50+ FREE resources for EYFS-KS4 & live events for pupils & teachers. Check this 👇DayOfWelcome Hub for Education for Refugees in Europe (HERE) Refugee Week 🧡 Schools of Sanctuary 🧡 City of Sanctuary UK 🧡

The teacher guide for A Day of Welcome 24 is now available 🧡

So many brilliant new resources & live events this year!

Get involved this Refugee Week 🧡 & help your school build a culture of welcome & understanding for people seeking sanctuary.

schools.cityofsanctuary.org/resources/teac…

1. This is an updated and more organised thread on how to support #EAL students and their families, particularly those who are #RefugeesWelcome
If I have missed anything please let me know and I will add to this thread

Save the date for HCRISOC’s next event, where they will be hosting Asylum Speakers for an insightful discussion around all things migration through the medium of storytelling

📍Thurs 25 April - SU

Find free tickets for the event here: loom.ly/Ka04bDI

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This year's theme for Refugee Week is 'Home'.🏘️

Join us next Tuesday at 4pm to learn more about this, the DayOfWelcome line-up & lots more ways to make this year's Refugee Week meaningful.

Sign up: eventbrite.co.uk/e/refugee-week…

Asylum Speakers will be at next week's Refugee Week 2024 Schools Meet Up (online) along with Schools of Sanctuary 🧡 IRC - International Rescue Committee DayOfWelcome National Education Union

Register your free place here: shorturl.at/knqOR

This year for A Day of Welcome in June we are working closely with the national Schools of Sanctuary 🧡 team.

We want every school in the UK to be a School of Sanctuary!

Let's make every day A Day of Welcome for people seeking sanctuary 🧡

Register here: schools.cityofsanctuary.org/resources/a-da…

If you haven't signed up yet, Birmingham Schools of Sanctuary 🧡 , there is still time to do so!

In the last two years we have helped and supported around 440 families, with you’re generous donations. They were mostly my family relatives and neighbors as well as people affected by displacement, natural disaster etc. however, I am hopeful we can raise another 4k to provide…

The wait is over! 🧵
Here's our first lineup poster for 2024, with headliners including:
Grammy-nominated musical duo Amadou & Mariam , who performed their Afrobeat hits at Glastonbury 23.
Genre-hopping Swiss band Sirens Of Lesbos
Prize-winning poet and performer Roger Robinson

A Day of Welcome is officially UK-wide🥳🥳

Follow DayOfWelcome now to learn more about this annual project specifically aimed at helping schools celebrate Refugee Week 🧡 meaningfully.🤩

Petition: Create a Palestinian Family Visa Scheme for Palestinian people affected by war petition.parliament.uk/petitions/6485…

Talking about the asylum process can be tough. Political scapegoating & divisive culture wars means the truth is often twisted or lost.

We’re here to set the record straight👊

Start having well-informed courageous conversations about asylum today👇
cityofsanctuary.org/2024/04/10/how…

Eid al-fitr Mubarak! From our family to yours, we wish all those celebrating a joyful and peaceful day x

Get this date in your diary! ✍️

Join us and friends from Refugee Week 🧡, National Education Union, IRC - International Rescue Committee, #AsylumSpeakers and Norfolk Schools of Sanctuary 🧡 to start planning for Refugee Week in June.

There is so much on offer, there's no reason not to get involved! 🧑‍🤝‍🧑

Register 👇