1.Schools of Sanctuary We are delighted to tell you that, following the outstanding success of Schools of Sanctuary in Belfast, this important initiative has now taken off right across Ireland, with Schools of Sanctuary signing up in Galway, Dublin, Monaghan, Wexford, Waterford and Cork. Have a look at the impressive new Schools of Sanctuary Ireland website, where […]
Wexford Sanctuary Ambassadors was formed last November, and began a training programme in public speaking, working with the media, and understanding the workings of Irish politics. This is a group of around 30 asylum seekers and refugees determined to be part of the solution to the endemic problems around Direct Provision and the asylum system,
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Librarians Bernie Foran and Suzanne Carroll wanted their services to be easily available for everyone in their bustling, multi-cultural midlands town, Portlaoise. So, working with communities from the local Direct Provision Centre, the resettled Syrian community. The growing Lithuanian and Polish communities and many others, they went out of their way to create a space where
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Loreto School in Gorey Co. Wexford held a ‘We Belong’Â day on Wednesday 12th of February to celebrate all the cultures represented in the school. Each country was represented by a beautiful stand, to display their customs, culture, food and a selection of interesting facts. Stands were manned by students from those countries,often wearing traditional dress.
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Great achievement at Mount Sion C.B.S Secondary School in Waterford City: An important participatory workshop has taken place on 29th of January 2020 at the Mount Sion C.B.S Secondary School in Waterford City. The purpose of the workshop was to increase awareness of students and their teachers around Migration and  International Protection with focus on
County Wexford has about 120 asylum seekers in 3 emergency Direct Provision Centres, and 220 Syrian and Iraqi resettled refugees. Generally there has been a positive and welcoming local response, but there is a widespread need and demand for a clearer understanding of International Protection and how it works. A group of refugees and asylum seekers
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LAUNCH OF âA HUNDRED THOUSAND WELCOMESâ NETWORKING EVENT DUBLIN, 20TH JUNE 2019. Â This event was held to launch and celebrate the book of stories of welcome written by our coordinator, Tiffy Allen. The book was launched by Deputy Eamon Ryan, the leader of the Green Party and one of the politicians who has consistently supported
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Cork City of Sanctuary worked very hard for over a year and a half to create an action plan. We are delighted to announce that this action plan was launched on March 29th in the Millenium Hall of Corkâs City Hall. City Hall was packed with stakeholders from far and near. David Stanton, the Minister
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City of Sanctuary Cork hosted a network gathering on March 29th in Cork City Council, before launching its Strategic Plan of Actions later in the evening. Over 40 delegates from across the island, as far as Belfast came to the gathering before the launch, and had inspiring exchange about how the welcome can happen on
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[embeddoc url=”https://cdn-e2wra3va3xhgzx.cityofsanctuary.org/uploads/sites/89/2019/05/Sanctuary-In-Politics-Provisional-Schedule-Galway.pdf” download=”all”] You can also find out more about how to run a Sanctuary in Politics Course with our handbook. This is only a guideline, local groups should design their own courses bases on local needs and resources.
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