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Eight more Schools of Sanctuary in Belfast and Derry/Londonderry became Schools of Sanctuary this morning at a very enjoyable ceremony and celebration. The new schools are Ashfield Boys’ High School Botanic Primary School Wheatfield Primary School Dundonald Primary School Euston Street Primary School Blessed Trinity College Scoil an Droichid and in Derry/Londonderry – Holy Child […]

Amnesty International Ireland is running a social media campaign today Tuesday 10 August as part of their campaign to End Direct Provision. Today 10 August, we’re asking people and organisations to sign up to and help us share the Pledge to End Direct Provision. The Pledge is an important way to show the Government and

7th June 2021 Welcome to our summer newsletter, bringing you the latest news from our friends and partners across the country. Lockdown, school closures and restrictions have been a real challenge for people in Direct Provision, but amidst the problems, there have been some wonderful positive initiatives. We hope this snapshot will be an inspiration

Refugee Week takes place from the 14th until the 20th of June. The theme for Refugee Week 2021 is ‘We cannot walk alone’ and there are a number of events planned by Christ Church Cathedral, LGBT Ireland, and Irish Refugee Council and Law Centre Northern Ireland, a mixture of in-person and online. Life after Dublin?

Wexford sanctuary runners will take part in the Cork City virtual marathon in 6th of Jun 2021, the WSR one of the newest groups in the national sanctuary runners family which set up on August 2020. To bring the Irish community run with the asylum seekers. In taking part in the Cork City virtual marathon,

Paddy Woodworth and Muhammad Achour are the architects and leaders of Sanctuary in Nature and Heritage, a Dublin-based group aiming to create connections and sanctuary by organising outings for people in Direct Provision to experience some of the wonders in Ireland’s landscape and heritage. They sent us this report of how they managed to keep the

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