On 14th October a panel was convened by the Derby War and Refugees Forum comprising: the Rt Hon Pauline Latham, MP for mid-Derbyshire; Imti Choonara, Emeritus Professor of Child Health University of Nottingham and representative of Amnesty International; Colleen Molloy for City of Sanctuary; Cllr Asaf Afzal, DCC Cabinet member for Cohesion and Integration; and Janet Fuller…
Derby City of Sanctuary member Joseph Chivayo is once again challenging himself to raise funds for refugee work at Red Cross - please see this link for details from last year's efforts and support him if you can.
Here is a link to the latest Annual report from the Advice Centre, with pictures and highlights of a very busy but inspiring year at DRAC - Read and enjoy! 2016-annual-report
Derby City of Sanctuary and Writing East Midlands are running this project for refugees and asylum seekers in Derby. Poet and playwright Kevin Fegan will be the lead writer and spoken word poet Jamie Thrasivoulou shadow writer on this exciting new project, running on Tuesdays from October 4th until Christmas.…
A public meeting organised jointly by Derby City of Sanctuary and Amnesty International will take place in Derby Council House on Friday 14th October 7-9pm to put questions to local politicians and refugee agencies. See flyer-conflictrefugees-and-resettlement-debate-oct-14th-2016 for more details and panel members
We had a great refugee week in Derby and started off with a public event in the City Centre. A group…
This year Derby has a record number of events taking place during Refugee Week (16-26 June), including: celebration events, a film, reading and writing projects, a tour of the Cathedral and tea with the Dean followed by a service with Inderjit Bhogal OBE (cofounder of City of Sanctuary) as speaker. Please…
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Summary and outcomes from the Bishop of Derby's Migrant Summit - Welcoming the stranger
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Sanctuary Welcome evening at the Bosnian Centre in Derby -
Keeping the Memory Alive
The Annual Report describing all that is happening at DRAC in the past year is now available – there is a link to it on the “Where can I get help in Derby” page.
The Derby City of Sanctuary group launch event was a great occasion with 250 people attending, about half being free guest places for member of our refugee communities. Twelve more local groups asked to be affiliated, and messages of support came from the Mayor of Derby, the Bishop of Derby…
Derby Refugee Advice Centre (DRAC)