
Asylum Welcome 🧡
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We offer information, advice, practical support & solidarity to asylum seekers, refugees & vulnerable migrants in Oxfordshire - also @asylumwelcome.bsky.social
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Joined February 2012
We're proud to be running the #OxfordHalf this October in memory of our wonderful volunteer James Throup, who sadly died in July. Please donate to support our work with refugees and asylum seekers across Oxfordshire—work that meant so much to James. 🧡 https://t.co/TqqktXBVfp
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This #FreeWillsMonth, we're highlighting the importance of making a Will. If you're creating or updating your Will, please consider leaving a gift to Asylum Welcome. It will help provide vital support to asylum seekers and refugees. 🔗
asylum-welcome.org
Legacy Giving Leaving a gift in your will Our vision is for all asylum seekers, refugees, and vulnerable migrants to feel welcomed, respected, empowered, and included. We want everyone to live in...
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💻✨ 100 laptops ready to change lives! 👏 Thanks to an amazing donation from @PracticePlusGrp, our Digital Inclusion team can now help even more people get online and rebuild their lives in Oxfordshire through study, work and building connections. 💙
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KEEPING CAMPSFIELD CLOSED Sat 18 Oct, 11 am–3 pm, Fusion Arts Oxford (OX1 1HH) Join us on the National Day of Solidarity to End Immigration Detention — hear from some powerful speakers, including experts by experience, & plan next steps. 🎫 Free tickets: https://t.co/JaPsWCWupA
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Best of luck to everyone taking part in the #OxfordHalf today, esp. #TeamAsylumWelcome 🎽, running in memory of our much-missed volunteer James Throup. Every penny raised goes to support refugees and asylum seekers in Oxfordshire. 🏃♀️🧡🏃♂️ Donate here 👇 https://t.co/TqqktXBVfp
justgiving.com
This October, Asylum Welcome is putting forward our own team to run the Oxford Half Marathon. Our team is as diverse as our organisation – comprising a Sanctuary Hosting guest, a service coordinator,...
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One week to go until the #OxfordHalf. 🏃 🧡 Our runners are over halfway to their target, running in memory of our much-missed volunteer James Throup. 👉 https://t.co/TqqktXBVfp We’re proud to run in his honour - for help, advice and hope across Oxfordshire!
justgiving.com
This October, Asylum Welcome is putting forward our own team to run the Oxford Half Marathon. Our team is as diverse as our organisation – comprising a Sanctuary Hosting guest, a service coordinator,...
We're proud to be running the #OxfordHalf this October in memory of our wonderful volunteer James Throup, who sadly died in July. Please donate to support our work with refugees and asylum seekers across Oxfordshire—work that meant so much to James. 🧡 https://t.co/TqqktXBVfp
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Ending family reunion will tear families apart and put children's lives at risk. Cutting settlement rights will make it harder for refugees to feel in our communities. These plans don't end a 'golden ticket' - they strip away basic decency. https://t.co/JZqKiXfNsc
mirror.co.uk
Louise Calvey, executive director of Asylum Matters, argues that Keir Starmer's decision to end refugee 'golden tickets' removes a vital safe route used by women and children
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Reminder: no one should be living in a converted hotel while waiting for an asylum decision. Successive governments, not individual refugees, are to blame for the crisis in asylum accommodation - here's how our leaders could close the hotels:
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Our Supporters’ Meeting was a chance to reflect, give thanks for all we have overcome in the past year, and celebrate a decade of Sanctuary Hosting. Since 2015, our amazing hosts have provided over 40,000 nights of shelter. Read more on our website here: https://t.co/L6fK2rJv17
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👪 Great community spirit at the @MRCOxford Old Schoolhouse Community Day (Hertford Street, off Magdalen Road). 👋 Come and say hello at our stall! Pick up a copy of our latest Annual Review, and see if you can beat our fiendishly metaphorical Hostile Environment Challenge...
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🔥Over 1,000 have already signed the Women Against the Far Right open letter 📷Join them https://t.co/rvvBqFhTjM Women MPs, musicians + campaigners have come together to reject the far right’s racism + weaponisation of violence against women and girls #StandUpToRacism
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Monthly donations are crucial in ensuring we show up every day for people who've left everything behind and need help to rebuild their lives. Would you consider setting up a regular gift today? Just £2.5 a week (or £10 a month) would make a big difference.
asylum-welcome.org
Give monthly Thank you for helping refugees and asylum seekers in Oxfordshire feel welcome, safe and confident. Would you consider setting up a regular gift today? Just £2.5 a week (or £10 a month)...
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Sanctuary Hosting turns 10 this month! 🎉 From one question – “Who will open their home to a refugee?” – came a decade of welcome: 300 guests, 40,000+ nights of safe sleep & countless acts of kindness. 🎧 Listen to our founder Wyon recall the beginning: https://t.co/ZqNn357o8U
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"‘People fleeing war & persecution can't apply for protection here from outside of the UK. Without safe pathways, refugees are forced into smugglers’ hands, who take advantage of the lack of safe routes." 🗣️Catch our Head of Campaings in @MetroUK 👇 https://t.co/N5Jb0OpKTa
metro.co.uk
'We are sleepwalking into a dystopian nightmare.'
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🏃♂️ Every step counts. Every gift helps. 13.1 miles, one goal: to support refugees and asylum seekers in Oxfordshire. Please consider sponsoring Sultan & the @AsylumWelcome team in the #OxfordHalf 🧡 Thank you! https://t.co/2K74eCq3L8
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We are delighted to share our latest Annual Review, highlighting the remarkable difference your generosity has made in the lives of refugees and asylum seekers. Thank you for standing with us.
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Thank you #Thisisoxfordshire for highlighting our open letter calling for unity and compassion - "More than 2,000 sign open letter for 'compassion' after Nigel Farage visit"
thisisoxfordshire.co.uk
More than 2,000 people signed a letter calling for 'unity and compassion' in Oxfordshire after an increase of hostility towards migrants and asylum…
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As an Oxfordshire charity, we cannot stay silent. Nigel Farage came to Oxfordshire today to push plans for “mass deportations” if he becomes PM. We stand for another Oxfordshire: one of dignity, safety, and welcome. 🧡 Add your name to our open letter:
docs.google.com
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📣 We’re proud to be officially recognised as a University of Sanctuary, part of a national movement supporting refugees + asylum seekers through research, outreach + direct support. @AsylumWelcome @OxfordCity @OxfordshireCC More: https://t.co/fIDh9w1x3k
#OxfordBrookes
brookes.ac.uk
Oxford Brookes University has been officially recognised as a University of Sanctuary, joining a growing national network of institutions committed to creating welcoming and supportive environments...
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