On the 7th of December 2021 we held our annual Council of Sanctuary award celebrations where we formally recognised Lewisham Borough Council and City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council for their outstanding work to embed Sanctuary principles across the institutions.
We were joined by 45 participants from 28 Local Authorities to celebrate the impact the Network has had over the past year:
- Total Local Authorities Engaged – 77
- Total number of LA contacts on database- 250
- Total number of 1-to-1 sessions with LAs – 46 LAs, 50 meetings
- Total number of (different) LAs which have attended at least one TNM- 54
- Total number formally in the network since Dec 2020- 18
- Total Number awarded ‘Councils of Sanctuary’- 2
- Total number of Sanctuary Motions passed- 34 (11 since 2020)
You can view the recording from the session below:
As part of the session we conducted a Visioning extercise that will inform the Network’s work over the coming year. You can view the outcomes of the session here
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Open in new tab We also elected the Network’s Steering Group, members are as follows:
- Cllr Kevin Bonavia, Lewisham Borough Council (Chair)
- Rosie Tapsfield, Newcastle City Council (Vice-chair)
- Richard Williams, Chair Sanctuary on Sea
- Ian Luke, Northumberland County Council
- Sarah Cooper, Bristol City of Sanctuary
- Dawn Murray, Birmingham City Council
- Lucy Bryson, Brighton and Hove Council
- Helen Clancy, Swansea Council
- Beth Storm, Sheffield Council
- Cllr Alice Mpofu-Coles, Reading Borough Council
- Nicola Johnson, Swindon City of Sanctuary
- Saulo Cwerner, Migration Yorkshire
- Forward Maisokwadzo, Bristol City Council
- Phil Baker, Lewisham Borough Council
We look forward to further developing the Network over the coming year and thank everyone involved for their contributions