We are a group of volunteers co-ordinating a local welcoming response to the refugee crisis and one of our aims is to provide short-term respite and sanctuary for refugees in the peaceful countryside in and around the Brecon Beacons National Park.
The community of Llanfihangel Talyllyn has hosted a fantastic 'away day' for refugees and asylum seekers from Swansea.
We organised our first 'away-day' for some of the asylum-seekers/refugees from Swansea on Sunday 13th December at Hay Castle.
Women and children make up the majority of refugees and internally displaced persons in Syria.
City of Sanctuary have put together a briefing paper (below and available to download here) to provide some key facts, figures and proposed next steps for MPs to take regarding the 3 overarching themes of Sanctuary in Parliament II: Destitution, Detention, and ‘Safe and Legal Routes.’ If you want more information…
We are a group of volunteers co-ordinating a local response to the refugee crisis. We do our best to address the many issues and requests for help that come to us. But as volunteers, each with family and other responsibilities, we cannot always respond as quickly as we would like.…
We are busy sorting and packing items that have been generously donated for the welcome packs, which will be given to newly arrived people in need of refuge in Swansea.
Minor update in December 2020- Currently we are not able to accept clothing or many other goods as we don't have storage or ability to distribute as the groups we usually work with are also not working as they did. Below are details of what we used to do.
People across Wales are being invited to join in a national day of prayer for refugees on Thursday the 10th of December, which is Human Rights Day.
We are organising an away-day for some of the asylum-seekers/refugees from Swansea on Sunday 13th December and would welcome any offers of help or support.
Closing date: Monday 14th December.
A simple poem written by a blogger from New Delhi, Karuna Ezara Parikh, which offers both compassion and challenge for us all:
There are many ways in which you can help...
Please see our annual reports of activities over the years
Please contact us via [email protected] if you would like to help in any way
Please find the minutes from our meeting on Wednesday 11th November below.
We hold a meeting on a Wednesday approximately monthly at 6:30pm currently via ZOOM but previously at Gwernyfed Rugby Club in Talgarth. Everyone is welcome! You can find details of upcoming events here. Since the pandemic these are curtailed
Please find the minutes from our meeting on Wednesday 14th October below.