By making some simple action you and/or your organisation can make a real difference. You could…
- Send Cardiff City of Sanctuary 2 or 3 simple sentences about your organisation to be included in a directory of organisations which welcome asylum seekers and refugees
- Invite an asylum seeker or refugee to come to speak of their experience to your organisation or to a group of organisations in your area. (Contact us for details)
- Create and display a “We welcome refugees and asylum seekers” signs outside your building or office
- Offer befriending or advocacy to people seeking sanctuary in your area, you can contact Oasis Cardiff and Trinity Centre to see how you can help.
- Offer volunteer placements in your organization for suitably skilled refugees or asylum seekers
- Encourage and offer support to refugees who you think would make great community leaders and could take positions of responsibility in your community.
- Offer meeting space to an asylum or refugee community group
- Fundraise for an asylum or refugee charity (e.g. Oasis Cardiff, Trinity Centre, Asylum Justice or the Welsh Refugee Council)
- Publicise City of Sanctuary, Refugee Week and other refugee events within your community
- Publicise opportunities to volunteer with refugee charities
- Organise a meal, a trip or a cup of tea with a person who is newly arrived in Cardiff