Welcome to Cambridge City of Sanctuary
***Cambridgeshire Libraries were awarded Library of Sanctuary status in 2023. Sawtry Village Academy became a School of Sanctuary in 2017. Other institutions around the county are working to achieve Sanctuary awards. But please note, the Cambridge City of Sanctuary Group is currently inactive. If you are interested in re-starting this group, please contact [email protected]***
It has to be said: these are tough times. Hatred, xenophobia and intolerance seem to be on the rise. The only way to change things is to get personally involved – right now. Join a group, lobby your MP and councillors, ask businesses, shops, the media, your neighbours, your friends, everybody, to welcome refugees, asylum-seekers, and people of all nationalities, ethnicities, cultures and religions.
City of Sanctuary is committed to building a culture of hospitality and welcome. Let’s work together build a tolerant, forward-looking, open, welcoming, warm, compassionate city and country.
Cambridge: gravity, the neutron, the double-helix, fudge shops, punts, tourists and enormous skies. We also have active and passionate groups of people dedicated to helping those fleeing persecution and seeking sanctuary in the UK, which include:
The Cambridge Convoy Refugee Action Group organise regular convoys which travel to France to help cook food, chop and bag firewood and help with the sorting and distribution of aid.
The Cambridge Refugee Resettlement Campaign group work together with the City Council and County Council to help with the resettlement of refugees in Cambridge.