Four ways you can stand with refugees in September
On 20 September, US President Obama will host a Leader’s Summit on Refugees in New York, calling on the world to double the number of resettled refugees and those afforded other legal channels of admission.
We believe everyone deserves a safe place to call home. Here’s what you can do this September to show politicians, the media and the general public that Britain is a country ready to do more to welcome those who are fleeing violence and disaster.
20 August-20 September: Write to your newspaper
We’ve created a new tool which makes it easy to write to your local newspaper to ask them to tell positive stories about refugees and to support the call for a doubling of places for refugees in the UK.
Write to your local newspaper
8 September: Intentional Conversations Training with 38 Degrees
Do you want to have conversations with your friends, family and colleagues about refugees but don’t know where to start? We’ve teamed up with 38 Degrees to offer an online training to help you out.
Click here to register
10 September: Refugees Welcome Summit with Citizens UK in Birmingham.
Join hundreds of people behind the Refugees Welcome movement from right across the country as we meet to take stock of the British response to date, press politicians to do more, and gain the skills we’ll need to build a more welcoming Britain.
Register now for your free ticket
17 September: Ecumenical Service of hope for refugees, London.
We’ll gather for a simple prayer service immediately before the Refugees Welcome Here march, which we will then walk on to join.
