Healing - An event supporting refugees in Chichester and beyond

Join us on the evening of World Refugee Day to enjoy a glass of wine, hear directly from arrivals about their experiences, and be updated about the city’s latest work with refugees, both at home and abroad, from those on the frontline.

Free entry - donations on the night gratefully accepted.

Whoever. Wherever. Whenever. Everyone has the right to seek safety.

Recently named by the Home Office as the ‘most generous place in the country’ for hosting Ukrainian arrivals, Chichester has a strong track record of supporting refugees both within the city, and in international crisis situations around the world.

Speakers include refugee journalists from Ukraine and Afghanistan, now living in Chichester, and representatives from Children on the Edge and Sanctuary in Chichester.

We’ll be exploring what it takes to create an environment of healing for both arrivals in our district and for refugee children on the border areas of Ukraine, Syria, Myanmar and the Democratic Republic of Congo.

We’ll be celebrating community, mutual care, and the human ability to heal and start again.

Light refreshments will be available.

Healing - An event supporting refugees in Chichester and beyond
Monday 20th June
7pm
104 The Hornet, PO19 7JR
Free entry - donations gratefully accepted.

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CHILDREN ON THE EDGE
Children on the Edge have always gone where the need is greatest and, for over 30 years have been committed to reacting nimbly and flexibly, to reach those people who are overlooked by larger organisations and the international media. This is what started our journey in Romania and Moldova at the very beginning in 1990, and is where the need is taking us today in support of Ukrainian refugees.

SANCTUARY IN CHICHESTER
Sanctuary in Chichester supports refugees and asylum seekers locally. People are arriving in our area in great need, having lost everything and experienced extreme trauma. We’re committed to welcoming them and helping them to survive before supporting them build new lives and heal.

www.sanctuaryinchichester.org

SUPPORTING UKRAINIAN REFUGEES

The need on the ground changes day by day; our trusted partners are best positioned to identify the need and respond in the most fluid way to cover the naturally emerging gaps left by the broader sweep of international aid effort.

We are currently supporting our partners in Moldova to provide three transit centres for refugees in Tudora - on the border of Odessa, the Speranta centre in Chișinău, and a larger local hub, further inland in Vatici.

All three centres are linked up, with transport provided where necessary between them as refugees travel through the country.

We have also set up a dedicated, flexible emergency fund so our partners in Romania can respond to the needs of the most marginalised refugees as they emerge.

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