Our vision is for every person seeking sanctuary to feel part of a supportive community that understands and welcomes them.  

Our mission is to make Manchester a welcoming place for refugees and asylum seekers.

Connection: valuing the power of personal connection as a way of understanding and promoting empathy

Acceptance: seeing people are they are, without question and without judgement

Collaboration: working together to create deeper and lasting impact across the sector and with public bodies

Empowerment: working towards sanctuary seekers becoming protagonists of their own futures

Dignity: recognising the humanity of all people

1. Building a culture of welcome in Manchester for refugees and people seeking asylum
   (sanctuary seekers) by developing positive everyday connections between them and
   local people.
2. Advancing public education about issues relating to sanctuary seekers and to dispel
   misconceptions about the UK’s international legal and ethical obligations to protect
   people fleeing from war, violence and persecution in their countries of origin.
3. Providing or assisting in the provision of activities that promote equality and diversity,
   facilitate understanding between people of diverse backgrounds and nationalities,
   and that support the health, wellbeing and social inclusion of sanctuary seekers in
   Manchester.
4. Helping develop welcoming and supportive civic spaces in Manchester, where
   sanctuary seekers may participate as equal citizens, access public services and
   participate in the social and cultural life of our city, irrespective of immigration status.
5. Through these activities we seek to promote progressive and transformational
   change in wider social attitudes towards refugees and people seeking asylum, and
   the empowerment of sanctuary seekers by embedding them in networks of
   friendship, social solidarity and mutual support.