On 20th October 2023 Sara Trewhitt, Director of Operations at City of Sanctuary, presented the award to the library service at a special event in Ripon library. Councillor Simon Myers, Executive member of Culture, Arts and Housing committee of North Yorkshire Council, accepted the award on behalf of all the staff.

Katie Daynes ran two sessions for local school children using her pop up book ‘Lift the Flap Questions and Answers about Refugees’ which was published this year.