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Action Plan

A plan for 2025 was agreed at the last Core Group session.

It is not final and can still be changed.

Draft CDS Action Plan 2025 (January 2025)

Awareness raising

Displays: HMD; Refugee Week; Glusburn community stalls

HMD 2026 room booked at Skipton library on 28th January for indoor event tba

Talks to outside groups: respond to invitations; offer talks to faith groups; link up with people with lived experience

City of Sanctuary HQ

Online sessions & training: members of core group to attend at least one session each year

Maintain relationships with staff: schools Megan; region Courtney

Sanctuary Ambassadors: establish contact

Community Welcome & Buddying/Befriending

Volunteers: recruit to work with refugee families (job description)

Buddying: continue to liaise with PNN and Refugee Council befrienders

Peace meal event

Continue to make links across communities & groups

Events/Networking

HMD: Vigil; indoor events for 2026 in Skipton and Settle

Skipton & Settle Quakers: maintain relationships

Grassington Peace Group: maintain links

Online sessions for supporters: twice a year

Feeling Safe

Police liaison: invite presentations on Prevent, safety & other subjects

Finances

Funding: continue to identify small pots of funding with help from CoS.

Follow Community First Yorkshire; Two Ridings Community Foundation; Skipton Town Council Community Grant scheme; Matthew Good Foundation

Health & Well-being

Link & sign-post relevant information eg to & from libraries & Swift project. 

Share information & resources

Libraries

Representative on Core Group

Sharing awareness, information, and library resources available to refugees,

Working together on delivering events and national initiatives like HMD and Refugee Week.  

Local Authority

County of Sanctuary for North Yorkshire: a long-term aim but one of our key goals

NYC Councillors keep in contact

Ripon Councillors make contact where possible

NYC staff maintain relationships

(Since May 2024, a new Migrant Programmes Team has been established as a service under the Localities Team within North Yorkshire Council)

Core group representation from Migrant Programmes team

Mayor for York & North Yorkshire extend invitation to HMD event next year

Local Business & Voluntary Organisations

Maintain contact with pledgers by including in invitations to online session, e-mailings & newsletters

Establish links with more faith groups across the district, including Skipton Masjid

Pledges of support gain more

Arts organisations establish links

Publicity & Information for Supporters

Fact sheets annually

Newsletters: twice a year

Email contact with supporters

Website: add news items

Craven Herald & local parish magazines: send in articles & reports (Kevin Hogan does press releases)

Facebook page: maintain & post regularly

Refugee Week

More involvement with libraries, community groups & schools in Skipton and Settle

South Craven including Glusburn Institute and primary school

Displays using annual theme

Local refugee support groups: support & publicise their events

Schools & Learning

More involvement from schools using publicity mailings, resources information, events & visits

Online lunchtime event for schools

Recruit volunteers to speak to groups & to work with individual schools; training with Megan; clarify a job description of what we need

Funding clarify a source for resources, business cards etc.

List of speakers & story tellers available in person & online to be created/distributed; obtain funding for sessions

Glusburn Community Primary continue to share information & develop links

Upper Wharfedale secondary school to be reaccredited

Skipton Academy to apply for accreditation

Settle College build on existing relationships

Brooklands & other special schools to be contacted again

Craven College continue to develop relationships & work in partnership; celebrate if/when they receive accreditation