CDS Action Plan 2025 (February 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
