Our #BikeOxford team is growing – it's great to see people signing up to ride for us during @refugeeweek.bsky.social
Still time to join:
• Sign up via the website
• Use code: ASYLUMWELCOMEBIKEOX26
• Let us know: development@asylum-welcome.org
Support our riders: www.justgiving.com/campaign/awb...
For many people arriving in the UK, a phone is the first way to tell their family: “I’ve made it. I’m safe.”
Your support can make that call possible.
We’ve helped 1,000+ people with digital devices since 2023.
Please, if you can, support our spring appeal:
www.asylum-welcome.org/donate/?mtm_...
Policing the Channel alone is not enough to stop small boat crossings. As we told The Independent, the government must address why people take dangerous journeys in the first place: there are not enough safe and legal routes to the UK.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
🧵 Vital thread from our friends at @safepassageintl.bsky.social
Here's what the government isn't telling you about their attack on family reunion.
1. They ditched their own principles
Keir Starmer & Shabana Mahmood themselves stood up for child refugees in opposition. Now they're the ones keeping these children apart from their mums or dads.
This #InternationalWomensDay we’re celebrating the courage, resilience and solidarity of the women we support at Asylum Welcome. ♀️💪🌍
Our latest blog shares reflections from staff working alongside them. #IWD
👉 Read more: www.asylum-welcome.org/women-seekin...
📣 We’re looking for a new Chair of Trustees (voluntary role) to help guide Asylum Welcome at a crucial time.
A chance to use your leadership skills to support people rebuilding their lives in safety.
Interested or have someone in mind? See more details on our website: www.asylum-welcome.org/chair/
This Valentine’s Day, Asylum Welcome is proud to stand alongside more than 600 organisations in the @refugeestogether.bsky.social coalition.
Write to your MP today to ask for a fair and compassionate asylum system:
actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
We’re excited to be involved in this event exploring #Brecht’s ever-relevant writings in exile, newly set to music by Niels Rønsholdt, with Lore Lixenberg, David Constantine & Tom Kuhn.
📍 Mordan Hall, St Hugh’s College
Tues 3rd Feb at 5.30 pm
🎟️ Book now:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/exile-for-...
Siham, Daneshgar, and Motaz are just three of the young people we work with. They told ITV News why education is so important for young refugees, to help them settle into Britain, rebuild their lives, and find work. www.itv.com/news/2026-01...
New reporting shows the “one in, one out” scheme is harming survivors of torture and trafficking while failing to deter crossings. Safeguards in detention are breaking down. This is performative cruelty, not effective policy.
Read the investigation: https://bit.ly/4sKHBZA
Over 20 years, Iran has been the No1 country of origin for asylum seekers in the UK.
Those who campaign to slash the rights of refugees, but today decry the savagery of the Iranian regime, need to have a little think.
There is no safe route to the UK for Iranian asylum seekers.
⏳ Don't miss the chance to apply!
We’re recruiting a Fundraising Officer — a hands-on role with real impact, supporting refugees, asylum seekers and vulnerable migrants in Oxfordshire.
Applications close midnight *tomorrow* (Sunday 11th January 2026).
www.asylum-welcome.org/fundraising-...
💡 Interested? Know someone who might be?
We’re recruiting a Fundraising Officer to help raise vital income supporting refugees & asylum seekers in Oxford.
⏳ 🕛 Deadline: Sun 11th Jan 2026 (midnight)
Apply now via CharityJob or see more details on our website: www.asylum-welcome.org/fundraising-...
A dark brown square graphic with bold white text at the top reading “Two Emergency Protests Tomorrow.” Below this are two location lines, each with a white map-pin icon: “Campsfield, Langford Lane – 4pm” and “Carfax, Oxford – 6pm.” In the bottom right is the orange circular logo of the Coalition to Close Campsfield, featuring barbed wire across the lower half. In the bottom left is a simple white line-drawing of a megaphone.
As Campsfield detention centre reopens tomorrow in #Oxfordshire, many of us feel heavy-hearted.
But for all who may be detained there, we will keep going — and strengthen our efforts to #CloseCampsfield and #EndDetention.
Join the protests: 4pm Campsfield • 6pm Carfax
#TheseWallsMustFall
Protesters. Sign saying 'we point towards justice'
A former detainee of Campsfield said: “While I was at Campsfield I saw many people struggle to cope with depression and a system designed to break people down. You are treated as if you are a risk to society when all you are trying to do is reach safety and build a life.”
A person’s hand on the handle of a green front door as it is opened.
Two people sit smiling at a table, sharing a relaxed moment, with plates of muffins and doughnuts in the foreground.
Our Winter Appeal launches today. Every donation is DOUBLED through match funding, helping people at risk of homelessness in Oxford find a place to stay.
Please give what you can to help refugees in Oxfordshire find safety. Kindness really does open doors. Thank you.
www.asylum-welcome.org/winter/
📣At the protest this weekend:
"The people of Oxfordshire have made their voices clear, and will continue to do so, that refugees are welcome here. This is meant to be a city of sanctuary. Campsfield is the opposite of sanctuary." @asylumwelcome.bsky.social
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Looking for some good vibes?
Join us **tonight** (Thursday 20th Nov, 6–8 pm) for the Art Auction at 74 Magdalen Road (OX4 1RE).
Fabulous artwork, soft drinks and wine, and a warm community atmosphere — all in support of people seeking sanctuary. 🎨 🧡
www.magdalenroadstudios.com/calendar/art...
🚨Making it harder for migrants to settle in the UK is yet another act of economic vandalism🚨
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Orange heart
It’s a kind of orange….
@asylumwelcome.bsky.social
Place an orange light in your window during the Oxford Christmas Light Festival (14–16 November) — a simple symbol of welcome, sanctuary, and hope for people seeking safety.
Two smiling Asylum Welcome team members stand beside a long table covered in laptops, each holding one up to the camera to celebrate a donation from Adobe and Revivn.
An Asylum Welcome staff member sits at a round table with rows of donated laptops laid out in front of her, ready to be set up for people new to Oxfordshire as part of the Digital Inclusion project.
Huge thanks to @adobe.com & Revivn for donating 50 laptops to Asylum Welcome’s Digital Inclusion project! 💻
These lightweight devices will help refugees and asylum seekers access education, jobs and connection.
You’ve given technology a second life — and helped people rebuild theirs.
#ThankYou 💛
Everyone deserves warmth & dignity.
This winter, refugees in Oxfordshire face hunger & homelessness as they attempt to rebuild their lives.
Your kindness can help:
£20 = welcome pack
£50 = school essentials
£100 = safe sleep
£250 = food & support
💜 tinyurl.com/hardship-appeal
Thank you so much!
To support the National Day of Solidarity to End Immigration Detention 18 Oct, Coalition to Keep Campsfield Closed are running an event with a panel discussion & more. #Oxford #MigrationIsLife #NoOneIsIllegal #TheseWallsMustFall @asylumwelcome.bsky.social righttoremain.org.uk/local-action...
Best of luck to everyone taking part in the #OxfordHalf today — especially #TeamAsylumWelcome 🎽 — running in memory of our much-missed volunteer James Throup.
Every penny raised helps refugees and asylum seekers rebuild their lives in Oxfordshire. 🏃♀️🧡🏃♂️
Donate here 👇
tinyurl.com/oxford-half-marathon
One week to go until the Oxford Half Marathon! 🏃 🧡
Our Asylum Welcome runners are over halfway to their target — every mile they run helps fund help, advice and hope for people starting again in safety.
Please support them if you can:
justgiving.com/campaign/asy...
Thank you!
he Sanctuary Hosting panel at Asylum Welcome’s AGM. Six panellists sit at the front of the room, including Tania Baldwin-Pask speaking into a microphone on the far right. An Asylum Welcome banner is displayed on the left, while the audience listens attentively.
Display panels from the Sanctuary Hosting exhibition, unveiled at Asylum Welcome’s AGM. The boards include information about the service since 2015, testimonies from hosts and guests under the heading “Voices of Sanctuary,” and a section on challenges and hopes for the next 10 years.
Hari, Joint CEO of Asylum Welcome, stands on the left speaking into a microphone and gesturing with her hand. Sarah, Joint CEO, stands on the right smiling and holding notes. Both are addressing the AGM audience, with heads of attendees visible in the foreground.
At Asylum Welcome’s AGM, compere Ghani stands on the left holding a microphone for Michael, a former client, who is reading from his notes. An Asylum Welcome banner and a projected presentation slide are visible behind them, while the audience watches from the foreground.
Last week, our AGM & Supporters’ Meeting brought together voices from across Asylum Welcome — and marked 10 years of Sanctuary Hosting.
More than 40,000 nights of shelter, 300 guests supported, and a new exhibition unveiled to celebrate this milestone.
Read more: www.asylum-welcome.org/agm-2025/
👪 We're live at the Old Schoolhouse Community Day (Hertford Street, off Magdalen Road).
👋 Drop by our stall to say hello, pick up a copy of our latest Annual Review, and see if you can beat our fiendishly metaphorical Hostile Environment Challenge...
