HASTINGS CITY OF SANCTUARY

Registered charity 1200852 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HASTINGS COMMUNITY OF SANCTUARY

Supporting a culture of welcome for all people seeking sanctuary and refuge in our community, part of the national City of Sanctuary movement.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE TO PROMOTE THE FOLLOWING, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT:1. THE PROMOTION OF SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AMONG PEOPLE WHO ARE REFUGEES AND ASYLUM SEEKERS, SOCIALLY EXCLUDED ON THE GROUNDS OF THEIR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC POSITION, BY PROMOTING AND/OR CO-ORDINATING SERVICES AND FACILITIES TO ASSIST THEM TO ADAPT WITHIN A NEW COMMUNITY.2. THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AMONG ASYLUM SEEKERS AND REFUGEES LIVING OR WORKING IN HASTINGS AND SURROUNDING AREAS BY ACTING AS AN UMBRELLA AND RESOURCE FOR LOCAL REFUGEE SUPPORT SERVICES.3. THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN GENERAL ABOUT THE ISSUES RELATING TO REFUGEES AND THOSE SEEKING ASYLUM.4. THE PROMOTION OF EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PROMOTING ACTIVITIES TO FOSTER UNDERSTANDING AND GOOD RELATIONS BETWEEN THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND PEOPLE SEEKING SANCTUARY.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Policies the charity declares

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• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• Polly Giffordchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dr Julie Todd · trustee of 1 other charity
• Jane Grimshaw
• Olivia Cavanagh
• Rachel Lowden

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Operates in: East Sussex

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