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Church of Sanctuary training

A ‘Church of Sanctuary’ training event will take place from 7.00pm to 9.00pm on Wednesday 31 May via Zoom. At the event, Revd Dr Inderjit Bhogal, head of the Church of Sanctuary movement, will outline the key steps that enable places of worship to offer greater welcome, hospitality and safety to those fleeing violence and … Read more

Restore Training Course

Restore have scheduled their next training course in June 2023. The training is open to anyone who wants to find out more about refugee issues or who wants to explore the possibility of befriending a refugee or asylum seeker through Restore.  (All welcome and no obligation to volunteering with Restore at the end.) The June … Read more

Reflections from Restore

Catherine Bridgwood, Restore’s Befriending Co-ordinator writes: As a Restore staff team, we recently started our week reflecting on Matthew 6:34 ‘Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.’ It was helpful as a team to step back and consider how as … Read more

Restore Training Course

Monday evenings 3rd, 10th and 17th October 2022 7:15pm – 8:45pm   The three sessions will take place on zoom, and you can book your place by clicking here.  Places must be booked in order to attend, so make sure you register at the link. All three sessions of the training course are different, and we require that anybody … Read more

Celebrating 23 years of welcoming refugees

Restore’s Annual Celebration was a great opportunity to bring together the ‘Restore family’ of refugees, asylum seekers, volunteers and supporters for the first event of its kind in 3 years.  As an organisation focused on welcome and building relationships it was fantastic to meet old friends and find new ones.  The Celebration was generously hosted … Read more