# BRADFORD CITY OF SANCTUARY

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1160553
- **Other names:** BCOS
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** CIO
- **Registered:** Feb. 18, 2015
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&amp;p_p_lifecycle=0&amp;p_p_state=maximized&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1160553


## Contact

- **Address:** C/O TOUCHSTONE METHODIST CENTRE, 4 Easby Road, BRADFORD, WEST YORKSHIRE
- **Postcode:** BD7 1QX
- **Phone:** 07505 053149
- **Email:** chair@bradford.cityofsanctuary.org
- **Website:** https://bradford.cityofsanctuary.org/



## Activities

**Objects:** 1)TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN GENERAL ABOUT THE ISSUES RELATING TO REFUGEES AND THOSE SEEKING ASYLUM; AND2)TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION OF REFUGEES AND ASYLUM-SEEKERS IN BRADFORD WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PART OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF BEING A MEMBER OF A SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DEPRIVED COMMUNITY.

**Activities:** - Regular monthly meetings- Engagement with local, regional and national media on asylum issues- Running occasional awareness-raising events- Giving talks to students, churches and other interested groups and running displays at local events- Regularly acting as the &#x27;go-between&#x27; for people interested in volunteering with local asylum support projects and the projects themselves




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- **What:** Education/training, Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
- **Who:** Other Defined Groups



## Geography

- **Area of benefit:** IN BRADFORD
- Bradford City





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| **Amanda Church-Mcfarlane** | Chair | April 5, 2026 |
| Amy Byrne |  | July 1, 2025 |
| Clementine Chitulangoma |  | Sept. 25, 2023 |
| Esther Douglas |  | April 21, 2022 |
| Karen Michelle Holden |  | May 16, 2018 |
| Rosie MacPherson |  | Aug. 24, 2020 |
| Susan Naylor |  | Sept. 25, 2023 |
| Zoe Katsilerou |  | June 27, 2025 |




