Policies

City of Sanctuary Policy

Our City of Sanctuary statement, extends our commitment to include all refugees and migrants visiting, residing, or working in the city.

Our commitment extends from just offering a welcoming place of safety to creating a city in which all people from refugee and migrant communities can successfully resettle and integrate into the UK.

Our policy will be worked upon in 2022 to renew and reinvigorate our commitments.

Download City of Sanctuary Policy

Community Cohesion Strategy

We aim to tackle anything that prevents people from reaching their full potential, including discrimination, isolation, poverty, segregation, or ambition to improve life chances.

Download the Community Cohesion Strategy

Everyone’s Battle Everyone’s Business – together we will tackle inequalities

This document builds upon Council’s existing Community Cohesion strategy and our five Equality Objectives.

It draws upon a rich array of diverse voices and perspectives about:

• the impact of the pandemic;
• the injustices raised by Black Lives Matter

and other movements calling for class, gender, and race equality

and includes feedback we have received from:

• our citizens,
• our voluntary and community organisations,
• community activists,
• public and private sector partners, on our original Everyone’s Battle Everyone’s Business Statement of Intent.

Download the Equality Strategy and Action Plan 2021 to 2023