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Sanctuary Breaks | Hill House Retreats @sanctuarybreaks.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

We are pleased to be an accomodation venue for the Festival of Commoning 2-3 October in Stroud. Just one room left at Hill House for a festival guest, contact the organisers if you are interested 🛌 www.festivalofcommoning.org/accomodation #festivalofcommoning #commons #stroud

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Sanctuary Breaks | Hill House Retreats @sanctuarybreaks.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Juicing our apples with Community Juice Gloucestershire yesterday in the rain was so much fun. Thanks to all who joined us. Apple juice that fresh is something everyone must try!

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Sanctuary Breaks | Hill House Retreats @sanctuarybreaks.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Information about our upcoming apple pressing day with Community Juice at Hill House on Sunday 13 September 10am-2pm With thanks to #StroudTimes for featuring in ‘What’s on’ this week 🍎 Contact wearecommunityjuice[at]gmail.com if you have any queries 🍏🍎

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Sanctuary Breaks | Hill House Retreats @sanctuarybreaks.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Save the Date! Apple day at Hill House with Community Juice Sunday 13 September 10am-2pm BYO apples 🍎 More details on our instagram and FB #applepressing #gloucestershire #stroudistrict #gettogether #communityjuice

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Sanctuary Breaks | Hill House Retreats @sanctuarybreaks.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

We look forward to welcoming all those who’ll stay here this month and we wish our followers a relaxing summer holidays, wherever you are. #longsummer #gardentime #hillhouseretreat #cotswolds #gloucestershire

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Sanctuary Breaks | Hill House Retreats @sanctuarybreaks.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Amberley Players presents: Pericles by William Shakespeare 🌊 A costumed play reading in the gardens of Hill House 🪭 Gloucestershire Saturday 16 August, 3pm 🫖 + 🍷 provided 🍰 BYO All proceeds to Sanctuary Breaks registered charity. Advance tickets £10 www.tickettailor.com/events/sanct...

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Manchester City of Sanctuary @manchestercos.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

As our former Mayor, Andy Burnham has seen our movement of welcome in action, and knows full well that a different future is possible. Today, we joined 218 orgs to call on the new PM to reject the politics of division and instead focus on what unites us. 🧡 #TogetherWithRefugees

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Young Roots @weareyoungroots.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

A new prime minister is an opportunity to change course on the government’s misguided, cruel and unworkable asylum and immigration policies. We need a humane asylum system that means people can be safe and can rebuild their lives.

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Safe Passage International @safepassageintl.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

With the final to come this weekend, players who took part in this World Cup were born into displacement. Behind some of football’s biggest names are stories of families forced to flee. But most refugees won’t become professional footballers—and they shouldn’t have to in order to deserve safety.

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Owen Gower @owentg.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Heads up charities, community groups and small businesses in Gloucestershire looking for event posters. The lovely folks at Good News Gloucestershire will design one for £7.50 if you can’t afford to pay a graphic designer. Get in touch with them via their socials or goodnewsgloucestershire@gmail.com

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Sanctuary Breaks | Hill House Retreats @sanctuarybreaks.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Coming up: Join certified NVC trainer, Penny Spawforth, for five-day Living NVC Retreat 19-23 August 🌻🌻 1–2 places left Full information and booking: pennyspawforth.com/nvcretreat-a... #nonviolentcommunication #pennyspawforth #augustretreat #hillhouseretreat #residential

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Women for Refugee Women @4refugeewomen.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

The Bill fails to acknowledge the reasons why people need to seek safety in the first place, and undermines the very right to seek asylum. Instead, the Bill will make it harder for people to find a safe home here and cause huge harm. Thank you @sianberry.bsky.social for your interventions. 6/🧵

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Women for Refugee Women @4refugeewomen.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

🚨Yesterday, the Immigration and Asylum Bill had its second reading in Parliament. This is an opportunity to debate the principles and core purpose of a proposed Bill. We know it's cruel, performative, and will cause huge harm to people seeking safety. Here's a snippet of what happened 👇 1/🧵

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Sanctuary Breaks | Hill House Retreats @sanctuarybreaks.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Borderless Books and customers raised £140.88 for Sanctuary Breaks charity during Refugee Week! 🙌🏽🙌🏿🙌🏻✨🧡 We were proud to promote the selection of titles with them on @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social. Thank you for your support, readers! @refugeeweek.bsky.social

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Sanctuary Breaks | Hill House Retreats @sanctuarybreaks.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Proud of our efforts last month and grateful for everyone who supported us. Thank you Boss Morris for helping bring perhaps the most people we’ve ever had to Hill House! Lovely memories from a gorgeous day shared by many 🫶🏻🧡@refugeeweek.bsky.social @refugeestogether.bsky.social

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Sanctuary Breaks | Hill House Retreats @sanctuarybreaks.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Interested in training on Non-violent Communication (NVC)? Immersive retreat at Hill House with Penny Spawforth coming up 19-23 August. A few places still available. Contact via Penny Spawforth website pennyspawforth.com/nvcretreat-a...

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Penny Spawforth — Living NVC Retreat | The Cotswolds | 19-23 Aug 2026

Join us for a small nourishing retreat where we will live and practice NVC together in a beautiful house and gardens in Amberley, The Cotswolds. Our days will likely include deep sharing, unravelling ...

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Refugee Action @refugeeaction.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Pride is about the right to live openly and safely. Many LGBTQ+ people seeking asylum are often expected to provide evidence of their identity when claiming asylum. The very evidence they're asked for may be evidence they could never safely create. We stand with LGBTQ+ people seeking safety.🌈

The image features bold white text on a black background with a rainbow header displaying "LGBTQ+". The main text reads, "Asylum seekers are often asked to prove who they are." Below, smaller text says, "But what if hiding who you are is how you survived?" A small green arrow is at the bottom right.

Text on a black background reads: "In more than 70 countries, LGBTQ+ identities are criminalised. For some, being open about who they are could lead to violence, imprisonment, or worse." A small green arrow is in the bottom right corner.

The image has text on a black background. The main text reads: "That's why proving sexual orientation or gender identity can be so difficult." Below, smaller text reads: "The evidence people are asked for may be the very evidence they could never safely create." There's a small green arrow in the bottom right corner.

Everyone deserves safety. Everyone deserves dignity. Everyone deserves the right to be themselves. Standing with LGBTQ+ refugees and asylum seekers, always.

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Refugee and Migrant Justice @rmjusticeuk.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

👏👏 Timely intervention by Lord Dubs condemning Shabana Mahmood's nasty & counter-productive asylum plans. Cruelty towards migrants & refugees is never necessary or inevitable. It's always a political choice. If he is the new PM, Andy Burnham must bin these plans. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

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Remove home secretary Mahmood and rip up her asylum plans, says Alf Dubs

Exclusive: Veteran Labour peer who fled Nazis as a child attacks ‘performative cruelty’ of Shabana Mahmood’s policies

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Sanctuary Breaks | Hill House Retreats @sanctuarybreaks.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Support Sanctuary Breaks charity this World Refugee Day by buying a book from the reading list on @bookshop.org! #simpleacts #booksbeyondborders #refugeerightsarehumanrights

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Sanctuary Breaks | Hill House Retreats @sanctuarybreaks.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

‘What We Leave We Carry - Voices of Migration to Britain’ - Colin Grant (contemporary oral history collection) - Hill House staff recommend this book! Speaks right up to the minute we find ourselves in. @colincraiggrant.bsky.social

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Sanctuary Breaks | Hill House Retreats @sanctuarybreaks.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

‘Bless the Daughter Raised by a Voice in Her Head’ - Warsan Shire (contemporary poetry) 'Warsan Shire electrifies... The beautifully crafted poems in this collection are fiercely tender gifts' - Roxane Gay 🔥 @flippedeye.bsky.social #vintagepublishing @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social

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Sanctuary Breaks | Hill House Retreats @sanctuarybreaks.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

‘Dispatches from the Diaspora’ - Gary Younge 🔥 ‘When Stars are Scattered’ - Victoria Jamieson, Omar Mohamed ✨ Both featured in Borderless Books’ Refugee Week reading list & fundraiser for Sanctuary Breaks charity in Gloucestershire. Purchase here during #refugeeweek! @faberbooks.bsky.social

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Sanctuary Breaks | Hill House Retreats @sanctuarybreaks.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Publishers and book folk, if you see our posts this week about the reading list from Borderless Books supporting our charity - please share from our tiny account. Your support will help this #refugeeweek fundraiser reach far more people. Thank you! #booksky #readabook #simpleacts

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Sanctuary Breaks | Hill House Retreats @sanctuarybreaks.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

‘Against the Loveless World’ - Susan Abulhawa & ‘Asylum Road’ - Olivia Sudjic. Two top recommendations for #fiction titles on Borderless Books’ Refugee Week reading list & fundraiser for Sanctuary Breaks charity in Gloucestershire. Purchase here during #refugeeweek! bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social

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Sanctuary Breaks | Hill House Retreats @sanctuarybreaks.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

‘We Came by Sea’ - Horatio Clare. One of the non-fiction titles on Borderless Books’ Refugee Week reading list and fundraiser for Sanctuary Breaks charity in Gloucestershire. One of the top purchases you can make during #refugeeweek! @littletollerbooks.bsky.social uk.bookshop.org/p/books/we-c...

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Sanctuary Breaks | Hill House Retreats @sanctuarybreaks.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Just a selection of some of the titles on Borderless Books’ Refugee Week reading list. Many thanks to Borderless Books in Stroud for supporting our work by donating profits from sales of the selected titles this week 15-21 June 🩵 uk.bookshop.org/lists/refuge... 📚 for all ages. #refugeeweek

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Together With Refugees @refugeestogether.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

A message of appreciation from Bekele, our Deputy Director, as we celebrate the start of Refugee Week 2026 🧡 #RefugeeWeek2026 #TogetherWithRefugees

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Holly Antrum @hollyantrum.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Here to say it's @refugeeweek.bsky.social! Borderless Books in Stroud put their heads together with me to create this fundraiser for @sanctuarybreaks.bsky.social 💙 Support creative respite in Gloucestershire for those seeking sanctuary. Buy a book this week! uk.bookshop.org/lists/refuge...

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Refugee Week reading list

Checkout out this list on Bookshop

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Sanctuary Breaks | Hill House Retreats @sanctuarybreaks.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Our event today has sold out! Thank you to everyone who helped share and spread the word 🫶❤️ @refugeeweek.bsky.social @stroudgreens.org.uk

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Refugee Action @refugeeaction.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

🌈 We're celebrating LGBTQ+ refugees and asylum seekers and their right to live openly, safely and with dignity. Pride is a celebration, but it’s also a protest to defend rights, which is more important than ever right now.

Text with a black background featuring the word "PRIDE" in rainbow colors followed by "means being free to be yourself. Everyone deserves that freedom" in bold white letters.

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Sanctuary Breaks | Hill House Retreats @sanctuarybreaks.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Got your ticket for Saturday yet? Join us for our annual fundraiser & @refugeeweek.bsky.social celebration in the beautiful gardens of Hill House, Gloucestershire Rain or shine! Saturday 13 June 2.30pm-9pm Dancing & music Boss Morris & other local Stroud talents Entry £15, homemade food £10

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Manchester City of Sanctuary @manchestercos.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Eid al-Adha Mubarak! 🌙 May this celebration bring peace, hope and welcome to families across the UK and globally. 🌍🧡

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Sanctuary Breaks | Hill House Retreats @sanctuarybreaks.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Supporting Longfield Hospice 💙 We are delighted to be one of the gardens in this local Wine Walk. Which country theme will we be? 🇵🇹 🇪🇸 🇫🇷… 🇮🇹? Buy a ticket to enjoy the day and find out… www.tickettailor.com/events/rache... #charityfundraiser #longfieldhospice #gloucestershire #winetasting

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Sanctuary Breaks | Hill House Retreats @sanctuarybreaks.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Support your local Refugee Week event in #Gloucestershire with us, Boss Morris and other talented artists. Saturday 13 June, Hill House, near Stroud from 2.30-9pm Full info on our website www.sanctuaryhillhouse.co.uk/events

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Sanctuary Breaks | Hill House Retreats @sanctuarybreaks.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

A wonderful and deeply meaningful community celebration for the opening of the new display ‘Home from Home: Our Migration Stories’ at Museum in the Park on Sunday. The sculpture from Hill House will be present for 12 months. Do go, the museum is free and many inspiring stories are presented there 💛

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Sanctuary Breaks | Hill House Retreats @sanctuarybreaks.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

The Boat of Hope (2024) by local artist Sam Mukumba in collaboration with a group of people with lived experience of forced migration will be part of a new, permanent display opening at The Museum in the Park, Stroud. The display ‘Home from Home: Our Migration Stories’ opens on Sunday. Join us!

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Sanctuary Breaks | Hill House Retreats @sanctuarybreaks.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

This Saturday! Stroud Shambles Market and St Laurence Church 🌸 @amplifystroud.com

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Sanctuary Breaks | Hill House Retreats @sanctuarybreaks.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Refugee Week event announcement 📣 🧡 Sanctuary Breaks’ start to Refugee Week Celebration in the beautiful gardens of Hill House, Gloucestershire COURAGE! Saturday 13 June from 2.30pm-9pm Brought to you by Sanctuary Breaks & Stroud District Together With Refugees buytickets.at/sanctuarybre...

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Sanctuary Breaks | Hill House Retreats @sanctuarybreaks.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Reminder about this event coming up on Saturday 16 May 🇺🇦🌸✨Full info on facebook www.facebook.com/share/17Nddy...

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Sanctuary Breaks | Hill House Retreats @sanctuarybreaks.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Happy May Day to one and all from Rodborough Common this morning (5.39am sunrise)🎻 Joyous #Beltane dancing from Boss Morris and Miserden Morris. Reminder… We are looking forward to having some of #BossMorris performing among other things at our annual fundraiser event in the garden on June 13… 🎟️✨

Morris dancers with white shirts and green waistcoats in a line within a circle of people and cloudy and blue sky. Photograph: Holly Antrum 1.5.26

May Day sunrise image taken at ground level with a figure and trees in silhouette and spring flowers. Photograph by Holly Antrum 1.5.2026

Dancer from Miserden Morris wearing a boar costume on Rodborough Common. Morris troupe and crowd in the background. Friday 1 May, 2026. Photograph: Holly Antrum

Jack of the Green before May Day sunrise, Rodborough Common. Photograph: Holly Antrum 1.5.26

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Sanctuary Breaks | Hill House Retreats @sanctuarybreaks.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Do the #neoancients crowd soon visiting #Stroud - know that a good pillow to rest your head on, a nice walk from a genuine standing stone - is our address? Link below if contemporary #folk draws you to revel in the Cotswolds this weekend. All proceeds to our charity. #placestostay #birthstone

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Lyra - Bristol Poetry Festival @lyrafest.com · 27/04/2026

Poetry Film Club is back!. Tuesday 28th April featuring poetry films made by the Bristol Refugee Artists Collective created in LYRA - Bristol Poetry Festival workshops. Come and see the first screening of these films Tickets on the door or from Headfirst: hdfst.uk/e151744

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Women for Refugee Women @4refugeewomen.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

💻 We’re looking for Digital Skills volunteers. If you’re confident using the internet and would like to support refugee women to improve their digital skills, we’d love to hear from you! 🗓️ Wednesdays, 2hrs per week Find out more: www.refugeewomen.co.uk/volunteering/ Deadline: 11:59pm, 26 April

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Women for Refugee Women - Volunteer with us

Discover our latest volunteering opportunities! Join our community and directly support refugee and asylum-seeking women.

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Sanctuary Breaks | Hill House Retreats @sanctuarybreaks.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

It would be great to see these bold and beautiful posters up around in #Stroud and #StroudDistrict

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Together With Refugees @refugeestogether.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

Want to help make hope louder than hate? Sign the UK’S biggest ever thank you card to the people that make hope happen - and help celebrate that there is more that connects us than divides us. millionactsofhope.org #MillionActsOfHope

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Sanctuary Breaks | Hill House Retreats @sanctuarybreaks.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Stroud Stands with Ukraine and Stroud Town Council presents Vyshyvanka Day on Saturday 16 May 🇺🇦🇬🇧 11.30am musical parade with traditional Vyshyvanka costumes through the town 12.30 - 3.30pm concerts & activities, St Laurence Church, Stroud

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Sanctuary Breaks | Hill House Retreats @sanctuarybreaks.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

Save the date! Celebrate the start of #refugeeweek2026 with us on Saturday 13 June. Summer garden folk exchange fundraiser 🙌🏼 ✨ Live music by talented local musicians, dancing with a certain local all female progressive Morris side, food - and fun! For your diary! More info soon! 📸 Deb Roberts

Poster featuring handkerchiefs strewn up in the air by Morris dancers in a green country valley. Text reads Courage! Save the date! Saturday 13 June.

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Safe Passage International @safepassageintl.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

This month, the government is expected to announce one of the biggest shake-ups to family reunion ever. Join us on Monday 20th April from 6-7pm to understand what's happening, and what you can do about it: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/4ce71a...

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Sanctuary Breaks | Hill House Retreats @sanctuarybreaks.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

The Commons on our doorstep, covered in #blackthorn #blossom and #springsunshine looking wonderful in the warmer, longer April evenings. Yet another reason to enjoy a retreat or plan a team away day with us… #roam #gloucestershire #commonland #ruralstays #refugeesector #charityawaydays #retreats

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