We are a housing co-operative and a peace and environment centre in a busy part of multi cultural Coventry. We have been here since January 1999 and combine campaigning on peace and environmental issues with practical projects such as our cycling centre and WorldWise which is a global citizenship project employing two amazing workers, Alan and Andrea. We also have community space which others can use. We hold activity week-ends on he first full weekend of every month when we welcome volunteers - it's a great time to visit. For more information see About Us.

We are part of a national grassroots movement to make cities more welcoming to asylum seekers, refugees and vulnerable migrants. Coventry will have earned its status as a City of Sanctuary when neighborhoods are safe and friendly and services like health are accessible and welcoming to newcomers.  Would you like to sign a pledge to do all you can in your neighbourhood, workplace, school, or faith group to make it more welcoming? See www.cityofsanctuary.org for more details or ring Penny on 02476 664616.

Riders from the G8 bike ride outside Coventry Cycling Centre We are looking for keen cyclists who are good at cycle maintenance to help us at Coventry Cycling Centre which is based at the Peace House. People give us bikes they no longer need and we repair them and sell them on cheaply to local people. We have a great team of 5 volunteers but we need more! At the moment we are open most Tuesdays and every other Saturday morning, but we would like to be open longer. We have a good supply of donated bikes - they just need your expert hands! Please contact Penny on 02476 664616 if you are interested in joining the team.

On June 18th 2008 we launched a book called 'Statelessness. the quiet torture of belonging nowhere ' In Britain there are hundreds of thousands of people who are denied basic human rights and have been told to go back to their country but are unable to do so. They are criminalised by the system with many serving increasingly long prison sentences for working illegally to survive. Globally there are 15 million stateless people. Copies of the book are available from the Peace House for £5 or £3 depending on income. If you would like to join the campaign to end statelessness, get in

The reality of detention and destitution for asylym seekers

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‘Destitution: The state of being extremely poor and lacking the means to provide for oneself....’
- Oxford English Dictionary

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Preface

This book was published in Refugee Week June 2006. The current asylum climate is therefore of that time but many of the issues are much more lasting than the latest Immigration Act.