April 22nd, 2010
after going down at christmas we are finally back up – as is the forum – we have had an extremely busy (and cold) winter, which seems to be fading into a distant memory as the sun is now shining! it wont be long before the sanktuary marquee will be seen again in the car park! during the winter we recieved extra funding from west mercia police fund and from telford and wrekin. thanks to both.
April 29th, 2009
you may have heard on the local radio stations we have been getting quite a bit of coverage over the last couple of days. I’ve done a couple of interviews for Beacon and Radio Shropshire – many thanks to Jim Hawkins on Radio Shropshire who has just been talking about sanktuary – calling it a “hats off to humanity” story, saying that in the deluge of bad news stories like swine flu that it is great to hear good news stories about people putting themselves out to help their fellow humans… hw also noted that he had heard two stories like it recently (the other about people giving furniture to a family of refugees) and both where organised by Christians!
April 3rd, 2009
tonight could be a big night – a sell out crowd is expected at pussycats as Tim Westwood – radio 1 dj & presenter of pimp my ride uk – plays a dj set and does a meet and greet. sank•tuary will be open – come and find us.
March 13th, 2009
unfortunately an unforseen staffing shortage means that we cannot open tomorrow night 
February 23rd, 2009
We get a feature (with a dodgy photo) in Telford and Wrekin’s Insight Magazine (Early Spring edition) which if you live in T&W should have dropped through your letterbox recently. (NB. the article has me saying I came up with the idea… this is not true… the idea for sank•tuary came from all of the guys from safespace )
February 6th, 2009
important
the forecast is for a thaw this afternoon then dropping to -6/7 tonight… this means that the pavements and roads could be treacherous. we do not believe that we can sufficiently guarantee the safety of both staff and others, the last think we want to do is to be the cause of an accident. therefore we feel the most prudent ting to do is not to open.
February 6th, 2009
sank•tuary is open tonight (friday) from midnight… according to radio shropshire temperatures could drop as low as -6… so if you are going out tonight wrap up warm and far be it from me to play mum! but with temperatures that low, so much snow still lying and even worse a bit of a thaw this afternoon… things are going to get very icy… so think about what you have on your feet! 
as ever everyone is welcome to come to sank•tuary and call a cab – the cab companies all know where we are – and as you wait you can enjoy a coffee, a hot chocolate and something to eat (on us!) while you wait in the warmth!
January 16th, 2009
weds 28th Jan (radio 4, 11am) you can listen on-line as well as dab and old skool radio… looks like the programme is going to be featured in both the guardian listings and the radio times (I’ve had picture requests from both)
January 9th, 2009
recorded in 2006 and recently reaching the amazon bestseller chart after 3 weeks as no 1 chill out album the sublime “helium” from the collective urban myth club is not exactly new but it deserves a listen…and it contains a track which seems destined to become our theme tune… “sanctuary”…
and I will cross a thousand seas
if you could be near to me
the angel voices draw me in
and everything its meant to be
the stars in whispers beckon me
the gravity you will always win
i am in too deep…i am fallingand you make me breathe
in this sanctuary
it is calling me
January 4th, 2009
click the speaker to listen again to mark on bbc radio shropshire this morning (starting just after 8am)
