We’re always looking for ways to make our LMP Operations meetings more accessible, inclusive, and useful for everyone involved. Currently, the meetings take place quarterly on Monday mornings at Leeds Refugee Forum — but we know that time and location might not work for everyone. To make sure we’re meeting in the right place, at […]
E-Visas – if you are a refugee or have leave to remain, you need to know about this – Updated December 2024
From the start of 2025 all Biometric Residency Permits (BRPs) were replaced by eVisas. It is extremely important that everyone who has a right to remain registers for an eVisa. Many benefits and funding for things like childcare will require an eVisa so please make sure you inform all the households you know who have […]
Closing Soon: Community Vaccine Champions Grants
Small grants to support local action: This round of Community Vaccination Champions Grants is aimed at supporting local organisations to raise awareness and help increase the uptake of vaccinations in priority areas of Leeds. This initiative is designed to empower community groups to engage with residents and disseminate crucial vaccine information in a way which […]
LMP Strategy Group Action Notes – 24th April 2025
LMP strategy meetings includes a key theme item where partners spend time having a focused discussion. The notes from these discussions are shared within the minutes of each strategy meeting. To make the important key theme information more accessible to all LMP partners we are posting these separately so it is much easier to identify, […]
Societe Generale UK Foundation – Bright Futures Grants
Unrestricted grants are available for registered charities and charitable organisations for projects and initiatives across the UK which directly support people from marginalised groups to be empowered and equipped to access education and employment. The information is on Funding Leeds – you will need to register/log in to access the information.
Coffee morning for strong women, MEMEC Thursdays 11-12.30, LS11 0LS
📅 Thursdays | ☕ Coffee & Conversation | 💬 Empowerment & Connection Join us this Thursday for a Coffee Morning celebrating women’s voices, strength, and stories. 📍 Venue: MEMEC. Onward House, Millshaw Park Way, Beeston, LS11 0LS 🕘 Time: 11:00 – 12:30 💬 “A woman with a voice is, by definition, a strong woman.” – […]
Thrive at Work – Workforce Wellbeing Support
Thrive at Work in Leeds (running from April 2025 – March 2026) is a government funded programme for anyone employed in a Leeds health and social care organisation. The key objectives for the programme are preventing employees going off work due to ill health and supporting quicker returns to work for people who are already […]
Free Energy Adviser/Green Doctor sessions from Groundwork
We ( Green Doctor’s) have recently secured funding to offer FREE Energy Advice and Guidance to those communities in Yorkshire. Groundwork’s Green Doctors help UK Residents Stay Warm, Stay Well and Save Money on household bills.
Finding cheap or free furniture in Leeds – May 25
Furnishing a place can almost be as difficult as finding a place of your own Here’s a document produced by Conversation Club Leeds describing some options in English, Arabic, and Farsi. And here’s a slightly expanded version, presented as a Google Document. If you are signed in to Google, you can translate this into one […]
Migration Yorkshire & Solace – Webinars for those supporting resettled refugee families in Yorkshire and Humber, June & July 2025
Migration Yorkshire and Solace are delighted to invite you to a series of free online lunchtime webinars, delivered by Solace Children and Families Wellbeing Support (CFWS) therapists Gayle Clark, Hernan Sosa-Canal, and Amelia Scanlan. The webinars are specifically aimed at those supporting Resettled Refugee families who have been resettled in Yorkshire and Humber via a […]
Asylum Matters Y&H update – 08/05/25 advocacy, campaigns & resources
By Jon from LASSN on 9th May 2025 in Activism & Campaigning, Destitution & Housing, Jobs, Opinion, Policy & Research, Resource
Advocacy and campaigning Initiatives Fight for Asylum Rights Urgent: Ask Your MP to Back Amendment NC1 – Reporting of Deaths in the Asylum System The House of Commons Report Stage for the Border’s bill is now scheduled for 12 May 2025, and time is running out to secure MP support for our life-saving amendment. We’ve worked with […]
Solace Training: An introduction to Stress & Trauma, Vicarious Trauma and Vicarious Resilience, Monday 14th July 2025 9.30-13.00
The trauma we bear witness to in our work, directly or indirectly, undoubtedly affects us. The purpose of this training is to understand how it affects us and what we can do about it. Where: Solace, Manor House, 1 Manor Street, Leeds, LS7 1PZ When: Monday 14th July 2025, 9.30am – 1.00pm Cost: It’s free! […]
Asylum Matters Y&H update – 02/05/25 advocacy, campaigns & resources
Advocacy and campaigning Initiatives Fight for Asylum Rights People Are Not Bargaining Chips: We Say No to the UK-France Asylum Swap Deal The UK government’s proposed deal with France to “swap” people seeking asylum would treat vulnerable individuals as bargaining chips, according to the Fight for Asylum Rights campaign. Instead of creating safe routes or addressing delays in the asylum process, this move threatens to displace […]
Free Beginners English (ESOL) course for parents 8th-29th May 2025
Free Beginner English ESOL course in LS13 with stay and play for children. Thursday 8th, 15th, 22nd and 28th May. 1-3pm. Swinnow Community Centre, LS13 4RF. I am so excited to be running this ESOL course in May alongside Swinnow Community Centre CIC and Pudsey Community Development – part of Pudsey Community Project. Do you […]