excerpted from an email received from Cllr Blake and Tom Riordan 25/9/20 Leeds will have additional social contact restrictions effective from midnight tonight (Friday 25th September 2020), as it will become an ‘area of intervention’. The restrictions will be for the whole of the city of Leeds – ie if your bin gets emptied by […]
NRPF Network – new website Sept 22nd 2020
When we got an email eariler today, telling us the links to NRPFNetwork site were broken, our hearts sank. Had they not been paying their web-hosting costs? Had Islington Council (the people who host them) decided to pull the plug? Turns out, the good people from the NRPF Network have been using all that working-from-home […]
Leeds Community Foundation are brilliant
Leeds Migration Partnership (LMP) are pleased and proud to announce our first ever wodge of funding – courtesy of the delightful people at Leeds Community Foundation and their Covid-19 Strategic Infrastructure Grants. More details will follow but we wanted to share the headlines asap. The £24.8k funding covers A whole bunch of tech for Refugee […]
External Evaluator Opportunity – Mafwa Theatre
About Mafwa Theatre Mafwa Theatre is a community theatre company which brings refugees, asylum seekers and settled communities together. We use drama and the arts to create work that celebrates our similarities and differences, brings people together and speaks truth to power. We use our platform to highlight and enable development opportunities for artists and […]
And another Migration Lecture Series… September 2020 and November 2020
The aim of the “Migration Society 2.0” lecture series is to enhance knowledge and understanding of how diversity is normalized in the minds, actions and behaviours of people and organizations. 6 public lectures available between September and November
Migration Lecture Series September 2020 – December 2020
Public Lecture series on Migration and Mobility streamed online if you register: Thursday 24 September 2020 Hostile Environments: The History and Consequences of Deterrence as Migration Control Prof. Michael Collyer, University of Sussex Abstract (PDF) Thursday 22 October 2020 Solidarity, Immigration and Social Class Prof. Lea Ypi, London School of Economics and Political Science Abstract […]
Volunteering Among Refugees and Asylum Seekers in Leeds – a report with recommendations
Truly excellent report from Beth Kay (via Voluntary Action Leedsa) into the state of play in Leeds, drawing on a load of research done with some of the larger refugee and asylum focused organisations in Leeds. Essential reading for anyone involved the recruitment and deployment of volunteers in Leeds The Abstract Reads This qualitative sociological […]
Introducing the NHS Covid-19 App – Launches 24th September 2020
The new NHS Test and Trace App will be launched on the 24th September, information about the App can be found in the attached introduction document below. In preparation for use of the App, organisations are asked to help promote this in their venues by putting up a QR code poster for people to scan […]
The Leeds Migration Partnership Strategy Meeting Notes – 9th September 2020
Thank you to all who attended the LMP strategy group meeting on Wednesday 9th September 2020. The board thanked Duncan Wells for representing LMP at the West Yorkshire Sub Regional Migration meeting, due to other commitments he has stepped down. However, LMP thank Ally Swaddling from PAFRAS for volunteering to represent the partnership at this […]
LMP Zoom chat Tuesday September 29th 2020 12:30-13:45
After a month off, we’ll be meeting up once again to catch-up on new developments across the sector. And what a month it has been. Since we last met Mears have opened 2 more hotels in Leeds for Asylum Seekers Home Office evictions have re-started LCC have received £1.3 Million in Next Steps funding Infection […]
Leeds Council awarded £1.3Million from “Next Steps” Homeless Fund
Leeds City Council have been allocated £1,339,180.00 via the Next Steps programme https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/next-steps-accommodation-programme-guidance-and-proposal-templates It’s not 100% clear what this means for people with NRPF in Leeds. Everyone who has needed somewhere to stay has been accommodated by LCC since mid-March 2020, and LCC officers have repeatedly expressed their aspiration to provide emergency accommodation to everyone […]
Home Office announce negative decisions for Asylum Seekers and evictions commence “with immediate effect” 15th September 2020
As if things weren’t difficult enough, right now. Best of luck everyone.