Unlocking Detention have produced a great opinion/think piece called “Your pocket Home Office phrasebook: A dialect of dehumanisation.” It’s a polemical piece that some people might disagree with – but it’s a useful and timely reflection on the language we use about the people we work alongside. Click on the link, or the picture below https://unlocked.org.uk/2018/12/07/your-pocket-home-office-phrasebook-a-dialect-of-dehumanisation/ […]
POLICY: EU Citizens’ Settlement Scheme starts today, January 21st 2019
Don’t forget – from January 21st, EU citizens and their families will be able to apply to get either settled status through the EU Settlement Scheme. Guidance on settled and pre-settled status for EU citizens and their families.
SERVICES: African Rainbow Family – LGBTIQ support for BAME groups, including refugees
African Rainbow Family (ARF) is a non-for-profit charitable organisation that support lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex and queer (LGBTIQ) people of African heritage and the wider Black Asian Minority Ethnic groups. ARF was established in 2014 by a lesbian refugee in the wake of some Commonwealth countries in Africa’s toxic and draconian anti-gay laws; persecutions […]
SERVICES: Gypsy Roma Traveller Outreach & Inclusion Team Newsletter
Please find attached the latest Newsletter from the GRT Outreach & Inclusion Team. The team can work with any Gypsy Roma Traveller family with children and young people aged 0-19, with the purpose of achieving the outcomes set out in the Children and Young People’s Plan; specifically that all children and young people do well at […]
JOB: Refugee integration service manager, £37k-£39k Migration Yorkshire
Salary: PO4 – £37,107 to £39,961 Closing date: 11.30pm on 7 February 2019 Full details and application form Are you a talented manager, with an understanding of the needs of new refugees in the UK? We’re looking for an experienced manager to lead a new refugee integration ‘move-on’ service delivered by 7 local authorities in […]
VOLUNTEERS: Volunteer as an ESOL teacher with PATH Yorkshire
Talk English supports people with low levels of English to improve their language skills, access services and get more involved in the community. We will help you to improve your speaking, listening, reading and writing skills. It is a great opportunity for you to gain experience and develop new skills while making a difference to […]
LMP: Comms Group report to LMP Strategy Group 16th January 2019
We’ve already bogged some of our submissions to the LMP Strategy Group, but we’ve gathered them in one place to help people attending tomorrow’s meeting You can find a summary of the feedback you’ve given to the LMP comms group posted here. You can find some of the changes we’ve made to the Blog to […]
RESEARCH: Mental Health Crisis Services by Healthwatch Leeds
Do you know anyone who has experienced a mental health crisis? HealthwatchLeeds would like to know about their experiences. Click on the image below to access this survey We’ve previously posted materials about finding help with mental health problems in Leeds, as well as the excellent Mental Health resource pack from City of Sanctuary
Resource of the week #59: Migration Observatory
Every quarter we publish the most up to date Asylum Stats on the Blog. (We’ve usually stolen the content from Refugee Council via Asylum Matters). What these numbers sometimes lack is a sense of context, and where they fit into the bigger narratives of migration, historical context, and issues experienced by people from particular countries. […]
RESEARCH/FINDINGS/lmp: Regional Report on Migration Issues in Leeds from Migration Yorkshire – January 2019
The latest Migration Yorkshire Update Report for January 2019, for the Strategic and Operations meetings of LMP
TRAINING, NRPF: Free training on families with NRPF from Project 17 and Migrant Action
Migrant Action in collaboration with Project 17 will be hosting a training for practitioners supporting families with no recourse to public funds on the 13th of March 2019. The session will run from 10.30-4pm at Oak House, Waxwing Room Park Lane, LS3 1EL, Leeds on Wednesday 13th March For people interested they can find out more on the Migrant […]
Opportunity: Migrant English Support Hub are seeking a Web Developer
“We are delighted to be seeking an experienced web developer or team to aid us in our aim of simplifying access to ESOL across Yorkshire & the Humber. We require a simple, accessible and clear front-end website to provide access to a comprehensive database of providers and courses in the region, managed by our dedicated […]