Reproduced in full – helpful summary – apologies for repeated content Ongoing advocacy initiatives Stop Lock Change Evictions letter to Mears, Serco and Home Office This week Scottish Refugee Council, alongside other members of the Stop Lock Change Evictions campaign, have written to Mears, Serco and the Home Office to ask them to take three […]
Migrant Information Hub from Migration Yorkshire
The Migrant Information Hub aims to offer useful information and resources to help migrants, and those supporting them, to stay safe, connected and informed, and to reduce the harmful impacts of coronavirus on our region and on people’s lives. The Hub is made and managed by Migration Yorkshire. We work with national government, local government, […]
Free Online English Resources for Adults and Children
For everyone who is at home and trying to continue their English language studies or learn with their children, please see this list of free online resources. There are even some online courses starting soon to keep you busy! The resources are divided into: For adults Beginners Reading, Writing, Speaking and Listening Skills Grammar, Vocabulary […]
LMP- Zoom meeting Tuesday 31st March 2020 12:30 – 14:30
LMP are hosting a virtual lunch to discuss developments in the sector next Tuesday. Everyone is welcome to join, front line, managers, well wishers etc, but we will be pretty strict about sticking to the agenda. 12:30 – 13:15 will be focused on who is doing what, what’s changed, and a general catch up 13:15 […]
Food deliveries for folks who can’t afford food and who can’t get out
More information is available from [email protected]
PATH Yorkshire – Advice to clients on Coronovirus v1.0
Excellent resource here And remember – you can open a pdf in Word, if you want to share some of this stuff
Refugee Organisations Research
My name is Elpida and I am a third year student at the University of Leeds, (and a volunteer with a number of refugee projects in Leeds) and I am conducting a research project on refugee organisations. Could you please take 10 minutes of your valuable time to complete my questionnaire in order to help […]
Service Update: RETAS contact phone numbers 25th March 2020
While the RETAS office we are still offering telephone support to our clients. You can reach us on one of our mobile numbers: 07440 402028 or 07949 796180 We’re aware that some calls to our office number are not being diverted yet – we’re working on this. Thanks for your patience!
LMP – Coronavirus/C-19 updates
We’ve added a new filter called Coronavirus/COVID-19 to help you find the articles you are looking for more easily We’ve also created a series of Google Docs, to allow us all to share ideas and resources, and to keep them all in one place. You can find these listed on our new Coronavirus/COVID-19 page, and […]
Summaries of changes to asylum process & resettlement in response to Coronavirus/C-19 – 25th March 2020
Right to Remain’s summary of C-19 related changes to the asylum process – simple with pictures and very user friendly Refugee Council’s Summary of Changes to Home Office Asylum & Resettlement policy and practice in response to Covid-19 (click on the picture to be taken to the web page) Changes to Home Office Asylum & […]
Service Update: Leeds Asylum Seekers’ Support Network, 25th March 2020
LASSN’s volunteer support continues – although we have changed the ways in which this support is delivered. All social groups, recruitment and training events have been suspended for the time being We are advising volunteers to think about how they can continue to support folks, in light of social distancing guidelines If this isn’t possible […]
Service Update: Meeting Point Leeds – 25th March 2020
The large social Monday drop-in, English classes and the Women’s Group are currently suspended. However, we are still going to be on site on Mondays and Wednesdays and on a Monday we will be distributing food parcels, toiletries and a hot meal (to take away) to refugees and asylum seekers that attend. This will take […]