via Andrea Vukovic at OPEL – Ordinary People, Extraordinary Lives – which replaces Still Human Still Here A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between NHS Digital (formerly HSCIC), the Department of Health […]
Archive | January, 2017
Employability and Personal Development Course: WEA
Free employability training for refugees and other migrant groups [The course has already started, but late applications are welcome]
Free Training: Immigration Act, Bank Accounts & Refugees, 20th Feb 2017
Book your free place at http://bit.ly/refugeebanking16 Powered by Eventbrite
Volunteers wanted: Leeds No Borders
Volunteers needed for the Leeds No Borders signing support project 🙂 All welcome, no experience needed & you can do it from where ever you are. There are a few […]
Use of body cameras by G4S Welfare Staff
via Lorna at RAA In December 2016 G4S announced that they would be equipping their Welfare Officers with body worn cameras. These cameras would be filming continuously whilst staff went […]
Safe passage are looking for bilingual volunteeers
Safe Passage are recruiting volunteers with language skills to help support more people to access safe and legal routes to asylum. If you know anyone who may be interested and […]
Schools Census Opt-out
via The Children’s Society The school census for all children over 5 in England was taken last Thursday (19th January). For the last few months, schools have begun to request […]
Notes from Leeds MultiAgency Meeting, January 9th 2017
Attendees: Ghezae (Red Cross), Catherine (Manuel Bravo), Lorna (Y&H RAA), Richard (Ref Council), Paula (Hammla), Lizzie (Ashiana), Liz (Migration Yorkshire), Sanjeev (PAFRAS), John (Touchstone), Anne (Solace), Nola (Freelance Trainer), Marvina […]
Sunder Katwala, Director of British Future, at Leeds Beckett University on Thursday 9 March
Sunder Katwala, Director of British Future, will be speaking at Leeds Beckett University on Thursday 9 March. The talk will be late afternoon or early evening. Details of the time, venue […]
Free: 2 Days Comics Workshop 28th & 29th – Immigration and Religious Tolerance in the UK
The workshop which will be held at Casa Colombiana in Leeds Grand Arcade on 28th and 29th of January, people need to attend both days from 10am to 4pm. The […]
helpinleeds.com just got a lot faster
The helpinleeds.com website has been given an energy boost, and should now take much less time to load. Since its launch last June, site has been used by more than 2000 […]
Refu-Jazz at Heart – Saturday 11th Feb 2017
Headingley Heart present a day of live jazz performances and workshops in aid of several refugee charities. Some of Yorkshire’s finest jazz musicians are coming together to help raise desperately […]