Abigail Housing currently have some housing vacancies in Leeds. Our Leeds project is for refugees who have received a positive decision. We currently have vacancies for both men and women in shared houses in LS6, LS9 and LS12. If you know anyone who may be interested, please ask them to contact us on 0113 898 […]
Archive | August, 2017
Working in a Person Centred Way – September 5th. Free training for volunteers from LASSN
Register Now Workshop looking at how to work with someone in ways that enable them to take more control of their situation Interactive workshop that will explore good practice in working with people on a one to one basis. Includes effective communciation skills; recognising your strengths and weaknesses when working with people; understand your own […]
Get a £20 Co-op Food voucher for saying what makes you feel good
A great opportunity for anyone who’s short of money to practice their English. via Sean at Forum Central On Tuesday 15 August between 2:30pm – 4pm. the Co-op in partnership with The Young Foundation want to know “what makes you feel good?” They want to know what matters to people in Leeds? What are the things that help […]
NACCOM Conference, September 15th
Via Lucy at NACCOM At this year’s annual conference we will be facilitating several workshops on topics around preventing destitution, capacity building and awareness raising. We are really excited by the range of workshops we’ve got on offer this year and hope you are able to join us to contribute! For the full programme please click here, […]
Radical Herbalism in Leeds
via Karen Let’s put on a radical herbalism gathering in Leeds on 17/18th February 2018! The hope is to bring together all the skills and knowledge we have in our communities around healthcare & healing so we can support each other & become a more resilient city. One of the aims is to put herbal medicine […]
Volunteer Information sessions
Leeds City of Sanctuary and Help Refugees are hosting 3 meetings for volunteers during August and September who want to support asylum seekers and refugees in Leeds. The purpose of the meetings are to help people Get an overview of all the types of volunteering opportunities there are in Leeds, with organisations working around asylum […]
Volunteers wanted for Hate speech Project
Leeds have been invited to take part in a ‘ No hate speech project ‘ funded by the DCLG to challenge hate crime on line. In order for the project to commence we need to recruit 20 volunteers across Leeds. Can you spare 1 hour a week? Do you have a basic understanding of hate […]
Get money to develop volunteering opportunities for young people – #iwill
Leeds Community Foundation are managing a grants programme called Youth Social Action #iwill and your organisation may be eligible. The #iwill grants programme has grants available for local organisations with awards of between £1,000 and £5,000. Closing Date: LEEDS : Thursday 10th August 2017 at 12noon. Theme: Youth social action (#iwill) has huge potential to create […]
MEND – Muslim Engagement and Development in Leeds – 5th August
MEND – Muslim Engagement and Development in Leeds are hosting a free event celebrating Muslims of Leeds and how Islam has shaped their identity and life, with special guest speakers, to learn about the history, present status and future projections of Muslims in Leeds. More info and tickets here: https://www.facebook.com/events/131924717402675/
Home Office Hate Crime Prevention/Awareness Funding
The Home office are looking for motivated and creative community groups to work in partnership with other organisations to develop projects that help to prevent hate crime and issues associated with it. Your project development must involve stakeholders who are affected by, are past or potential perpetrators of hate crime, or those who support victims/perpetrators […]
Diocesan Refugee response newsletter
via Lucy at Catholic Care A neat summary of activities with refugees and asylum seekers happening across West Yorkshire, from a Catholic perspective
A new identity for Leeds Multi Agency Meeting and the Leeds Migration Partnership
As you may know, the Leeds Multi Agency Meeting and Leeds Migration Partnership are currently working to merge their functions. There was a presentation about this at the last Migration Partnership, which suggested a single identity with three distinct elements: an Information Group, an Operations Group and a Strategy Group which is explained in the […]