Future Learn are running a free online course designed to help refugees and asylum seekers get the information and the support they need to apply for and enter university in the UK. The course is supported by a group of experts across higher education, refugee support networks, language assessment providers and refugees studying at universities. See […]
Archive | November, 2017
Having difficult conversations about immigration: training sessions in 2018
Some people already agree with us about prejudice, immigration, etc. Others are unlikely to do so. The majority of people may be open to discussion. The workshop is a training on how successfully listen to and talk with those people, to open up their understanding and attitudes. Hope not Hate Leeds is offering two workshops on […]
Rob Stothard ‘The Seamed Zones’: photos of detention centres
White Cloth Gallery, Leeds 6th November – 18th December 2017 This is an exhibition about the seams of society and immigration. The exhibition includes photographs of every single immigration removal centre in the U.K. taken from the perspective of how they are viewed and manifest in everyday life. http://www.whiteclothgallery.com/current-exhibition/
Vacancies at Riverside Housing – Leeds and Bradford
Riverside are one of the UK’s largest social housing provider. We have various single units of accommodation available on a housing management basis for people with the right to remain/benefits in place with low/medium support needs being met externally by a support worker or organisation. We have 60 units in Bradford with no need for […]
Improving health support for refugees and asylum seekers’ conference: 14th December 2017
Over the past 3 years the Refugee Council’s Health Access has been delivered in Doncaster, Hull, Leeds, Middlesborough (in partnership with the North of England Refugee Service), Sheffield (in partnership with City of Sanctuary) and Wakefield. The purpose of this conference is: To celebrate the achievements of the programme, recognizing and publicly applauding the contribution […]
Power & Privilege Trainings – Anti Racist Practice & Gender in Transition
via Maia at Leeds Tidal Through this training series we will be exploring how concepts of power, privilege, identity and oppression intersect. These training’s have been designed to help us to build stronger, more inclusive and diverse grassroots movement for change: that actively transform relationships of power that lead to oppression. Training’s are co-hosted by Simpson […]
Peace of Mind: Tuesday 14 November 11:00-12:00 Rose Bowl 313
This session will introduce and discuss the work of the charity Peace of Mind. Sara Fatima is a founding member of Peace of Mind, and the Samosa Sisters Women’s Empowerment group. Peace of Mind Communities is a charitable organisation committed to working with people seeking asylum and refugees in the Tyneside region. Samosa sisters is […]
Guest Blog: City of Sanctuary
Each week, we try and showcase a blog/newsletter that’s interesting/useful and carries content that you won’t usually find on the Migration Partnership Info Blog. This week it’s City of Sanctuary’s newsletter which comes out monthly, and contains national news relating to their activities. In their words “Our newsletter aims to update and inspire the network […]
A City of Sanctuary, a Place to Thrive: Touchstone AGM 7th December 10:00-12:30.
At Touchstone’s Annual Celebration this year, we will be focussing on the experiences of refugees and asylum seekers. Many of Touchstone’s services support people who arrived in Yorkshire as refugees or asylum seekers from other parts of the world. When people come here fleeing from war, violence or oppression in their home countries, they have […]
No Excuse for Abuse: action against domestic violence event 9th December 10-3pm
Each year 16 Day of Action against Domestic Violence Events National and International are held by women’s networks, corporations, charities, educational institutions, government bodies etc. Where global gatherings, conferences, awards, exhibitions, festivals, sponsored walks, corporate events, concerts, performances, speaking events take place. This year 2017 West Yorkshire Police working in Partnership with Ruth for Women, Leeds […]
Rainbow Junktion, Fundraising Bistro – #payf
Rainbow Junktion have a couple of cracking #payasyoufeel Friday Feasts coming up Friday the 10th November: Rainbow Waste Food Gourmet Bistro book your tickets here Rainbow Junktion brings you another Friday feast. Enjoy a three course dinner made by our brilliant chefs from food saved from landfill and help raise funds for our community cafe. […]
Loads of free Online Resources
via Carolina at Cities and Collaboration Cities & Collaboration signed an agreement with www.bluebottlebiz.com. They offer an online learning collection that contains over 50,000 books and videos from 400 different publishers. The resources will be made available at no cost to refugees and to organisations that work with refugees (example volunteers, NGOs that look into […]