Archive | February, 2018
Leeds City of Sanctuary Open Evening to help volunteers find the right asylum or refugee project for them
Want to know how you can volunteer with refugees/asylum seekers in Leeds ? Want to know what opportunities are out there? Then our Volunteer Information Session is for you! Monday 26th February, 6-7pm Oak House, Park Lane, Leeds. LS3 1EL Our session is to help people: Find out about organisations supporting refuge and asylum in Leeds […]
Women of Palestine – the Ongoing Nakba (catastrophe)
The largest and longest-standing group of refugees in the world are Palestinians. We invite any Leeds refugee/asylum seeker groups who would like a stall or to provide literature to display at this International Women’s Day event to get in touch. Please help to promote the event which is open to all.
Free workshop by ‘These Walls Must Fall’ – campaign to shut detention centres Thursday 15th February
via Leeds No Borders Free workshop by ‘These Walls Must Fall’ -campaign to shut detention centres Thursday 15th February 17:30 – 19:30 40 Sholebroke Avenue, LS7 3HB https://www.facebook.com/events/535273020180057/ Right to Remain are coming to Leeds to run a workshop in Leeds next Thursday 17.30-19.30pm as part of their These Walls Must Fall campaign around detention. http://detention.org.uk/ […]
Leeds LGBT+ Mapping Project launches new report for LGBT+ History Month – ‘Spotlight on Racism’
via forum central The report responds to the findings of Leeds LGBT+ Mapping Projects’ research which found that racism was a priority concern for many in Leeds. Leeds LGBT+ Mapping Project has conducted a short piece of research to scratch at the surface of BME LGBT+ experience in Leeds. This brief report is a summary […]
Police warn about Home Office Immigration Cold Call Fraud
“Home Office Immigration Cold Call Fraud Alert – The National Fraud Intelligence Bureau (NFIB) and Action Fraud have recently noticed that fraudsters are purporting to be from the Home Office and cold-calling victims to claim that there is a problem with their immigration status. Victims are informed that in order to rectify this issue, they […]
Next WYDAN Meeting
Date: Tuesday 6th March 2018. Time: 1.30pm – 3.30pm Venue: The St. Augustine’s Centre, Hanson Lane, Halifax, HX1 5PG. We will look at the area of legal aid for Destitute Asylum Seekers in the different West Yorkshire regions, as well as discussing issues with accommodation and access to health care. Claire Splawn, an Immigration Caseworker […]
Refugee Council Advocacy Network – call for sign ups
The Refugee Council Advocacy Network are looking for members “The aim of the Advocacy Network is to provide a direct link between the Refugee Council’s Advocacy Team and other individuals and organisations working with refugees and people seeking asylum in the UK. The network is based on a principle of information sharing and collective working […]
City of Sanctuary are recruiting for a Yorkshire and Humberside Regional Coordinator
City of Sanctuary are recruiting for a Yorkshire and Humberside Regional Coordinator Hours: 16 hours per week Salary: £22,658 pro rata (equivalent to Local Government Scale NJC Point 25) Holiday entitlement: 28 days plus 8 statutory Bank holidays, pro rata Based: At our Head Office in Leeds – 4th floor, Oak House, 94 Park Lane, Leeds LS3 1EL Reporting to: Chief Officer […]
Final call for stalls at Refu-jazz fundraiser at Headingley Heart Feb 10th
Refujazz 2 is being held on Saturday 10th February from 12:00 til 22:00. Click here to see the event page and lineup If you’d like to help staff a stall at Refujazz2 (and promote your organisation’s volunteering opportunities) please complete this doodle poll. Last year, trade was brisk throughout the day, so there’s no better/worse time […]
Talk by the authors of ‘ The Good Immigrant’
Nikesh Shukla, Kieran Yates, and Inua Ellams are three contributors to The Good Immigrant, the award-winning, bestselling essay collection featuring emerging British black, Asian and minority ethnic writers, poets, journalists and artists. In their essays about race and immigration, they paint a picture of what it means to be ‘other’ in a country that wants you, doesn’t […]
Women’s Drama Group, Wednesdays at LRF
Childcare provided! Practise your English! Wednesdays 15:00-17:00 Leeds Refugee Forum