via Pauline at LCC Communities Team “As a city, we all truly value the important and positive work that individuals, community groups and organisations do every day to make their local communities and our City a great place to live, work, and visit. These contributions improve the lives of the people of Leeds and help […]
Archive | September, 2018
New Programme of Community Classes at St Vincent’s
St. Vincent Support Centre runs free community classes for adults (+18). Classes this term include ESOL, IT, Art, Literacy, Employability and cooking. Please come to the next enrolment at St. Vincent’s to join in: Thursday 20th & Friday 21st September 10am – 2pm St. Vincent Support Centre 4 Berking Avenue, LS9 9LF If you have […]
Job: Maternity Cover Manager 28hrs/wk, £30k pro rata: Manuel Bravo
Hours: 28 per week Salary £30,756 pro rata (NJC Scale 34) Manuel Bravo Project is based in Leeds and provides free legal advice for people seeking asylum. The charity employs OISC level 3 Caseworkers and benefits from a large team of volunteers including barristers, solicitors, law students and other individuals giving their time to assist […]
LMP Operations group meeting: 10-12pm, 17th September 2018
The next Leeds Migration Partnership Operations Group Meeting is happening on Monday 17th September, 10-12 at One Community Centre. There aren’t any notes from the last LMP Ops meeting in Refugee Week, because that was a networking event, There will also be an update on who now does what within the Council And the usual chance […]
Job: Big Lottery England Committee recruitment £8k pa
We are looking to recruit a new member for our England Committee and we are holding open events to create an opportunity to talk openly and informally about the role and provide an overview of the Big Lottery Fund and the work of the England Committee. To deliver on our ambition to be a diverse […]
Health Briefing to LMP Strategy Group 12th September 2018
This info was presented by Jon Beech to the LMP Strategy Group today. Most of the stuff here has already been included on the Blog, but this gathers some of it together Migrant Health Board – due to take place on 7th November 2pm LINK Write-up of Health Charging Event LINK Charging seems unlikely to […]
Leeds Migrant Health Board – update on Priorities
via Jon at LASSN The Leeds Migrant Health Board – is next due to meet on Wednesday 7th November at 2pm. I will be going on behalf of the Leeds Migration Partnership You’ll remember the first Migrant Health Board priority was to get some clarity on how the Charging Regs for Overseas Visitors would be implemented in […]
RAS Mental Health Network – 17th September 13:00 – 17:00
Please see attached the agenda for the next RAS Mental Health Network meeting on 17th September and the previous meeting minutes. As you may already be aware, we have some external visitors planning to join us this time. We have Beauty Tshuma, North East Migration Officer, North East Migration Partnership from Middlesbrough Council and Janjalloh […]
Orgs in Leeds who want to recruit volunteers from refugee, asylum seeking and other migrant backgrounds
Following the hugely successful Volunteers Fair for orgs wishing to recruit refugees, asylum seekers and other migrants, we’re publishing a list of those same volunteering opportunities for those who weren’t able to make it today. Well done to everyone who participated in today’s extravaganza. Let’s hope it’s the first of many.
Resource of the Week #40: Mental health resources in Leeds for refugees and asylum seekers
Obviously, the best place to look for info on Mental Health support in Leeds is https://www.mindwell-leeds.org.uk/ However, whilst putting together some training together for volunteers (on helping people to access Mental Health support in Leeds) LASSN produced a mind map, with lots of links embedded to help show how things are slotted together
Leeds Homeless Charter: Migration Group 14:00-16:00, Thursday 20th September
What? Ths will be the second meeting of the Migration Subgroup of the Homeless Charter. We’ll be discussing the contribution we’ve made to the LCC Homeless Strategy, and the progress made by Leeds Migration Partnership members. We’ll also be discussing what progress has been made against the “what do we want” document below When? Thursday […]
Palm Cove Society: Vacancies for male refugees
Palm Cove Society [website down] currently have vacancies in shared accommodation in Headingley for male refugees. To make a referral, please contact the office on 0113 230 2271 Email [email protected]