Women’s lives Leeds are providing a taster session on confidence and Self-esteem at the New Roots Women’s English conversation group. Come and take part. Find out about the Women’s Lives Leeds project and how you can get involved. Venue: 2nd Floor, Oak house 94 Park Lane, Leeds, LS1 3BB Time: 11.00am – 12.30pm
Archive | May, 2019
Leeds Migration Partnership Strategy Meeting Notes – 15th May 2019
Thank you to all who were able to attend the last strategy meeting on Wednesday, 15th May 2019. Here are the notes of our discussions One of the key points at the end of the meeting was how to fill the vacancy created within LMP by Ruth Davany leaving PAFAS. Ruth was very active in […]
Job: Community Partnerships Assistant, 14 hours pw, £7,600 actual salary @ Opera North, Leeds
Opera North is looking for a committed and organised individual to fill the role of Community Partnerships Assistant. The Community Partnerships team work to open up the arts (both at Opera North and elsewhere) to people who may usually have barriers to engaging, including refugees and asylum seekers. This is a fixed-term, part time role. […]
Job: Integration Support Worker, 30 hours per week, £17,504 actual salary @ St. Augustine’s Centre, Halifax
Integration Support Worker Post – 18 month contract from June 2019. 30 hours per week – £17,504 pa actual salary. This post will support individuals and families resettled in Calderdale under the Vulnerable Persons Resettlement Scheme and Vulnerable Children Resettlement Scheme, helping them connect with their local community and access social/sporting/recreational and leisure activities and […]
Volunteer Role: English (ESOL) Teacher, PATH Yorkshire
Would you like to: Share your talents and energy with someone who feels isolated and struggles to communicate in English Train as a Volunteer English (ESOL) Teacher in community-based learning Experience a sense of pride in your accomplishments Meet like-minded people Develop your skills, improve your CV and career options Help local people in the […]
Job: PATH Yorkshire, New Roots Employer Engagement Officer £20,000 pro rata 22.2 hrs
The purpose of the role is to create new partnerships and develop strategies and materials to effectively engage with employers and project participants. The post holder will generate leads to enable the NR Employer Officer to meet their targets and generate work placements and employer visits for refugees New Roots is a service run in […]
Free online Language Coaching from British Red Cross/ Chatterbox
via British Red Cross “Funded by the European Union, the AVAIL project is running various integration and advocacy initiatives in the UK, Ireland, Italy and Latvia. In the UK, this includes a collaboration between the British Red Cross and Chatterbox Languages. Through recognising the untapped talent and skills within the refugee community, this initiative aims […]
Job: Yorkshire Sculpture International Activator, £8.21 per hour, Leeds Art Gallery, The Hepworth Wakefield, and/ or Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Wakefield and Leeds
Interesting job opportunity: The ‘Yorkshire Sculpture International’ Programme is looking for refugees and/or other migrants with the permission to work for this special opportunity to undertake paid work with artist Tarek Atoui from June-September this year. To apply, email a CV and covering letter (addressing the points in the Job Description) to Meghan Goodeve, Yorkshire […]
Resource of the week #74: Women’s Lives Leeds
Women’s Lives Leeds is a unique partnership of eleven women and girls organisations from across Leeds. Between us we have specialisms in domestic violence, mental health, sexual health, sex work, trafficking, substance misuse, child sexual exploitation and education. The have com together to Ensure that the most vulnerable woman and girls have improved and extended […]
Helping European Economic Area (EEA) & Swiss residents to protect their rights after Brexit – Factsheet from NRPF Network
via Ewa at Migration Yorkshire No Recourse to Public Fund (NRPF) Network has produced a very useful factsheet on EU Settlement Scheme, settled status and access to benefits. The factsheet clarifies that having settled status is sufficient to meet a right to reside requirement for benefit purposes. Therefore, if you have clients who are EU […]
Resource of the Week #73 – Digital Security Resources for Activists
At the Leeds Digital Festival this year, some activists were talking about their concerns about staying safe online, and in particular their use of mobile phones and the storage of sensitive information. Here’s a brilliant link to a load of free security resources, with NGOs and Advocacy orgs in mind. Click on the picture to […]
Job: Refugees: get training in research, and work on a new project with University of Salford/Migration Yorkshire
The Refugee Integration Yorkshire and Humber project is looking for people who are interested in becoming peer researchers. Peer research is conducted by people who have lived experience of the topic that is being researched. In this case that means that you will have experience of being a refugee in the UK. This research project aims to […]