We’ve previously mentioned the Home Office Welcome Guides, and told you that although they were an excellent idea, they were full of dodgy/broken weblinks. The Good news is that the Home Office have updated them two days ago (26th August). The bad news is none of the mistakes we reported have been corrected, and we’ve […]
Archive | August, 2019
Re-vive is looking for volunteers who want to gain new skills!
Re-vive is a social enterprise based in Leeds which is working to minimise the issue of food waste in society. Every Tuesday, our team holds a market stall where we sell fruit and vegetables which have been passed on from supermarkets due to being passed their sell by date. The food is sold on a […]
Free Safeguarding in the Community Training from Voluntary Action in Leeds
It’s a great offer, and a great course – but it gets a bit shouty at the end “Aimed at learners who want an introduction to Safeguarding before they take the Level 1, if english is not the first language or they need to understand more about what safeguarding means, this is the pre-course for […]
Resource of the week #89: Citizens Advice: Adviser Online – resources for advice professionals from the experts
Shared by John Donkersley (Immigration Expert at Citizens Advice) The expert advice team at Citizens Advice have launched Adviser Online, a brand new free resource for people working in the advice sector. On Adviser Online you’ll find articles, commentary, guides and other resources to help you give advice on benefits, consumer debt, discrimination, employment and […]
Minor amendments to the LMP Blog (the Menus in particular)
We’ve used the Bank Holiday weekend to have a bit of a clear-out. What’s changed? The menus at the top of the blog have been simplified so it’s easier to find out what LMP are doing, who’s doing what and how to influence things. Who are we? We’ve put all the info relating to the […]
Transition to AASC and AIRE contracts in Yorkshire & Humberside – from Asylum Matters
On 8th August, Yorkshire & Humberside transitioned onto the new AIRE (advice, issue-reporting and eligibility) and AASC (accommodation & support) contracts, meaning the services delivered by Migrant Help and Mears respectively under these new contracts are now live in our region. AIRE This means that service users living in Yorkshire & Humberside should contact the […]
Refugee Council Starbucks Employabilty Programme
In Partnership with RETAS and PATH Yorkshire Are you are Refugee? Do you want to improve your employability skills and understanding of customer service? Do you want to work full or part-time as aStarbucks’ Barista in Leeds? 4 day employability and customer service course, which 100% of previous participants found useful · Employment advice, practical […]
Asylum Statistics: April to June 2019 (fka Q2 2019)
Andrea at Asylum Matters has summarised the key findings below, and you can find the data tables here. There were 32,693 asylum applications in the UK (main applicants only) in the year ending June 2019, 21% more than the previous year but below the level seen in the year ending June 2016 during the European […]
Volunteer Role: Children’s Advisor at Refugee Council
Refugee Council in Leeds are looking a new volunteer for the Children’s Advice project for 2 days per week. The main purpose of this post is to assist the Children’s Section Advisers in their work, providing advice and advocacy to separated children on such issues such as accommodation, health & education. Potential start date: 23rd […]
Job: Mental Health Support Workers, Part Time x 2, Touchstone, £21,589 pa/pro rata
An exciting opportunity to join the Connecting Opportunities team at Touchstone! Connecting Opportunities is a project that supports new migrants and refugees across West Yorkshire and part of North Yorkshire to access education and employment and be part of the local community. Touchstone is looking to recruit 2x Mental Health Support Workers. Hours: 1x 15 […]
Free digital skills ‘train-the-trainer’ workshop with 100% Digital Leeds – 11th September
100% Digital Leeds and Discovery with Three have partnered up to offer a free training workshop for those wanting to run basic digital skills sessions for their service users. Workshop attendees need only basic digital skills themselves and resources are designed around learners using their own smartphones so no specialist equipment is needed. Following the […]
Leeds Migrant Health Board – LMP report from 20th August
Name of meeting: Migrant Health Board Date of meeting: 20th August 2019 LMP Representative: Karen Pearse Key issues/themes/messages A member of the DV Team at Safer Leeds gave a presentation. Police stats show that BAME representation in reporting incidents is disproportionately low. The 2019 DV Bill contains no specific provisions concerning migrant women. There is […]