Refugee Council has recently published a ‘Guide to Banking’, available in the following languages (click here for translations): English Arabic Farsi Kurdish Tigrinya Pashto The guide covers the following: how bank accounts work in the UK, the documents that banks require applicants to provide, how to make an application for a new account and tips […]
Archive | November, 2020
New Targeted Prevention Grant Fund worth £100 000 launched
New Targeted Prevention Grant Fund worth £100 000 launched West Yorkshire and Harrogate Health and Care Partnership (WY&H HCP) has launched a new Targeted Prevention Grant Fund worth £100 000 to help reduce the gap in health equalities across the area. The aim of the fund is to support targeted, community level preventative interventions that […]
Cultural Food Hubs during Lockdown 2
As we enter a second lockdown the cultural food hub will continue to operate as normal. Hamara and Give a Gift have been identified by the council to act as the Cultural Food Hubs for the city to provide support to residents in Leeds who need access to emergency food which better meet their cultural […]
November calendar of activities
Below is the November calendar of some local activities for refugees and asylum seekers, collated by the New Roots project. Please share with your organisations, volunteers, clients, and anyone else you think might be interested. Groups are run by different organisations so if you need more info please refer to the details on the calendar. […]
Refugee Council Infoline: 0808 196 7272
The Refugee Council are delivering a freephone Infoline across England. The Refugee Council’s Infoline aims to connect refugees and people seeking asylum with organisations who can help. This is a short term project to support people during the Covid-19 pandemic. Our Infoline launched on the 1st October 2020 in response to the needs of refugees […]
New National Restrictions from 5th November 2020
According to leeds.gov.uk “Following the Prime Minister’s statement on 31 October, West Yorkshire will not be entering Tier 3 restrictions on Monday 2 November.“ Instead, people in Leeds must continue to observe the current local restrictions that have been in place since 14th October – until one minute past midnight on Thursday 5th November, when […]
Webinar: Homelessness Winter Transformation Fund
Thursday, 5 November 2020 Online | 2pm-3pm | Free This webinar, run in partnership with Housing Justice, will inform the homelessness sector around the details of the Homelessness Winter Transformation Fund. Book now. Event overview This webinar, run in partnership with Housing Justice, will inform the homelessness sector around the details of the Homelessness Winter Transformation […]