Migration Yorkshire, the Refugee Employment Network, EY and DWP are excited to invite you to the Refugee Job Fair in Leeds on 7th November. The event will take place at Leeds Civic Hall and is open to anyone living in the Leeds and Wakefield area. During the fair, you will: Get a chance to meet […]
Archive | October, 2023
Free MHFA & Cultural Competent Training – West Yorkshire
Community Links and All About inclusion are running free 2.5 day training sessions on Cultural Competence, Mental Health Inequalities, and Mental Health First Aid (MHFAider). Sessions will be held in September and October at VCSE/accessible venues in Bradford, Kirklees, Calderdale, and Wakefield, and are open to all VCSE staff working in the health and care […]
FREE Online Functional Skills Maths & English Courses from WEA! Courses tarts in October/November 23
We are offering FREE online Level 1 & 2 Functional Skills English and maths courses. Upon completion you will receive a nationally recognised GCSE equivalent qualification. Please see the PDF or email [email protected] for more information.
Hate crime awareness event: Monday 16th October 2023
Leeds Refugee Forum and Leeds City Council’s Migrant Access Project are facilitating a hate crime awareness event on Monday 16th October, as part of the hate crime awareness campaign. Guest speakers from Stop Hate UK, West Yorkshire Police, and Leeds City Council will share information about what a hate crime is and how to report […]
Children and Young People Resettlement Fund England
The Government has recently announced a Children and Young People’s Resettlement Fund. This competitive fund will provide grants to Voluntary, Community or Social Enterprise organisations and Local Authorities in England for projects that address the specific needs of children and young people on pathways from Ukraine, Hong Kong and Afghanistan. The goal is for funded […]
Community Links – Mental Health Training Autumn 2023
Loads of new courses announced by Community Links (https://www.commlinks.co.uk/training/courses/) including the fantastic Mental Health First Aid – which is FREE Start Date: 16th November 23 End Date: 7th December 23 Location: 9:30 – 12.30 over 4 days , Leeds Price: FREE to frontline workers, peer mentors and volunteers in the third sector This training is […]
Asylum Matters Advocacy and Campaigns 3/10/23
By Jon from LASSN on 4th October 2023 in Activism & Campaigning, Funding, Opinion, Policy & Research, Resource
Advocacy and campaigning initiatives Home Secretary’s speech The news over the past week has been dominated by the Home Secretary’s appalling speech to the American Enterprise Institute in Washington DC, in which she took aim at the UN 1951 Refugee Convention, claimed that being LGBTQ+ or a woman should not be enough to qualify for […]
Job: Freelance Engagement Lead – £11,850 (£150/day, 5dpw, Nov23-Feb24) Migration Museum, based in Leeds
Application deadline: 23:59 on Sunday 8 October 2023 The Migration Museum is seeking a Freelance Engagement Lead to oversee our touring exhibition Heart of the Nation: Migration and the Making of the NHS in Trinity Leeds Shopping Centre from November 2023 until February 2024. The role will involve helping to coordinate the launch event and supervising […]
Food parcels for the living cost crisis from MEMEC, October 2023
MEMEC provides food parcels for those struggling with the living cost crisis every Wednesday from 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm. Address: MEMEC, Call House Business Centre, Suite 2, Enfield street, LS7 1RF. Contact us on 07876682034 or [email protected] for a referral. Feel free to share to your network.
Mental Wellbeing sessions at MEMEC, 12:00-13:00 every Wednesday
MEMEC is offering Mental Wellbeing sessions every Wednesday 12:00-1:00pm. Everyone is welcome. No childcare. * Connect with other people * Pay attention to the moment * Learn new skills * Be physically active * Give to others Feel free to share to your network. contact us on [email protected]/ 07876682034
Help Leeds get a new interpreting resource: your views needed on the use of interpreters in the third sector!
Please help us by completing this questionnaire: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfLanzoYhc6D4oLtQmfAjDlaOQQRsATiHiI-rccD4I5z0xjCw/viewform?usp=sf_link%20 Leeds Volunteer Interpreting Service (LVIS) is a proposed service run by a partnership of organisations involved in the Leeds migrant sector. We are developing a project which will provide a shared hub of volunteer interpreters for third sector organisations in Leeds to access. We know there is […]