The Home Office have informed local authorities a significant number of decisions will be made on asylum applications up to 31st December 2023. The Home Office have indicated the majority of decisions will be positive, however negative decisions are included in the number. A leaflet to has been produced with partners to provide guidance to […]
Archive | November, 2023
Job: Part-Time Administrator/Receptionist, 20 hours, £20,441 (pro rata), Leeds, Manuel Bravo Project
Vacancy: Part-Time Administrator/Receptionist Salary: NJC Scale Point 2 – £20,441 (pro rata) Hours: 20 per week (4 hours per day Monday-Friday) Location: Unity Business Centre, 26 Roundhay Road, Leeds, LS7 1AB Manuel Bravo Project provides free legal advice for asylum seekers, refuges and vulnerable migrants in Leeds. For more information about Manuel Bravo Project, please […]
Leeds City Council’s Migrant Access Project Events and Opportunities
Following the Leeds City Council’s Migrant Access Project (MAP) Beeston Community hub training, the MAP team are re-launching another round of 8-week training in the Harehills Compton Centre Community Hub, from the 19th January 2024. Attached below is a flyer about the dates/times of the training (it’s only 2 hours each week on a Friday […]
Women’s cycling confidence sessions in Harehills area, December 2023
For women who never learnt to cycle or those who haven’t been on a bike for years, and want to regain their confidence. Bikes and helmets are available to borrow, and all of the training takes place at traffic-free venues. If you do have your own bike, then you are more than welcome to bring it! Our […]
VCS update from Migration Yorkshire, December 23
Migrant Help update Oct 2023 Please find attached the latest update from Migrant Help. [Not attached] Do you have an idea for a new piece of research or evaluation that could help your organisation, or the sector? Migration Yorkshire has established a Yorkshire and Humber Migration Research Network for professional researchers as part of Refugee Integration Yorkshire […]
A river runs between our streets – the Yorkshire Integration Film Festival 2023
Migration Yorkshire are partnering with Pavilion and Hyde Park Picture House to bring you the Yorkshire Integration Film Festival from 1 – 3 December 2023. Across five decades and four continents, A River Runs Between Our Streets is a weekend of screenings bringing together work by 22 international artists, filmmakers and collectives in a dialogue […]
The Migration Museum presents ‘Heart of the Nation: Migration and the Making of the NHS’
The Migration Museum is a registered charity that explores how the movement of people to and from Britain across the ages has shaped who we are – as individuals, as communities, and as nations. Our current home is in Lewisham Shopping Centre, South London, but you may have heard that we have just come to […]
Volunteering with Oxfam
Oxfam’s Leeds area shop are looking for Volunteers to help Oxfam’s fight to support the world’s most vulnerable communities. We’re looking for volunteers who can give 4-8 hours (or more!) of their time in the shop each week, and we’re excited to welcome brand new volunteers to our stores! Locations: 1-5 Boroughgate, Otley, LS21 3AG […]
LCC Advice for asylum seekers post-decision
Following a discussion at the West Yorkshire Strategic Regional Migration Group regarding cessations, Leeds City Council offered to share the attached draft of a document they will be circulating to all asylum seekers within the city. Please adapt it for your own needs as you wish.
Asylum Matters Update – 15th November 2023
Advocacy and campaigning initiatives Communities not Camps Campaigners continue to oppose camps and barges being set up to accommodate people seeking asylum. It has been revealed the Home Office wishes to keep using the sites at Scampton in Lincolnshire, and Wethersfield in Essex for a further three years; while the local councils taking legal action […]
Minutes from West Yorkshire Sub Regional Migration Group, 12th Oct 2023
The latest West Yorkshire Sub Regional Migration Group meeting took place on 12th October 2023. The meeting is attended by local authority representatives, Home Office, Voluntary Sector Reps (for Leeds this is Ally Swadling at PAFRAS and Kathryn Ashworth at Solace), Migrant Help and Migration Yorkshire. Lots of concerns were raised at WYSRMG about what’s […]
Work Routes programme – free, expert help for unemployed jobseekers
Work Routes is the Pioneer expansion of DWP’s Work and Health Programme. It is designed specifically to help people with barriers, disability or a health condition into employment. Unemployed people joining Work Routes will be assigned an expert Employment Adviser alongside access to a wide range of support to help them find and start the […]