The free 5 week course to improve your health and wellbeing start date: Thursday 14th November 2024 location: Community Learning Partnerhsips, BUrton Business Park, Hudson Road, LS9 6DJ time: 3 hours per week To register contact Theresa phone: 07581 011349 email: [email protected] Attending this course will not affect any benefits you receive
Archive | September, 2024
Gardening Groups for Health and Wellbeing
I’m wondering if any of the people you work with might be interested in joining one of our weekly Gardening Groups. Our Community Gardening volunteers get the chance to grow their own veg and flowers, gain and share skills, and learn about horticulture whilst improving their health and wellbeing in the local environment.
RETAS New Courses
Dear all Following my email last week, I am pleased to share details of some new courses we will be piloting in late October and again thank you for your support in sharing and displaying our material. Steps to Settlement: This course is particularly suitable for asylum seekers (eligibility criteria applies) as we focus on […]
Asylum Matters – Advocacy Update – 19th August 2024
By Jon from LASSN on 20th September 2024 in Activism & Campaigning, Destitution & Housing, Health, Policy & Research
Advocacy and campaigning initiatives Communities Not Camps The Government has made the welcome decision not to proceed with plans to place people seeking safety at RAF Scampton in Lincolnshire, saying the site “no longer represents value for money”. £60 million has already been spent on previous plans for the camp. West Lindsey District Council is […]
Job: Housing Project Support Worker, Leeds & Bradford, 18hrs/wk, £26.973 per annum, pro rata – Abigail Housing deadline 11th October 2024
Abigail Housing is Hiring! As a Housing Project Support Worker with Abigail Housing, you will be a dynamic individual and a first point of contact for the residents accommodated in our Leeds and Bradford services. you will assist the Team Leader (Housing Management) and other members of the Abigail Housing team in delivering our accommodation […]
Can we make our city a beautiful city? Leeds Playhouse on Wednesday 9th October 2024 6.30 – 8.30pm
Not a city of strangers but a city of friends. As a community are we living the values we ask of others? How we treat asylum seekers and refugees reflects on who we are. Come and listen to inspiring stories from people with lived experience of seeking sanctuary and those who are working with them […]
Leeds Homes for Ukraine Newsletter Issue 8 – September 2024
Intercultured – 21 October – 2nd November, Bradford
On the basis that Bradford is basically Greater Leeds ;o) we’ve included this brilliant festival on LMP. “A festival for the community, made with the community” Our neighbourhood. Protest through art. Creative wellbeing: The three themes at the heart of this year’s Intercultured Festival. Whether you’re into music, dance, spoken word, visual art, […]
Texts to people with BRPs about eVisas – 18th September 2024
(content taken from Citizens Advice Expert Advice circular, 18/9/24) eVisas – clients to get texts about creating an account UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) has begun sending text message notifications to Biometric Residency Permit (BRP) holders to encourage them to create a UKVI account. This may lead to some offices getting inquiries from clients who […]
Young Migrant Health and Wellbeing Project
My name is Juliet Ngwenya and I am writing on behalf of Thrive With Us a small charity that works with MAP, where we are currently running an exciting Young Migrant Health and Wellbeing Project. This initiative aims to provide vital support to young migrants in our community offering services such as mental health workshops, social […]
Volunteering Opportunities with LASSN
LASSN are currently recruiting volunteers for 3 different roles. You can find more information here. Apply now to register in time for our next round of training in October!
Migration Headline Report Sept-Dec 2024 – from Migration Yorkshire
from Migration Yorkshire This summary is shorter than previous multi agency reports, and is to be used in conjunction with the migration round-ups which we post to our website each Monday – Migration news roundup | Migration Yorkshire. Additionally, redacted papers for the Sub Regional Migration Group Meetings, with information only in the public domain, will […]