Battle Scars charity have a large event room (up to 100 theatre style), a meeting room for up to 20 and one for up to 15 available for day hire. They also have a few rooms available for 6+ month lease and a number of hot desks in a warm, welcoming 1919 building managed by […]
Archive | December, 2024
Important message on eVisas 📣📣📣
The Home Office and the UK border and immigration system is becoming digital in 2025. People who do not have British or Irish nationality may need to apply for an eVisa and should check now. Leeds City Council has developed a local comms campaign to spread the word. Please share this information with colleagues, partners and communities. […]
Resources from Migration Yorkshire’s VCS Engagement Day, 27th Nov 2024
Migration Yorkshire have uploaded all the resources from the day onto their website here – VCS Engagement Day – 27 November 2024 | Migration Yorkshire As a taster of what’s up there, here’s the complete set of slides as a PDF
Home Office funding to improve the mental health and wellbeing of asylum seekers – Expression of Interest deadline 10th Jan 2025
The Asylum Seeker Mental Health and Wellbeing, UK-wide Therapeutic Support Expression of Interest (EOI) for a grant funding opportunity has been launched with a deadline of 10th January 2025 11:59pm. The intention is to award grant funding for 12 months from April 2025. The Home Office is considering the award of grant funding for projects that improve the mental […]
Leeds Mental Wellbeing Service: Improving Low Mood using Islam group
We have an information session on Thursday 19th December 4.30-6.30pm at CATCH. No need to book for the information session, just come along to meet the facilitators and find out more about the group. This group therapy uses CBT techniques and teachings from the Quaran and Hadith to help overcome low mood. To attend the group […]
Asylum Matters update 18th December 2024 – advocacy, campaigns and resources
By Jon from LASSN on 19th December 2024 in Activism & Campaigning, Destitution & Housing, Jobs, Policy & Research, Resource
1. Advocacy and campaigning Initiatives #FightTheAntiRefugeeLaws Urging the Home Secretary to resume processing Syrian asylum claims Last week Asylum Matters co-ordinated a joint public letter to the Home Secretary, opposing the Government’s ‘dehumanising’ decision to suspend Syrian asylum claims following the fall of the Assad regime. Key asks of the letter included resuming the processing of Syrian asylum claims, lifting […]
Hotel activities update, 18th December 24
The list of Hotel activities has been updated Following a check with Mears the information remains up to date with additional info on the Bevan Health Events for 2025 and contact details for Lynne at York Street/Bevan Health You can find this info on the LMP Confidential page. If you want access to this document (or […]
Job: Volunteers Manager, English at Home 23hrs/wk, NJC SO1 33-36k (pro rata) – Leeds Asylum Seekers Support Network
The English at Home project matches volunteer tutors with refugee and asylum seeker learners who are unable to attend mainstream English classes – often because of caring responsibilities or because of a disability or health problems. Salary: NJC Scale SO1 (£SCP23 (£33,366) – SCP25 (£35,235) pro rata) depending on experience Hours: 23 hours a week […]
LMP Strategy Group Action Notes – Tuesday 15th October 2024
LMP strategy meetings includes a key theme item where partners spend time having a focused discussion. The notes from these discussions are shared within the minutes of each strategy meeting. To make the important key theme information more accessible to all LMP partners we are posting these separately so it is much easier to identify, […]
English for Job Seeking and Volunteering – assessments Tuesday 7 January (and ESOL with creche in Little London)
English for Job Applications at City Centre Hub, Merrion House, Woodhouse Lane, LS2 8LX. Assessments: 7 January at 12.30 to 2.30pm Speak to Jobshop staff at Merrion House, or email [email protected]. (It’s not possible to join these classes if you are aged 18 or younger; already attending ESOL at Leeds City College; or studying at […]
Hill Dickinson Foundation Leeds fund – Grants for up to £1000 (Homelessness, Mental Health, Food Poverty, Unemployment) deadline 10th Jan 2025
The deadline for applicatons to Hill Dickinson Foundation Leeds fund has been extended until Friday 10th January 25 – further details for the fund can be found at this link here Hill Dickinson Foundation – Leeds – CFM Grants of up to £1000
Call out for Translators to appear in health video’s (Paid position)
Background There has been slight rise in cases of TB in the UK, it’s not something to worry about. But it is important for us to be working in a preventive way to help bring the numbers down. I hope that by creating and successfully distributing some translated videos we can help people in these […]