Leeds has a fair number of projects trying to assist refugees to build the skills and confidence to find work in the UK. Aside from the many many orgs offering volunteering opportunities to refugees, RETAS and Connecting Opportunities (and many others) are trying to offer a hand up into employment. Even Business in the Community […]
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kooth.com – online mental health support for young people
There’s a new online counselling service for young people called Kooth www.kooth.com – gives 11 to 18 year olds access to free, anonymous mental health and well-being support. It’s been commissioned by NHS Leeds Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG)
Meeting Point will remain OPEN over Christmas! :)
Emma from Meeting Point writes Our Women’s Group and English classes will close over the festive period but we will be running a drop-in 1.30-4.00pm on Monday 24th and Monday 31st December. This will be a reduced drop-in mainly focussed on providing food provision and a warm, friendly social space for refugees and asylum […]
Resource of the Week #54: Tons of Online ESOL resources from NATELCLA
Every once in a while you come across a brilliantly curated list of websites and links. NATECLA is the National Association for Teaching English and Community Languages to Adults, and their list of online ESOL resources is even better than the list of resources for ESOL tutors curated by LASSN (and that’s quite a feat) See […]
Job: Project Support and Administration Officer, 16 hrs/wk, £8k actual: Leeds Asylum Seekers’ Support Network
LASSN are looking for a Project Support and Administration Officer to help our four Volunteers Managers with admin tasks, and to support the wider admin needs of LASSN. You can download a job pack from here: lassn.org.uk/jobs Salary: Scale 4 SCP 18-21 £18,870 – £20,541 (pro rata – actual £8,160 – £8,883) depending on experience […]
Research: Understanding how gambling may impact on migrants – Leeds Event 29th November
The findings of research conducted in Leeds into the effects of gambling on migrant communities were shared at an event at the Carriageworks on Thursday 29th November by academics from Kings College London and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical medicine The main conclusions were Migrants and migrant communities are considered to be at […]
Local residents, Students and Asylum Seekers & Refugees Vs 4-4-2 on Sundays
A piece by Harvey Simwate Packhorse Vita AFC, a voluntary community football team, played in the Leeds Sunday Football League, for over 20 years. Based at Packhorse pub opposite Leeds University, at the corner of Hyde Park, it drew players from the local communities of Hyde park, Headingley, Woodhouse and Universities of Leeds and the […]
Funding: Windrush Day Grant Programme
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) have launched the Windrush Day Grant programme. The MHCLG are looking for innovative approaches, founded on active community engagement. They will fund projects and events that celebrate, commemorate and educate communities about the arrival of MV Empire Windrush at Port Tilbury on 21 July 1948 with […]
Leaflet: How to register with a GP
Please find attached the NHS leaflets I mentioned in Monday’s Operations meeting – useful for clients who may be struggling to access GP services/to convince GP surgeries they are entitled (also a leaflet for those who are homeless and for the gypsy/traveller community)
Women’s Theatre Group at Leeds Refugee Forum
Women’s Drama Group Fridays 2:30-4pm Ready to make new friends, practise your English and learn new skills? Join us at Leeds Refugee Forum Cromwell Street Lincoln Green, LS9 7SG! Refreshments provided
Resource of the week #53: Torture Survivor’s Handbook and free online Training
Torture and mistreatment is a difficult and upsetting subject. Redress.org have produced a free online training https://redress.org/resources/online-training/ and this excellent handbook “for torture survivors, their families and friends, community members, and front-line service providers and advisors who work closely with torture survivors.” The handbook was first published on the blog in back in June 2015. […]
What do you think of the LMP Blog?
We want to know what you think of the LMP Blog (again). We try not to do this too often, but it’s been a good year since we last asked you about our editorial guidelines. Back in June 2018 we wrote a little history of the Blog to show how its grown and developed – we’re […]