Via Jonathan at LASSN Just in case you missed it, this excellent exhibition at Leeds City Museum continues until January 5th 2020. Many people have come to Leeds to start a new life, including those escaping famine in Ireland in the 1800s, those seeking work opportunities, and today’s refugees arriving in our City of Sanctuary. […]
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Resource of the week #96: Rights and expectations: a Home Office guide for Asylum Seekers.
“This guide is for asylum seekers staying in temporary accommodation while their claim for asylum is being assessed, explaining UK rights and expectations and contains important information about: UK culture, values and law health and welfare services staying safe and getting support” You can find links to all these guides here – translated into Albanian […]
Coordinator £21k pro rata for 15/16 hrs wk (negotiable) – Bradford City of Sanctuary
Bradford Cirty of Sanctuary – Coordinator. NJC SCP 11: £21,166 pro rata for 15 or 16 hrs/week (negotiable) + 5% pension contribution Bradford City of Sanctuary aims to increase understanding and support for asylum seekers and refugees as well as opportunities for employment, volunteering and participation in all aspects of life in the city We […]
Free seminar ‘What next for EU citizens and their family members post-Brexit?
Date: 31st October 2019 Time: 1.00pm – 4.30 pm (please arrive by 12.45 for registration and refreshments) Venue: City Exchange, 11 Albion Street, Leeds LS1 5ES (walking distance from Leeds Train Station) This briefing will provide you with knowledge to support EU citizens and their family members who are victims of gender-based abuse to secure […]
Invitation to film screenings at Leeds Uni and Belgrave Music Hall
via Alex at LeedsDEC The Leeds Development Education Centre would like to invite you to come to our free screenings of 2 Award-winning films, which we are putting on with Leeds Film Festival: 24th October To the Four Winds – the story of a ‘heroic’ French people smuggler, who helps migrants to safety. 5-7pm at […]
Return of Conversation Cafe – Wednesday Afternoons at Leeds Playhouse
Our Conversation Café is back at the new Leeds Playhouse. Come to the café in the new front entrance and someone will be there to meet you. Free activities for refugees and asylum seekers at our weekly Theatre of Sanctuary Conversation Café. Develop your language skills Become more confident speaking and understanding English Meet with […]
Learming English in Yorkshire and Humber event: 20th November 2019
via Ewa at Migration Yorkshire What? Whether you are an ESOL provider, a support worker or a volunteer, the event will be of interest to you. Explore our new website and find out how it can benefit both ESOL learners and providers. Keynote address by NATECLA. Practical workshop sessions. When? Wed, 20 November 2019 09:30 […]
Home Office Funding: English language training to refugees
via Sam at LCC Communities team The Home Office is about to award a contract worth £75k to an organisation, or a partnership of organisations to develop a shared vision for commissioning and delivering English language training to refugees. The delivery partner is being asked to run a series of regional events that bring together […]
LMP’s Blog performance Apr19 – Sep19
You’ll remember in April 19 we posted an end of year post about the LMP blog’s performance. Here’s a 6 month interim report. We’ve used the graph of the last 2 years (below) for context TL;DR The number of website users and sessions remain pretty steady (as they have done over the last 2 years) […]
Women’s Football Sessions
from Georgia at Republica Internationale I am currently running some women only football sessions on the first Saturday of every month and am keen to engage women from diverse backgrounds in these sessions who typically would struggle to access football. We received some funding from the FA and so my football club Republica Internationale FC […]
Resource of the week #95 – Sanctuary in the Arts resource pack
Promoting a culture of welcome for people seeking sanctuary ‘Sanctuary in the Arts’ is a resource pack to inspire, support and promote the use of arts in nurturing a culture and practice of welcome for people seeking sanctuary in the UK. This resource pack contains practical guidance on how your organisation can embed sanctuary in […]
Representative to the Strategic Regional Migration Group (SRMGs)
This is a call for appointing a Leeds VCS representative to the SRMGs. The purpose of the SRMGs is to assist the Strategic Migration Group (SMG) to provide a strategic leadership, advisory and coordination function in the region and to provide a forum for senior representatives of LAs, Police, Health, Home Office, asylum accommodation and […]