MESH (Migrant English Support Hub) are looking to appoint two development workers for an 18 month contract to work on the extension of the learning English in Leeds website (lel.help) to cover Yorkshire and Humberside.
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Resource of the week #62: Adjusting the colour contrast on your website, to make it easier to read
If you run a website, or send electronic messages, you’ll know how important it is to use colours to help things stand out. It’s also important you design them with visually impaired people in mind as well, so as well as bright and attractive – they are also legible. This means getting the contrast right. […]
SERVICE: Welcome boxes comes back to Leeds
via Emily Holden “I’m delighted to let you know that Welcome Boxes is now getting started again in Leeds. WELCOME BOXES is an excellent way for newly-arrived asylum seekers and refugees to meet local people and find their way around the local area. Trained volunteers deliver a box filled with small gifts and local information […]
DESTITUTION: Do you know any Asylum Seekers who are 50+ who are either destitute or on Section 4 support?
LASSN’s #outandabout project has been going for a while – helping destitute asylum seekers who are over 50 to use buses in Leeds. We’re now piloting the scheme with older asylum seekers who are receiving Section 4 support. If you know any older asylum seekers on Section 4, who could use a free weekly bus […]
JOB: Project Officer: Community Eagles Project – 9hrs/wk; £22,952 pro rata Leeds Refugee Forum
LRF is looking for a Project Officer to take the lead on the day-to-day delivery of the new “Community Eagles Project”. This is a new and exciting project that will offer basic financial literacy workshops and employability workshops for refugees, migrants and residents living in Leeds. Leeds Refugee Forum (LRF) is refugee-led organisation providing direct […]
RESEARCH: 0-19 Public Health Integrated Nursing Service want to find out the views and opinions of migrant parents
http://wearemagpie.com are doing some research on behalf of Leeds Community Healthcare: “We are finding out current knowledge of Health Visiting and School Nursing Services, and hoping to promote and raise awareness of the 0-19 Public Health Integrated Nursing Service that will be in effect from April 2019. Please see the survey here, where this also […]
VOLUNTEERS/TRAINING: Introduction to Safeguarding – free training from LASSN
As you may be aware, LASSN opens its Volunteer Training programme to any volunteer in Leeds who wants to get better at what they do. A full list of upcoming training can be found here: Our next event is on Safeguarding Adults & Children is on the evening of Wednesday 6th February 2019 18:00 – […]
OPPORTUNITY: Student documentary film makers want to make a film about your organisation
Students at Leeds Trinity University are currently looking to make a documentary to submit at the end of the semester before Easter, and we’d love to do it on one of the great organisations helping refugees and immigrants in Leeds! The doc would include interviews with the people who help run the organisation, as well […]
POLICY/SERVICES: Service specifications for the new Home Office Housing and Advice Contracts
The Home Office fund housing support and advice service for asylum seekers – and both of these contracts have recently been renewed. It’s been decided that the c£400 million Housing Contract for Yorkshire and Humber will pass over from G4S to Mears in September 2019 [Migration Yorkshire’s Press release] and the c£100 million Advice Contract […]
EVENT: EU Exit Awareness Session – 12th Feb, Leeds City Museum
The Central and Eastern European Network of British Embassies (Austria, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Croatia, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia) in conjunction with the Home Office and Department for Exiting the EU invite citizens of these countries based in the UK to an EU Exit awareness evening in Leeds. This session will provide information about the […]
ESOL: Level 1 Certificate in Developing Skills for Employment (Free) Literacy and Numeracy support
Free Employability and workplace focused ESOL course for migrants in Leeds The project will start in Feb 2019 and finish 30th June 2019 The venue will be Leeds central library-Municipal Buildings, Calverley Street, Leeds, LS1 3AB. The course days will be Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday 10am-4pm. The project will be an ESOL Level 1 course for migrants (EU or/and non EU) over […]
RESEARCH: Trafficked person interviews for university research
Dr Hannah Lewis of Sheffield university: “Are you in touch with someone with experiences of support from services for trafficked persons? We are seeking people who are willing to be interviewed about the support they received from anti-trafficking groups (religious and non-religious). The interviews form one part of the University of Sheffield and Leeds ESRC-funded study Apr […]