Dr. Sana Ahmadzai writes “The International Committee for Rehabilitation Aid to Afghanistan (ICRAA) is an award wining charity based here in Leeds that works for the welfare of Afghan people particularly refugees and displaced persons. We need help from volunteers with achieving our objectives in 2019 and beyond. Below are some of the volunteer positions […]
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Dates and Times of LMP Meetings for 2019
Strategy Group – Venue: Oak House Key contacts: Ruth Davany, PAFRAS and Daniel Mundet, Path Yorkshire [email protected] Next meeting: Wednesday 16th January 2019 10:00 – 12:00 Wednesday 15th May 2019 Wednesday 11th September 2019 Wednesday 27th November 2019 Time: 10:00 – 12:00 (though we have the room booked from 09:00 -13:00) Operations Group – Venue: One Community Centre Key […]
FOOD AID: Soup and more at Christmas and New Year
(and don’t forget the other food aid options this Christmas)
Resource of the week #56: What’s happening in Leeds over Christmas?
Being far from home can be a bit rubbish, especially around Christmas time when everyone else is having fun. Here are some resources we hope you find helpful Food – The fabulous Leeds Food Aid network have published a list of all the places offering free food and welcome that they know about in addition, […]
Season’s Greetings from the Leeds Migration Partnership
Just a quickie to say thank you to everyone who contributes to the Leeds Migration Partnership, to all our members, organisers, accomplices, attendees, collaborators, co-conspirators and well-wishers. We won’t be posting for a couple of weeks, but you can expect us back at the start of 2019. Sadly we didn’t have time to design a […]
Polish Carol Service at Mill Hill Chapel, 23rd December 2018
Next Sunday evening (23rd December) at @MillHillChapel there’s a Christmas Carols service for the Polish community in #Leeds
Leeds Migration Map – the best, most useful map of Leeds ever created (about migration)
It’s not much of a hyperbole. This map which featured as Resource of the Week #27 can really help you if you are involved in trying to understand the impact of migration on Leeds trying to marshal resources to help migrants in Leeds helping migrants settle in Leeds Even 5 minutes spent with this web app […]
FUNDING: EU Citizens – Home Office Grant Scheme
The Home Office is pleased to announce the launch of up to £9 million of grant funding, available to voluntary and community sector (VCS) organisations to help vulnerable or at-risk EU citizens needing additional support when applying for the EU Settlement Scheme (EUSS). Ensuring that vulnerable or at-risk EU citizens and their families are supported […]
Reports and policy documents discussed at the Leeds Strategic Migration Board: Joint Strategic Assessment, EU Settlement Scheme, and Citizens’s rights in the event of a no deal Brexit
LMP reps attended the Strategic Migration Board on 14th December (See “How does LMP influence things?“) where a number of important policy papers were discussed in some detail. We’ll circulate the papers from this meeting as soon as we are gioven permission to do so. For the time being, here are some of the papers […]
Asylum Matters – campaigns update – Health Charging, Right to work, BRC Refugee Move On Report,
Regular readers will remember that every once in a while we lift huge chunks of info from Asylum Matters’ Updates. The last one – sent out on 13th December – is an absolute corker, so we’ve just cut and pasted it below*. We don’t really cover national news like this at LMP – so perhaps it […]
Performing Britain – can you help with the Advisory Committee
Performing Britain is a 24-hour performance marathon taking place on the day Britain leaves the EU: March 29th 2019. Performances will take place around Mabgate and ask what is British culture after Brexit? The performance will end in a communal feast at St. Aidan’s Church. As part of the project we will be putting on […]
FUNDING: LCC Language Hub Funding Now Open!
Leeds City Council Communities Team are pleased to let you know the Language Hub funding opportunity is now open for applications. The funding is for up to £5000 for volunteer-led activities which bring people together from different communities to support English language learning. It is intended for activity rather than classroom based learning so could […]