LRF is organizing a half day basic bookkeeping training to support refugee Community Organisations and small groups. “This training is designed round using excel and aims to meet the needs of Refugee Community Organisations and Small Groups and to get new committee members familiar with financial management. The training will be run by WYCAS and […]
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Jobs: Senior Roles Available at Advonet
Job title: Advocacy Director Hours: 37.5 per week Salary: £35,000 per annum Advonet is a Leeds based charity that provides independent advocacy to people facing disadvantage, to enable individuals to have their voices and needs understood and their rights respected. Advonet provides a range of advocacy support, including statutory advocacy under the Mental Health Act […]
Job: NACCOM Grants & Admin Officer (p/t)
NACCOM are recruiting a part time Grants and Administration Officer. For more information please visit their website Deadline: 14th March 2018
GRT Outreach & Inclusion Team Newsletter
Here’s the latest Newsletter from the GRT Outreach & Inclusion Team. The team can work with any Gypsy Roma Traveller family with children and young people aged 0-19, with the purpose of achieving the outcomes set out in the Children and Young People’s Plan; specifically that all children and young people do well at all […]
Whimsical resource of the week #10: http://unspeakableness.net/
This isn’t really anything to do with Migration or Leeds. It’s about the untranslatableness of emotions into [English] words. If you like this graphic, there’s loads more of this kind of whimsy at http://unspeakableness.net/
Film: “Calais children – a case to answer” – simultaneous screenings in Leeds/Wakefield 6th March
This come in via the internet. If any of “the local support groups helping refugees” want to get in touch , we’ll add your names to this post “As the Calais jungle was set to be razed in October 2016, there were over 1900 unaccompanied minors stranded there – many of whom had a legal case […]
Blog of the Week: Foreigners in UK
As you know, LMP are very keen not to duplicate content from other mailing lists and websites, and try and point in you in the direction of places you might no have heard of http://foreignersinuk.co.uk/ may sound like an offshoot of Migrationwatch but turns out to be an informative portal on all things migration-related from legal […]
Call for Evidence for the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration – Asylum Accommodation Inquiry – DEADLINE 25th February
ICIBI Call for Evidence : Asylum Accommodation The Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration is currently gathering evidence for an inquiry into asylum accommodation. They have recently put a call out for written evidence, asking for interested parties to submit evidence to the ICIBI by the 25th February 2018. This is a great opportunity to […]
Leeds City of Sanctuary Open Evening to help volunteers find the right asylum or refugee project for them
Want to know how you can volunteer with refugees/asylum seekers in Leeds ? Want to know what opportunities are out there? Then our Volunteer Information Session is for you! Monday 26th February, 6-7pm Oak House, Park Lane, Leeds. LS3 1EL Our session is to help people: Find out about organisations supporting refuge and asylum in Leeds […]
Women of Palestine – the Ongoing Nakba (catastrophe)
The largest and longest-standing group of refugees in the world are Palestinians. We invite any Leeds refugee/asylum seeker groups who would like a stall or to provide literature to display at this International Women’s Day event to get in touch. Please help to promote the event which is open to all.
Free workshop by ‘These Walls Must Fall’ – campaign to shut detention centres Thursday 15th February
via Leeds No Borders Free workshop by ‘These Walls Must Fall’ -campaign to shut detention centres Thursday 15th February 17:30 – 19:30 40 Sholebroke Avenue, LS7 3HB https://www.facebook.com/events/535273020180057/ Right to Remain are coming to Leeds to run a workshop in Leeds next Thursday 17.30-19.30pm as part of their These Walls Must Fall campaign around detention. http://detention.org.uk/ […]
Leeds LGBT+ Mapping Project launches new report for LGBT+ History Month – ‘Spotlight on Racism’
via forum central The report responds to the findings of Leeds LGBT+ Mapping Projects’ research which found that racism was a priority concern for many in Leeds. Leeds LGBT+ Mapping Project has conducted a short piece of research to scratch at the surface of BME LGBT+ experience in Leeds. This brief report is a summary […]