What? Workshops for Asylum Activists 1.30pm For people interested in getting involved in the phone support project https://leedsnoborders.wordpress.com/signing-detention-support/ 2-3pm For current phone support volunteers (& new volunteers who came to 1.30pm session) 3.15pm For people interested in getting involved in anti raids support https://antiraids.net/about/ Please bring food/snacks to share if you can 🙂 When? Sunday, 26 January […]
Archive | Event
Give a Gift presents Ladies Social group
What? Give a Gift presents a Ladies social group – by women, for women When? Every Tuesday 11.30 – 1pm Where? Roundhay Road Resource Centre All women are welcome
LASSN’s party for everyone, Thursday 16th January at The Holbeck
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The Heart of Hairdressers Women’s Event
The Heart of hairdressers are holding a free make over event for women. There will be guest speakers and food and drink, so feel free to pop along. The event will be held: · Time: Tuesday 17th December 2019 at 10am – 3pm · Venue: 1st Floor, 63 Whitfield Gardens, LS10 2QD
West Yorkshire Police Multi Cultural Policing Careers Events: 28th November and 3rd December
What? West Yorkshire Police welcome those from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds, including family members to find out more about our current and upcoming job opportunities. Come and discuss the many different career paths available and learn about the application process. There will be representatives from various police and staff roles. Where? Infinity Leeds, […]
RESET Yorkshire Community Sponsorship Networking Event, 25th Nov 17.30-19.30
From RESET Communities and Refugees Community Sponsorship empowers people across the UK to welcome refugees into their local communities and support them as they rebuild their lives in safety. Up and down the country, communities have made the amazing decision to welcome and support a refugee family. Community Sponsorship Groups make a formal commitment to […]
HERE FOR LIFE Screening at Everyman Leeds following by Q&A 11th November 18:15 & 12 November 10:45
On Monday 11th November at 18:15 pm, Leeds Film Festival will host a Q&A with one of the filmmakers. A second screening of the film will be held on and Tuesday 12 November at 10:45 am Sight and Sound have described this as “a film that genuinely seems to get under London’s skin”. The film is a blend of documentary, poetry […]
2 day seminar on ESOL at Leeds University – 29th and 30th November
A two-day seminar at the University of Leeds to explore current issues for the field of English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL), adult migrants in the UK learning the dominant language of their new home. It is now ten years since the end of the Skills for Life policy and with it, the withdrawal […]
Migration and the City: Imagining and Making Urban Lives – 22nd November
Researchers from the University of Leeds in collaboration with LASSN and Touchstone are looking for new residents in Leeds to participate in a creative workshop as part of their research project: “Migration and the City: Imagining and Making Urban Lives” Where: The Holbeck (the oldest social club in Britain!) * Jenkinson Lawn, Holbeck Leeds LS119QX When: […]
EU Settlement Scheme: free Home Office pop up event, 30th October 2019
Via Henriette Mahamane, Leeds Migration Support Coordinator You are invited to the EU Settlement Scheme pop up event in Leeds, where the Home Office will be on-hand to provide information about the EU Settlement Scheme to local residents and organisations. What is the EU Settlement Scheme? If you are an EU citizen, you and your […]
MIgration Yorkshire’s VCS Engagement Day – 5 November 2019, Leeds
Migration Yorkshire are happy to invite you a Yorkshire and Humber VCS Engagement Day on 5 November 2019 in Leeds. This event is aimed at voluntary and community organisations supporting migrants. The event will review the progress since the last VCS Engagement Day in May 2019, and engage on a variety of issues including AAST […]
Exhibition: A City and its Welcome: Three Centuries of Migrating to Leeds
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. […]