When? Wednesday 19th June 2019, 9.00am – 3.00pm Where? The Banquet Suite, Civic Hall, Leeds This event, hosted by Leeds City Council and West Yorkshire Police will focus on the role of faith communities during times of crisis such as a terror attack, a health pandemic or a natural disaster as well as the support […]
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Bradford City of Sanctuary AGM – 12th June
When? Wednesday 12th June 2019 – 18:00 to 19.30PM Where? The Millside Centre,131 Grattan Road, Bradford BD1 2HS featuring the inspiring Voices short film, created for Bradford’s CoS 10th anniversary last October. Sara Trewhitt, Regional City of Sanctuary Coordinator for Yorks & Humber, will be bringing news of many exciting developments across the region and […]
Gypsy Roma Traveller History Month Celebration Event
Leeds is proud to be a compassionate and child friendly city where culture and diversity is both important and celebrated. Please join us to celebrate and recognise the contribution children, young people and their families from our Gypsy, Roma and Traveller [GRT] communities make towards Leeds ambitions and aspirations for children and young people. This […]
Nari Ekta Open Day 4th July
Nari Ekta ‘Step to Success’ project have a number of free training courses available to women and are holding an open day on the 4th of July. There are a variety of training sessions being offered – for more information see the attached flyer. Nari Ekta is a first gateway for Ethnic Minority women offering […]
Arts Together’s timetable of activities for Refugee Week 2019
Arts Together, is a citywide arts engagement project which aims to open up a wide range of opportunities from across Leeds and beyond to groups and organisations that work with people that might normally face barriers (financial, social, health, etc.) to engaging with the arts. The project is currently in a six-month development phase and […]
New Roots – Calendar of events for June
New Roots Leeds an integration service for refugees delivered in partnership between RETAS, Refugee Council and PATH Yorkshire. This is the first of our published monthly timetables. If you have any queries, please contact [email protected]
Lift the Ban: Come and welcome BEACON at Kirkstall Abbey on 19th June as they #WalkForWork to lift the ban on asylum seekers working
Step out in solidarity with asylum seekers and join BEACON Bradford for a day of activism and exercise! Walk for Work is a sponsored walk from Bradford to Leeds raising awareness of the campaign to Lift the Ban on the right to work for asylum seekers. The impact on asylum seekers of not being able […]
To and Fro: at Leeds City Museum 19th – 21st June 2019
Join us for a launch of To & Fro, on display at Leeds City Museum from 19th – 21st June as part of Leeds Refugee Week. The launch will include a short performance, a short film screening and a chance to meet the creators and curators of the exhibition. Launch event including performance, spoken word and […]
Celebrating Refugees in Leeds: 1918-2018 – An exhibition at Leeds Central Library
What? Celebrating Refugees in Leeds: 1918-2018 – an exhibition When? from the 11th of June 2019 til the 21st of June 2019 – and an opening event on the 11th from 5-6pm in the Gott Room Where? The exhibition will take place in the foyer of the local and family history department of Leeds Central […]
Arts without Borders – Free Party 20th June 2019
Open Source Arts are celebrating Refugee Week ‘19 with a mixed-arts event on Thursday 20th June, featuring informative Talks, Crafts, Live Music, YouTube Disco, Dancing, and free Food. A #PAYF (Pay As You Feel) celebration bringing together asylum seekers, refugees, their friends, family and allies in order to rejoice the cultural contribution these groups have […]
Leeds Volunteering Fayre – 25th June 2019
An opportunity to find out about all the volunteering opportunities across Leeds. When? 25th June – 12:00 – 17:00 Where? The Event Space, Kirkgate Market, Leeds, LS2 7JL
Employability Workshops with PATH Yorkshire starting 30th May 2019
EMPLOYABILITY WORKSHOPS WITH PATH YORKSHIRE As part of the New Roots project, PATH Yorkshire running 3 employability workshops over the next few weeks on Job Searching, CVs and Application Forms and Interview Skills on the following dates: 30th May – Job search 13th June – CVs and application forms 20th June – Interview Skills Please see […]