Conversation Club Leeds continues to meet twice a week Tuesdays: The Holbeck Club, Jenkinson Lawn, LS11 9QX 1.30 – 3.30pm Thursdays: Mill Hill Chapel, City Square, LS1 5EB 1.30 – 3.30pm We give a warm welcome to all asylum seekers and refugees. What we offer can be summarised as: Language – Activities – Welfare – […]
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Advocacy Together event to promote voices of disadvantaged groups – Thursday 20th July 2023 from 10am-1pm
By The Advonet Group on 30th June 2023 in Education, Training & Work, Event, Funding, Jobs, Meeting, Services
Next month, a free event will be held in Leeds to shine a light on the voices of people from disadvantaged communities in the city. Advocacy Together is organised by The Advonet Group, a leading Leeds-based advocacy charity. The event will focus on helping people from marginalised groups in Leeds to be heard, showing how […]
Resource of the Week: Education funding options for refugees and asylum seekers 2023
It’s that time of year when people are thinking about exam results and Universities. Universities of Sanctuary maintain a comprehensive list of resources for asylum seekers and refugees who wish to access Higher Education Student Action for Refugees also list of scholarships and grants, and guides to making successful applications Lastly, Refugee Education UK have […]
Advocacy Together event: 20th July 2023 Save the date!
This summer, The Advonet Group will be hosting a free event to showcase what advocacy is all about. As part of it, three local organisations who won grants from their Advocacy Development Fund will be sharing how they are expanding their existing work in helping their communities to be heard. TransLeeds, Lippy People and MEMEC […]
Funding for Migrant Projects – a resource from Refugee Action
We don’t usually post national stuff on here, but this seemed too good to miss – a resource full of funding sources from Refugee Action’s Business Development team It’s always nice when large orgs share with smaller orgs.
Lambing in the Yorkshire Dales – 26th April 2023 (3 or 4 days after Eid-al-Fitr)
via Nick at Chapeltown CA We have a fantastic opportunity for a community group to come and experience ‘lambing time’ in the Yorkshire Dales – please share. Farmers at Gill Garth farm have kindly offered to host a group from 13:00 – 15:00 on Wednesday 26th April @ Gill Garth Farm, Selside, SETTLE, BD24 0HX […]
Community Matters Online Funding Fair- 13th – 15th March 2023
Building on the success of last year’s online funding fair when we had over 2000 bookings across the 3 days. We are doing it all again with some new exciting funders for 2023 Monday 13th March is a day for Yorkshire and Humber funders, Tuesday 14th March is a day of national funders, as is […]
Resource of the Week: 360giving (and AB Charitable Trust)
Do you volunteer or work for an org that’s looking for funding? A lot of people sell directories of grant-making bodies – but do you know some of the excellent free resources out there? For example, 360giving is an excellent website – that not only helps you to find grant-making bodies but also helps explain […]
Community Connectors Project: Supporting Pregnant Asylum Seekers & Refugees
The West Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership’s Improving Population Health and Harnessing the Power of Communities Programmes have been connecting with a range of partners across West Yorkshire to develop the WY Core20PLUS5 Community Connectors VCSE project aimed at supporting pregnant asylum seekers and refugees. The project is now open to applications from VCSE organisations […]
Opportunities for Visits to National Parks and Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty
Dear Leeds Migration Partnership I want to alert you all to a Funding Programme that may not be well known: The Farming in Protected Landscapes Programme. This is a funding programme dedicated to National Parks and AONB’s (areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty). They all have a special pot of money available for a wide range […]
Resource of the Week: Grants for households and individuals in 2022
Sourcing furniture and other stuff for a new place can be really hard on a low income – but there are many grants and sources of help available. We’ve previously posted resources like this one from 2018 but lists of this kind quickly go out of date – so here’s a more recent summary from […]
Running a drop in? Asda are offering grants to organisations to help with energy costs
Asda are providing Grants to support organisations struggling with energy costs which may be useful for those of you running drop in spaces that are hoping to stay open longer as Warm hubs: https://www.asdafoundation.org/how-to-apply This grant is designed to support the increased running costs groups will face between September 2022 and February 2023, including rent […]