Leeds Migration Partnership (LMP) are pleased and proud to announce our first ever wodge of funding – courtesy of the delightful people at Leeds Community Foundation and their Covid-19 Strategic Infrastructure Grants. More details will follow but we wanted to share the headlines asap. The £24.8k funding covers A whole bunch of tech for Refugee […]
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The Leeds Migration Partnership Strategy Meeting Notes – 9th September 2020
Thank you to all who attended the LMP strategy group meeting on Wednesday 9th September 2020. The board thanked Duncan Wells for representing LMP at the West Yorkshire Sub Regional Migration meeting, due to other commitments he has stepped down. However, LMP thank Ally Swaddling from PAFRAS for volunteering to represent the partnership at this […]
LMP Zoom chat Tuesday September 29th 2020 12:30-13:45
After a month off, we’ll be meeting up once again to catch-up on new developments across the sector. And what a month it has been. Since we last met Mears have opened 2 more hotels in Leeds for Asylum Seekers Home Office evictions have re-started LCC have received £1.3 Million in Next Steps funding Infection […]
Progress against LMP priorities – September 2020
As many of you know, the Leeds Migration Partnership is made up of 3 Groups The Communications Group – the people who help run this blog The Operations Group – the people who currently meet up every couple of weeks by Zoom The Strategy Group – the people who meet up every 3 months, to […]
LMP Strategy Group meeting – Wednesday 9th September 2020 10am – 12:30
It is with great pleasure that we are able to let you know that we are resuming the LMP Strategy Group meeting. There will be a brief catch up since our last Strategy Group meeting that took place in February. This will be followed by a revisit of the Strategy Group priorities and discussion of […]
LMP Zoom chat: Tuesday August 18th 2020 12:30-13:30
This week, we’ll focus on “Technology – what have we learned in the last 5 months?” Ideally this will not be a “techie” conversation, even though it’s a conversation about the use of tech. Things we might cover include What’s been helpful? What’s not? What kind of things would boost your confidence? Are the things we’re doing […]
Opportunity to represent Leeds Voluntary & Community Sector at the West Yorkshire Sub-Regional Migration Group (SRMGs)
Representative to the Strategic Regional Migration Group (SRMGs) This is a call for appointing a Leeds Voluntary and Community Sector (VCS) representative to the SRMGs. Migration Yorkshire has been working over the last 18 months to improve VCS representation at Sub Regional Strategic Migration Group meetings to ensure the voices of migrants and those supporting […]
LMP Zoom Catch Up Tuesday 4th August 2020 12:30 – 13:30
Apologies for the last-minute posting of the meeting details. This week, we’ll be focused on “Opening up – what steps are you taking to open your offices back up, and ensure the folks you know are confident and equipped to get our of the house?” Please bring examples of what you are doing, or thinking about […]
LMP Blog is unstaffed for a week 27/7/20 – 2/8/20
Just a quick note to apologise: uploads and posts may not be authorised until 2/8/20 – we’re on holiday for a week, and have forgotten to arrange cover. Any uploads between now and then will be moderated on 2/8/20 in time for the next Monday Morning Digest on 3/8/20
Back once again: the LMP Blog is back up with good news and bad news
Hello again everyone. Sorry that the Blog has been down for the last couple of days. The good news is that we’re back once again, and normal service will resume shortly-ish. The bad news is, we’ve lost all posts since the end of Feb 2020. All of it’s gone. Like the Covid thing never happened. […]
Progress against LMP Priorities Feb 2020
As you know LMP has 4 main areas of concern, which we have summarised in a plan on a page here Each time the Strategy Group Meet, we update on progress against these 4 themes. Here are the summaries of progress presented at February’s LMP Strategy meeting. If you have any questions of comments about […]
The Leeds Migration Partnership Strategy Meeting Notes – 5th February 2020
Thank you to all who attended the LMP strategy group meeting on Wednesday 5th February 2020 Thank you to Bash Uppal, Area Leader LCC for the update on the emergency accommodation crisis that emerged just before Christmas. Bash also spoke about community tension planning and the research currently taking place by the National Audit Office […]