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Leeds Prevent Newsletter October 2021
By Samantha Powell on behalf of Safer Stronger Communities Team, LCC on 7th October 2021 in Safety & Inclusion
Leeds Prevent Communities Newsletter is produced bi-monthly by the Leeds Prevent Team. The newsletter is designed to keep you up to-date with current information in respect to safeguarding against radicalisation, key policies, strategic updates, funding, training and good practice. This monthly newsletter highlights a Community Roundtable event on Wednesday 8th December; the situation in Afghanistan; […]
Leeds Dads Autumn Forest School: free places available for asylum seekers
Leeds Dads are teaming up with TOES (Tiny Outdoor Explorers) to offer a free outdoor Forestry Activity session on Saturday mornings at Meanwood Valley Farm. There are 2 sessions each day – Saturday 9th & Saturday 16th October. The first session runs from 9:45am-11am and the 2nd session is 11:45am-1pm. 3 family places are being reserved for each session, […]
Leeds City Council working towards becoming a Council of Sanctuary
Dear Leeds, We are very happy to share that Leeds City Council have committed to joining the City of Sanctuary LA Network and working towards becoming a Council of Sanctuary. The City of Sanctuary Local Authority Network aims :- To support the development of a network of local authorities that are working towards the City […]
LMP Strategy Group: Wednesday 8th September 2021 10am -12pm
By Jon from LASSN on 1st September 2021 in Education & Work, Health, Housing, LMP, Meeting, Safety & Inclusion
Come along and make YOUR priorities a priority for LMP. “The most enjoyable strategy meeting you’ll attend this side of Christmas. No grids or Red Amber Green traffic light ratings. No Key Performance Indicators or milestones, and no-one hassling you to do stuff you’re not that bothered about” The Agenda and joining instructions can be found […]
Migration and the far right – Briefing from Hope Not Hate
By Jon from LASSN on 6th August 2021 in Activism & Campaigning, Opinion, Reports & Research, Safety & Inclusion
Lots in the news about boats, numbers, smugglers and French police. Here’s a trustworthy source of info from Hope Not Hate – that may help to provide some useful context
Message from Mears regarding communication with new arrivals – w/c 7th June 2021
Following the recent trend of seeing groups of Vietnamese service users leave hotels shortly after arrival, I would like to share with you some information regarding what is currently on going in order to discourage this from happening and to then identify these people if it does. A working group has been set up to […]
Leeds Hardship Fund for Destitute Asylum Seekers – Steering Group 10am 11th June 2021
As discussed at the last LMP catch-up meeting – Steering Group Members need to decide if the Hardship Fund has a role to play in easing destitution in Leeds over Summer 2021. Please find attached the Hardship Arrangements for 2020-21 – (how people accessed it last year) the report for the last winter 2020-2021 and […]
New Safety Survey from Women Friendly Leeds, May 2021
By Samantha Powell on behalf of Safer Stronger Communities Team, LCC on 19th May 2021 in Safety & Inclusion
This week, Women Friendly Leeds launched our Safety Survey. We are excited to share that in the space of a few days, we have already received hundreds of responses, telling us that safety in Leeds is a central issue for you all. If you’ve not yet filled in this survey and can spare 10 minutes, please take […]
Voluntary Action Leeds – Developing Strategic Leadership in Underrepresented Communities Project – June 21
Voluntary Action Leeds Part of the Developing Strategic Leadership in Underrepresented Communities Project, this training course is made up of five separate sessions. You will be required to attend all sessions to complete the course. Developing Strategic Leadership in Underrepresented Communities Project This programme is an exciting opportunity for organisations who want to be […]
UPDATED LMP Zoom Chat Tuesday 20th April 2021 12:30 – 14:30
this article has been updated from the original posted at 13:18 on 16th April 2021 This session led by Shafir from West Yorkshire Trading Standards on Scams and fraud Education The link is here Zoom Meeting https://zoom.us/j/98681443983?pwd=aHJ4d3RYaEFKUDFqNC91NWpDSThzdz09 Meeting ID: 986 8144 3983 Passcode: 245173 The training will last for 2 hours, not 1.25 hours as […]
LMP Zoom Catch Up Tuesday 6th April 2021 12:30-13:45
By Jon from LASSN on 6th April 2021 in C-19, Education & Work, Health, Housing, LMP, Meeting, Online, Safety & Inclusion
Apologies for the lack of notice – although we’ve been running these for over a year we forgot that there was one coming up after the Bank Holiday Join us for our fortnightly lunchtime session. Where we have a general chat about what’s up in Leeds check-in with one another share new developments As usual, […]