Yorkshire Integration Festival Update The Yorkshire Integration Festival is coming to Millennium Square in Leeds on 24 September 2022! The festival is a family event for refugees and other migrants, and all our communities in the Yorkshire and Humber region. It will feature music, dance and other performances, international food, art installations, stalls for local […]
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Woodhouse Refugee Culture Share Cafe
Starting from Monday 4th July 10am – 12pm, local volunteers Rahel & Selam will be hosting weekly sessions at The Woodhouse Community Centre where refugees are able to share something about their culture, whether that’s a dish, a dance, a dress or anything else. If you are a refugee or an asylum seeker and there […]
Refugee Support Grant, for local communities supporting refugees
[Ed: originally posted on VAL website in April, but we’d not heard of it til this week ;o)] Refugee Support Grant Asda’s charity, Asda Foundation, is committed to supporting local communities through grant giving. In light of the recent conflict in Ukraine the Asda Foundation is providing grants to better support refugees joining communities across the […]
Mothers’ refugee support group – Fridays 11am at Armley Community Hub
Free badminton sessions for refugees and asylum seekers, with The Bad Mittens – launching on Sunday 19 June, 2pm til 3pm
The Bad Mittens (the LGBT+ inclusive badminton group) are launching some free badminton sessions: no experience or equipment needed! Launching on Sunday 19 June, 2pm til 3pm Subsequently every 1st & 3rd Sunday of the month (2pm til 3pm) Armley Leisure Centre These are social non competitive sessions so no experience required Players will be […]
LMP Online Meeting: Ukraine special – 5th May 2022 from 11:30 – 12:30
By Samantha Powell on behalf of Safer Stronger Communities Team, LCC on 22nd April 2022 in LMP, Meeting, Safety & Inclusion, Ukraine
The government has put in place arrangements for local authorities to implement and deliver on the Home for Ukraine scheme. Since the launch, Leeds City Council has been developing systems and processes in line with government guidance to deliver this scheme at a local level. So LMP are hosting a special online meeting, to enable […]
Job: Get paid to help the Independent Office for Police Conduct do better at working with diverse populations – deadline 16th April 22
Do you want to make a difference and get paid while doing it? If the answer is yes, then the IOPC Aspiring Professionals Programme may be for you! What is your identity and what are your characteristics? Are you Black, South Asian or do you belong to another ethnic minority? Do you consider yourself to […]
Get Set Leeds Opportunities – new sports & resource sessions
via Alex at Migration Yorkshire
Meeting about support to people living in Hotels – Friday 11th March 16:30-17:30
By Jon from LASSN on 28th February 2022 in Education, Training & Work, Health, LMP, Meeting, Safety & Inclusion, Volunteers
Adapted from an email by Duncan at Refugee Council Over the past few weeks we have spoken with a number of partners about the growing number of people (mainly single men) who are being accommodated in hotels in Leeds whilst they wait for a decision on their asylum claim from the Home Office. Since the […]
Information event for Roma people living in Leeds – 12pm Compton Centre, 12th March 2022
Recent flyers from Bahar Women’s Association: ESOL, After School Club and much much more – Nov 21
By Jon from LASSN on 5th November 2021 in Education, Training & Work, ESOL, Health, Safety & Inclusion, Services
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; […]