This content was stolen from City of Sanctuary’s October Newsletter British Future and Hope not Hate have recently published their final report on ‘The National Conversation on Immigration’ – the biggest-ever public consultation on immigration and integration. City of Sanctuary have posted a brilliant summary if its findings on their website – but if you want […]
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Newcomers to Leeds in 2017
“A short statistics overview for people who plan or deliver services, and are planning for migrants who are the newest arrivals to Leeds.” Click on the infographic for the full report. There’s an excellent set of links on p8
Report: “A quiet crisis: local government spending on disadvantage”
A short report notable for showing low little Asylum Support costs Local Authorities – in the overall scheme of things. A link to the main website can be found here https://www.npi.org.uk/publications/local-government/quiet-crisis/ Key findings here
Selective Licensing Consultation: Beeston and Harehills
Leeds City Council is thinking about introducing Selective Licensing schemes in parts of Beeston and Harehills to help improve the area and benefit everyone. Local authorities are able to introduce Selective Licensing to make sure private rented homes are well managed by landlords, to allow tenants to live in a comfortable and secure home. Please […]
LMP Blog Summary: October 2017- July 2018
The LMP Blog has now been running 10 months – since October 2017. Here’s a short summary of what’s been happening on the blog, and in particular what’s been popular, and who’s been looking at the website. We thought we’d post this here, as well as taking it along to the next LMP Strategy and […]
Specification for project evaluation: Big Lottery – Help Through Crisis project in Y&H
We are looking for independent consultants to help us evaluate the next stage of the Big Lottery – Help Through Crisis project in Y&H led by ASAP and delivered in partnership with PAFRAS, British Red Cross, Open Doors and Solace. Please see the specification for full details. Any questions – contact Kat Lorenz Director at […]
Leeds City Council – Homelessness strategy questionnaire
At Leeds Housing Options we are updating our Homelessness Strategy and we really value your views and input; the strategy is being framed around the following themes: Minimising rough sleeping Maximising homelessness prevention Continue to develop supported housing provision Minimising youth homelessness Focus on priority groups The strategy will be launched on 10th of October, […]
Resource of the week #23: Imix media and communications toolkit
via Andrea at Asylum matters Imix have produced media and communications toolkits to help organisations better understand how to get across your message via the media and digital channels. The media toolkit looks at general principles for working with the media, how to draft press releases, secure interviews and prepare as a spokesperson. There […]
Expert Consultation Invite – Social Venture School+ 22nd May (Bradford)
“At Participate we offer support to new-start social ventures through our Social Venture School. We try and find people in the community who have ideas for social change. We have supported 91 people to start a social venture over the past few years and given out over £35, 000 in seed funding. We truly believe […]
MCP Report. Rights without Remedies: Legal aid and access to justice for children
This report demonstrates the impact of the 2013 legal aid cuts on immigration, family and education law, and provides recommendations to the government to take steps to address this impact. It highlights that alternates to legal aid are not working, and without funding for legal advice, children and young people have been left homeless, without legal […]
Resource of the week #8: Women for Refugee Women
Women for Refugee Women have a great archive, with some important research exploring the experiences of women in Immigration Detention. http://www.refugeewomen.co.uk/research/ Very useful sources of information and statistics relating to women asylum seekers. Theseare not easy reads
Access and experiences of mental health crisis care services in Leeds by black and minority ethnic communities
via John Halshall at Touchstone Here a short report about the learning and information-sharing event on 11th December about access and experiences of mental health crisis care services in Leeds by black and minority ethnic communities. The event report summarises what participants recorded during the event, arranged by theme: What is working well (pages 2 […]