Many of our orgs are approached by people wanting to hear refugees or asylum seekers to talk about their experiences. Please see and share this guidance which was developed in consultation with the [City of] Sanctuary Ambassador network to ensure that invitations for people with lived experience to speak are positive and constructive experiences for all those […]
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Donations for Afghan Refugees 1st October 2021
By Samantha Powell on behalf of Safer Stronger Communities Team, LCC on 1st October 2021 in Resource
The Afghanistan Citizens’ Resettlement Scheme is the UK Government’s new bespoke resettlement route to provide protection for vulnerable people fleeing Afghanistan. The government aims to welcome up to a total of 20,000 refugees “in the long-term”. As a compassionate city Leeds City Council are already working alongside other councils across the region as part of […]
Asylum Matters Update, 2nd September 2021
By Jon from LASSN on 3rd September 2021 in Activism & Campaigning, C-19, Destitution, Reports & Research, Resource
Ongoing advocacy Afghanistan crisis Under the Afghan Relocation and Assistance Policy (ARAP) resettlement scheme, at least 8000 people have been evacuated from Kabul airport since 13 August. Following public pressure, on the 17th August the UK Government also announced the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme (ACRS), which will resettle 20,000 Afghan refugees over five years, with […]
Resource of the Week: Guidance for MPs doing Immigration casework
via Jamie Saunders Leeds is full of MPs who want to help people who’ve fled their countries because they fear for their safety – and most MPs will already be aware of the following guidance That said, it deserves an audience greater than the 650 odd folks who sit in the Commons, because it is […]
Leeds Stands with Afghanistan – what you can do to show support
This document has been put together in haste – following a discussion at Tuesday’s LMP Ops meeting – so apologies to any orgs who have been missed out. It’s inspired by/rips off of a document produced last week by Sheffield City of Sanctuary. Thank you to them for letting us steal the idea/format All the […]
Fact sheets about routes into the UK for people in Afghanistan
Stop press: 03/09/21 – If you know of Afghan people in Leeds who need help with applications for themsleves, or to help friends and family back home, Manuel Bravo really want to help. They are coordinating efforts from legal firms across the city to help complete applications. They really want to help from the start […]
Digital Ways of Women Centred Working – Good Practice from WomenCentre
WomenCentre would like to share with you our newly launched report Digital Ways of Women Centred Working that brings together good practice principles for work with women migrants. The report shares practical, tangible examples of the adaption of services and support for digital, remote and blended ways of working. The learning brought together in the […]
Resource of the week: Culturally specific Bereavement Resources
At the last LMP Chat, we had a discussion of funeral arrangements for people who die without family or friends. As well as providing training to community groups, Leeds Bereavement Forum have an excellent online directory of resources – groups and organisations who can help to support friends, families and agencies as well. They have […]
Minutes from WYSRMG Meeting on 9th June 2021
Hi all, Please see minute attached from the West Yorks Sub Regional Migration Group meeting which took place on 9th June 2021.
Resource of the week: Too much information? Let the Refugee Council help
There’s so much changing at the moment, it’s hard to keep track. Refugee Council continue to produce excellent briefings – like this one which summarises all the main policy changes. Other summaries are available, obv, but this is quite excellent, and we commend it to you. Refugee Council continue to produce excellent briefings – like […]
Free tablets with data available to gift to Unpaid Carers accessing Leeds Community Healthcare services – 14 TABLETS STILL AVAILABLE
As part of Leeds Community Healthcare (LCH) charitable funds, Leeds Community Healthcare have a small number of digital devices with data available to enable the digital inclusion of unpaid carers in Leeds. The digital inclusion project is designed for unpaid carers who either access LCH services for themselves or care for someone who accesses LCH […]
Resource of the Week: My Bright Kite’s resources for young people
My Bright Kite is a specialist not-for-profit organisation working to improve the wellbeing and inclusion of young refugees. Nola – from MBK – is off on Maternity Leave right now (according to the website) but in her absence, My Bright Kite have published a whole heap of resources. “Access our free children in migration and […]