The Leeds Migration Map – displays the spread and diversity of new and existing communities in Leeds at a local level. It provides understanding of population changes and trends alongside wider contextual information to support the meeting of need for the diverse population of Leeds. Migration Map It’s been available on the Leeds Observatory for […]
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Resource of the week #71: patientsnotpassports.co.uk – a toolkit to help resist immigration checks and upfront charging within the NHS
We’ve just found out about https://patientsnotpassports.co.uk/ “A toolkit designed to support you in advocating for people facing charges for NHS care, and in taking action to end immigration checks and upfront charging in the NHS.” The words are from www.docsnotcops.co.uk www.medact.org www.migrantsorganise.org and the website itself is designed by the hugely wonderful @rsslldnphy who used […]
Resource of the week #70: Recruiting new Trustees
via Richard Jackson at VAL A charity that promotes board-level volunteering has produced a free to download guide to help VCSE organisations find and recruit trustees. Getting on Board’s has launched “How to recruit trustees for your charities – A practical guide” in response to research undertaken with the VCSE sector in 2017 in which: […]
Universities of Sanctuary: Email Discussion List and Updated Resource Pack
Universities of Sanctuary is a mutual support network for sharing information, learning and good practice around welcoming and supporting refugees and asylum seekers in Higher Education. Members may already be involved with the Article 26 and Universities of Sanctuary initiatives, or may simply wish to join to find out more. You can subscribe at this […]
Brexit Special – a couple of policy papers from the Institute for Government
via Richard Jackson at VAL This month the Institute for Government has published two insight reports on the impact of Brexit: “Managing migration after Brexit” looks at how the UK’s withdrawal from the EU will affect migration, sets out a case that the Home Office is not ready or able to meet the challenge of […]
Resource of the week #69: Transition Guide
Ok, we know – this was ROTW #44 back in October 2018 – but some things are too good to keep quiet about. The Transition Guide is a website aimed at Refugees who have recently been granted leave to remain in the UK to help them understand what new rights and entitlements they have, and […]
Resource of the Week #68: Useful asylum stats and info-graphics published on House of Commons Library
The House of Commons Library recently published this article that includes some helpful graphs and charts depicting up-to-date asylum statistics that could be useful as a resource for presentations, awareness raising and funding bids etc. Migration statistics: How many asylum seekers and refugees are there in the UK?
Resources: Access to University for refugees and asylum seekers from STAR, Refugee Council via Migration Yorkshire
We try not to repeat content too much on the LMP blog – but many of you may not have seen (or even remember) our previous Resource of the Week #37 #Alevels Special where we talked about Student Action for Refugees List of Scholarships. So when we saw a recent email from Liz Maddocks at […]
Faith Community Advice Following Incident in Christchurch, New Zealand—March 2015 – from UK Govt
Resource of the week #67: CIA Simple Sabotage manual
Do you go to meetings? Do they sometimes bore you witless? Have you ever considered the meeting may have been infiltrated by CIA trained Saboteurs? Click on the picture below to be taken to the whole document (which really is a declassified CIA field manual). And please share this widely with Trustees, colleagues, managers or at […]
RESOURCE: A simple guide to finding a free meeting space for your community group
Jon from LASSN writes “In times of austerity, finding free spaces to meet up can be a real challenge. We know many small groups struggle to find somewhere, so we’ve produced this little guide, based on our experiences of finding places in the past. It’s far from perfect, and far from comprehensive which is why […]
Right to Rent information – and Posting Guidance and some other useful Blogs we think you might like
Andrew from WYDAN suggested we post some info on the Right to Rent on the LMP Blog. This is a great idea, but before we give you the link – it reminded us we’ve not mentioned the LMP Blog’s Posting Policy for a while. This says “Your posts should be Simple, and short, and about 150 […]