Refugee and Asylum Seeker Support Migrant Help telephone advice and guidance for asylum support, and repairs issues is now open 24/7 – 0808 8010 503 Refugee Council’s Telephone infoline – 0808 196 7272 Meeting Point’s drop ins focus on providing food, clothing and a warm, friendly social space for refugees and asylum seekers. Monday […]
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FREE Data equipped Digital Tablets for Men in Leeds – from Barca-Leeds
Men’s Health Unlocked, a new city-wide network funded by The National Lottery Community Fund to tackle men’s health inequalities, delivered in partnership by Forum Central, Feel Good Factor, Touchstone and Barca-Leeds. More details about the whole project can be found here, but at Barca-Leeds we will be co-ordinating ‘Unlock Online’; an initiative that will provide 100 […]
Developments in Greater Leeds – “Welcome to Bradford”
Excellent new website from Refugee Action, Bradford City of Sanctuary and Solidaritech It takes the best of helpinleeds.com, newtoleeds.org.uk and transitionguide.org.uk and mashes them into the remarkable https://welcomebradford.org/ We hear the Leeds City Council have big plans for New To Leeds/Transition Guide since taking them back in-House, so let’s hope they’re watching and taking notes […]
Support resources for RAS focused organisations during C-19 – from Refugee Action and NACCOM
An early Christmas present from Refugee Action and NACCOM This Roundup document aims to provide clear signposting to existing support available across various topics to help enhance organisational capacity. Each section contains direct links to resources, including toolkits, templates, reports and webinars which are freely accessible: Finance Strategy and Governance Human Resources Management and Leadership […]
Temporary Accommodation Handbook – Refugee Action December 2020
Refugee Action has prepared a Temporary Accommodation Handbook in collaboration with Asylum Matters, Immigration Law Practitioner’s Association (ILPA), DPG Law and others. The Handbook aims to provide practical guidance, resources, and support for organisations working with people residing in hotels and barracks. It can be accessed here: https://bit.ly/ta-handbook This is a collaborative document and we […]
2 New Resources of the Week
The Unique Selling Point of the LMP Blog is that it is always focused on Leeds and always focuses on Migration. There are loads of other Blogs and sites (eg migrantinfohub.org.uk that cover national issues, campaigns and offer advice etc. But, it’s been ages since we posted any resources of the week, and a few […]
Accessing digital resources – support for individuals
via Nick at Chapeltown Citizens’ Advice The support for individuals page on the 100% Digital Leeds website is your first stop when looking to signpost people to digital support, whether they’re wanting help to do something digitally, want to develop their skills, or need access to a device or wifi/data. Our pages are regularly updated as […]
Asylum Matter’s Fortnightly C-19 Briefing 10th November 2020
By Jon from LASSN on 13th November 2020 in Activism & Campaigning, Jobs, Policy & Research, Resource
via Mary at Asylum Matters Ongoing advocacy Research and reports Home Office and Government developments Resources and what we’ve been reading Events, jobs and training Ongoing advocacy Asylum Support Rates As you will have heard, ministers have completed the latest review of asylum support rates and are increasing payments by just 3p a week, to […]
New translated guide to banking – Nov 2020
Refugee Council has recently published a ‘Guide to Banking’, available in the following languages (click here for translations): English Arabic Farsi Kurdish Tigrinya Pashto The guide covers the following: how bank accounts work in the UK, the documents that banks require applicants to provide, how to make an application for a new account and tips […]
Refugee Council Infoline: 0808 196 7272
The Refugee Council are delivering a freephone Infoline across England. The Refugee Council’s Infoline aims to connect refugees and people seeking asylum with organisations who can help. This is a short term project to support people during the Covid-19 pandemic. Our Infoline launched on the 1st October 2020 in response to the needs of refugees […]
Mafwa Theatre Mental Health Resource
Hello folks, We thought we would share our mental health resource which we share with the Mafwa Theatre group every couple of months. We’ve tried to strip back as much information as possible to make it as accessible as possible. If any women you know could do with a mental health boost, our weekly drama […]
The UK asylum and immigration system during Covid-19 from Right to Remain
It’s a six and half minute summary of the current state of play for those who are interest rich and time poor. Long enough to fill a kettle boil the kettle watch the video stop watching the video and start mashing enjoy a proper brew All in under 10 minutes. Now, get that kettle on…