The Refugee Support team in West Yorkshire will be closed to new referrals from Monday 26th September for one week. We will re-open on Monday 3rd of October. Please feel free to reach out with any queries or questions. Susan Morley Refugee Support Service Manager | West Yorkshire British Red Cross | Bradbury House, Unit […]
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Call out for activity at Roxby Community Garden
Roxby Community Garden is an amazing new Garden of Sanctuary and public events space in the heart of Lincoln Green, perfect for installations, public Engagement and low tech presentations. Mafwa Theatre are working alongside local residents to transform a disused playground into a garden for all. When completed, the Roxby Community Garden will be available […]
updating helpinleeds.com
helpinleeds.com has been going since 2015, and is currently being updated. helpinleeds.com is a directory of support for refugees, asylum seekers and other migrants, and lists more than 200 agencies that help people in Leeds. Over the next few weeks, we will be updating the website, including changing the front page – to make it […]
Manuel Bravo’s Legal Aid presentation to the LMP strategy group – 14th July 2022
Becky Rayment, Chief Executive of Manuel Bravo, shared a presentation with the LMP strategy group on the 14th July (see the attached presentation below). Key highlights of the presentation include: An overview of legal aid advice in Leeds Information on how to find a solicitor and access legal advice The partnership agreed to take forward […]
Schools in England Information Pack for Families from Hong Kong
Seven Springs Education have created this free Schools in England Information Pack for Hong Kong families with detailed information in English and Chinese on the UK education system, communication between parents and schools, homework expectations, extra-curriculars and much more. They provide fee-paying services as well, but this resource is free
Heatwave resources in Leeds – 18th & 19th July 2022
The following support is available to any rough sleepers/ people who can’t find shade St Anne’s resource centre will be open 8am – 8pm Monday and Tuesday, water, sun cream and shaded areas St George’s Crypt will be open Monday and Tuesday 11am – 6pm, water, sun cream , food and cool spaces (has air […]
Working with interpreters in a mental health setting – online workshop Weds July 20th 2022
Solace has places left on our zoom workshop Wednesday 20th July 2022. It would be great for anyone who wants to learn some practical tips for working with interpreters in a mental health setting. It’s free and you can sign up on our website. Details below and on the attached flyer.
Online resources for Ukrainian Refugees in Leeds – July 2022
Here’s a round up of the best resources out there for both Ukrainian Refugees and people supporting them. Resources in Leeds Leeds Ukrainian Community Centre – facebook page Leeds City Council – “Find more information about the help being offered, where to go for advice and how Leeds residents can get involved.” brings together all […]
Free computers from Solidaritech
To celebrate Refugee Week, Solidaritech are offering free computers to members of Leeds Migration Partnership, and anybody else supporting Asylum Seekers or Refugees in Yorkshire and Humber. The computers are wi-fi ready, Core i5 with 8gb of RAM, and come with Windows 10 installed, so they’re perfect for people looking to study, find work or […]
5 Ways to Wellbeing Grant – up to £5k available to create materials to support resilient communities – deadline 1st July
[editor: could be a great way to develop some interesting ESOL materials…] Link to more information – on the 5 ways of Wellbeing (Learn, Move, Give, Take Notice, Connect) Forum Central has received funding from Magpie to create capacity for organizations to produce and develop materials designed to support the resilience of communities using the […]
LMP Operations Group, 13th June 2022 – an update from Migration Yorkshire
Unfortunately, we won’t be joined by Vicky from Migration Yorkshire at the LMP Operations group on Monday – but she’s shared the following info Data – our data dashboards have been updated with the most recent government stats. You can access them here – Statistics : Migration Yorkshire VCS Engagement Day – please do register […]
Minutes from WYSRMG Meeting on 5th May 2022
[via Ally, the LMP rep at what is never pronounced as WisErmJuh (ie WYSRMG)] Please find a redacted set of papers for the West Yorkshire sub-regional Migration Group meeting on 5 May 2022