Each year a group of charities help to fundraise and run the Hardship Fund for destitute asylum seekers in Leeds. In 2022/23, a total of £5050 was distributed to 78 different households in 198 separate payments. Leeds Refugee Forum lead on this work, and are calling an online meeting of partners on Friday 1st September […]
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Advocacy Together event to promote voices of disadvantaged groups – Thursday 20th July 2023 from 10am-1pm
Next month, a free event will be held in Leeds to shine a light on the voices of people from disadvantaged communities in the city. Advocacy Together is organised by The Advonet Group, a leading Leeds-based advocacy charity. The event will focus on helping people from marginalised groups in Leeds to be heard, showing how […]
Leeds Migration Partnership Strategy Group Meeting – 13th July 2023
The Leeds Migration Partnership Strategy Group are meeting on Date: Thursday 13th July 2023 (10am-12pm) Venue: RETAS, 233-237 Roundhay Road, Harehills, Leeds, LS8 4HS Meeting theme: British Red Cross International Family Tracing Service For the key theme, British Red Cross International Family Tracing Service will share an update on their long closure and open a […]
Barnardo’s support helplines for asylum seekers, Ukrainians and Hong Kong BNO
Barnardo’s support helplines for asylum seekers, Ukrainians and Hong Kong BNO https://helpline.barnardos.org.uk/ Barnardo’s Boloh Helpline is pleased to announce the expansion of our service to support the mental health and wellbeing of adult asylum seekers across the UK. This project is funded by the Home Office from September 2022 until 31st January 2025. The Helpline […]
Legal Aid Contracts: Ask Us Anything Event – Wednesday 19th July 2023, 9.30 – 11:00am
[Jon from LASSN writes:] As you know, there is an enormous lack of Legal Aid in Leeds, Yorkshire and the whole country. Things are so bad, the Home Office are considering paying more money in legal aid fees to attract Solicitors to help meet the needs of people held in the new detention camps. Meanwhile […]
LASSN Launch of Welcome & Connect project
As LASSN’s new Befriending project, Welcome and Connect helps refugees and asylum seekers with accessing support services, education and leisure opportunities in Leeds. Welcome and connect volunteers support with welcoming refugees and asylum seekers to the city and assist them with making new and meaningful connections. This could be 1:1 support and/or group support in […]
Support for business start-ups and self-employment in Yorkshire & Humber
Migration Yorkshire created a survey to help design better support for business start-ups & self-employment in the region. We’d love to hear from you if you have the lived experience of migration and: are self-employed (work for yourself), or own a business, or have an idea for a business / would like to start a […]
Harehills English Language Project (HELP ESOL) – free term time sessions, with a creche
Learners are welcome to come to St. Aidan’s Church Community Hall (Elford Place West, off Roundhay Road) on Tuesdays or Thursdays between 10-11:30am to do registration. This involves a short test to check their level, which takes around 30 minutes. If we have a place in a suitable class, learners can start class immediately. If not, […]
Pinned updated post: Update on Asylum Questionnaires being sent to Afghan, Eritrean, Iranian, Iraqi, Libyan, Syrian and Yemeni Asylum Seekers
Update: 13/7/23: Mears reporting Facebook scam relating to SAP Update: 18/5/23 Iranian and Iraqi Asylum Seekers are now included in the Streamlined Asylum Process (SAP) for more details click here According to the most recent information (from Migration Yorkshire) there are about 7400 asylum seekers support by Home Office living in Yorkshire and Humber. […]
Change to Refugee Resettlement Support to Refugees in Leeds – from April 1st 2023
From the 1st April 2023 there will be a change in the delivery of support for resettled refugees in Leeds. The provision of integration support for all resettled refugees in Leeds will transfer from Refugee Council to the Leeds City Council communities team. This transfer applies to all resettled clients who are currently registered with […]
The Cranfield Trust are offering free management Consultancy & Mentoring support to refugee and asylum seeker charities
The Cranfield Trust, has recently been awarded a grant to enable it to offer free management consultancy and mentoring support to refugee and asylum seeker charities across the UK. The Trust’s pro bono consultancy support can be around business planning, financial management, governance, IT and marketing and they also offer leadership mentoring. The support is […]
Police Partnership Intelligence Portal
At the last LMP Strategy group meeting, on the 19th January 2023, Modern Day Slavery was the theme discussed. One of the actions was for organisations to consider signing up to the Police Partnership Intelligence Portal to share intelligence. A step by step guide is attached below. The Police review all applications for access, however, […]