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Tales of a City Tours Tales of a City Tours is the only tour operator of its kind in the UK – a social enterprise which provides a unique perspective on the city of Leeds through cultural walking tours led by tour guides with a refugee background. We aim to promote cross-cultural understanding by creating […]

Via VAL Although this is not strictly speaking a migration issue, many orgs who help refugees, asylum seekers and other migrants in Leeds are charities, and will therefore be affected by these changes to the rules. The Charity Commission is changing the rules that automatically disqualify people from acting as trustees or senior managers. The […]

via Daniel at pATH   “We are currently looking for ambitious charities and social enterprises based in England and Wales who need support to get to the next step in their development. If you know anyone who would be interested in receiving support from Pilotlight, please share the flyer below or direct them to our website for further […]

The link on this broke yesterday, and as we updated it – we remembered what a useful tool this is. Published in September 2016 its advice is as good today as it was back then and a great guide to running an effective charity for you, your manager, your board, or one of your friends. […]

Via City of Sanctuary and Asylum Matters Excellent update for front line staff. NHS commissioners in Leeds have not yet shared their approach to charging for community based services, and to the best of our knowledge, charging has not yet been implemented in community settings in Leeds. Gaining clarity on this, and implementing it in […]

Almost a month after this was posted by Richard Jackson at VAL, we present… https://impactsupport.org/ a tool for managing and measuring your impact What is impact management? Impact management is about using the information and data that we collect to improve our programmes and services. It helps us to know what is or isn’t working and […]

Believe it or not, there was a time when very few people knew about or read this blog.  Here’s a resource from way back when: a web tool from the NRPF Network that will help you to help you to work out what kind of assistance someone should be entitled to.   http://migrantfamilies.nrpfnetwork.org.uk/ (This resource first […]

via Andrea at Asylum Matters   Asylum Matters is working with partners to collect evidence to challenge the Home Office’s assessment of adequate asylum support rates and demonstrate the impact of living on low levels of asylum support. The Home Office recently increased the level of asylum support (Section 95) by 80p weekly – from £36.95 […]

Heston from All Hallow’s writes “A Big Lunch is happening 1-3pm on Sunday 18 March, here at All Hallows Church: https://www.facebook.com/events/854684391406873/ Kate from No Borders will be telling us about Yarl’s Wood and helping us do some on-the-spot activism. And Makkah Mosque are providing tons of lunch.”  

One of those websites you find hiding in plain sight healthinleeds.org.uk provides basic info on accessing health services in  Polish Lithuanian Czech and Romanian