A few weeks ago, when we were running out of ideas for our resource of the week, we approached Migration Twitter megastar Colin Yeo to see if he had any ideas. He very generously drew attention to his main Migration News list, which you can find here: https://twitter.com/ColinYeo1/lists/migration-news It’s not comprehensive but I use this […]
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Migration Yorkshire – Modern Slavery
An excellent resource here, including details of all the orgs providing help and support to survivors of Modern Slavery in Yorkshire There’s a longer and more detailed briefing paper here
Trustee Vacancy at Manuel Bravo Project
Manuel Bravo Project are recruiting for a new Trustee! Manuel Bravo Project is a charitable organisation based in Leeds that aims to help asylum seekers who are unable to find adequate legal representation. Manuel Bravo Project are looking for individuals who are ambitious for our communities, with an ability to think creatively, willingness to speak […]
Resource of the Week #66: Institute for Voluntary Action Research
Although they may not have the catchiest name, IVAR have developed an excellent website for small voluntary orgs who are thinking about Core funding Cross Sector working Strategy and Planning and Mergers If you work in the 3rd sector, this is the kind of thing you should be showing to your Management Committee or Board […]
Competition: Visual Representation of Multilingualism
BAAL (British Association for Applied Linguistics), in partnership with CuratorSpace, Multilingual Matters, and the AILA Research Network for Creative Inquiry and Applied Linguistics, is looking for applied linguists and visual artists to submit visual representations of multilingualism as part of an international competition. This competition aims to provide a creative opportunity to explore new ways […]
EVENT: Leeds Summat 9th March, 2019 Save the date
LMP Strategy Group 16th January Meeting Agenda
The next Leeds Migration Partnership Strategy Group Meeting is happening on Wednesday 16th January, 10:00-12:00 at Oak House. We’re looking forward to hearing about what’s been happening in relation to our three priorities. Please come to the meeting prepared to feedback, share and contribute to our discussions. Do also bring short case studies with you that […]
Dates and Times of LMP Meetings for 2019
Strategy Group – Venue: Oak House Key contacts: Ruth Davany, PAFRAS and Daniel Mundet, Path Yorkshire [email protected] Next meeting: Wednesday 16th January 2019 10:00 – 12:00 Wednesday 15th May 2019 Wednesday 11th September 2019 Wednesday 27th November 2019 Time: 10:00 – 12:00 (though we have the room booked from 09:00 -13:00) Operations Group – Venue: One Community Centre Key […]
Season’s Greetings from the Leeds Migration Partnership
Just a quickie to say thank you to everyone who contributes to the Leeds Migration Partnership, to all our members, organisers, accomplices, attendees, collaborators, co-conspirators and well-wishers. We won’t be posting for a couple of weeks, but you can expect us back at the start of 2019. Sadly we didn’t have time to design a […]
Meeting Point will remain OPEN over Christmas! :)
Emma from Meeting Point writes Our Women’s Group and English classes will close over the festive period but we will be running a drop-in 1.30-4.00pm on Monday 24th and Monday 31st December. This will be a reduced drop-in mainly focussed on providing food provision and a warm, friendly social space for refugees and asylum […]
Resource of the week #48: Resources for people who have been detained
Leeds Unity Centre have put together an explanation of the detention process and what happens next: https://leedsunitycentre.net/worried-about-being-detained/ Detention Action have a freephone number 0800 587 2096 where you can get help http://detentionaction.org.uk/ Right to remain have developed an excellent action plan for what to do if someone is detained https://righttoremain.org.uk/toolkit/detention/ AVID http://www.aviddetention.org.uk may be able to help you […]
Lift the Ban: Support the Campaign to allow asylum seekers to work, and sign the petition
via Pascale at Refugee Action Please spread the word and promote this campaign. Loads of amazing organisations have come together to support Lifting the Ban to work for asylum seekers. See below for links to articles and videos and remember to sign the petition: https://refugee-action.org.uk/addyourvoice. Right now, right here in the UK, people seeking asylum are banned […]