The Leeds Migration Partnership Operations Group meeting will be next week Monday 18 June 10am-12pm. As agreed last meeting, we are celebrating Refugee Week with an interactive session delivered by the Leeds City Council who will share their work around migration and their vision of a strategic, co-ordinated and inclusive approach to migration in the […]
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Free 5 week online course for volunteers/interpreters/practitioners working with refugees
Working Supportively With Refugees: Principles, Skills and Perspectives Learn how the principals of psychological well-being, communication and interpretation can benefit your work with refugees. Click here to see the course Refugees are a diverse group, speaking many languages and of varied religions and ethnicities. This course acknowledges that skills requirements are changing rapidly and offers training for […]
Migration Yorkshire: Newcomer’s Briefing for Leeds 2017
via Migration Yorkshire
Q1 2018 Asylum Stats
via Andrea at Asylum Matters The immigration statistics for the first quarter, January to March, of 2018 (Q1) were released on 24th May 2018. Key asylum figures are below and you can find the data tables here. Applications: In Q1 of 2018 there were 6,713 asylum applications, compared to 7,175 in Q4 of 2017. In the […]
Anouncement of new ESOL provision in Leeds is imminent
Eagle-eyed citizens will have noticed that there’s been movement on LCC’s second bid to the Controlling Migration Fund – this paper from late March says “In February 2018 Leeds City Council received notification from the Ministry for Housing Communities and Local Government that they had been successful in their bid to the Controlling Migration Fund […]
Resource of the week #23: Imix media and communications toolkit
via Andrea at Asylum matters Imix have produced media and communications toolkits to help organisations better understand how to get across your message via the media and digital channels. The media toolkit looks at general principles for working with the media, how to draft press releases, secure interviews and prepare as a spokesperson. There […]
Asylum Matters: Template for Local Groups’ Response to Government’s Integrated Communities Green Paper
via Andrea at Asylum Matters Asylum Matters has produced guidance to support local organisations who are interested in submitting a response to the Government’s consultation on its Integrated Communities Green Paper. The strategy sets out the government’s vision for building strong and integrated communities, and proposes a number of actions to deliver this at a […]
LMP Strategy Group Meeting Agenda 13th June 2018, 10:00
The next Leeds Migration Partnership Strategy Group Meeting is happening on Wednesday 13th June, 10:00-12:00 at Oak House. Please see the uploaded agenda and action plan. 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 […]
Women’s Peer Support Training for Asylum Seekers and Refugees – updated
We welcome women to join us for peer support training. We meet on Wednesdays 11.00-12.30 weekly at 2nd Floor, Oak House, 94 Park Lane, Leeds, LS3 1EL. We will train on how to: set up groups; how groups develop; leadership styles; good mental health and self-care. It helps build confidence and good relationships. We have […]
Leeds Homeless Charter: Migration Group 13:30, Wednesday 23rd May
From Dave Patterson “I can confirm that Leeds Asylum Seeker Support Network (LASSN) will be hosting the rescheduled Homelessness / Migration working group which didn’t happen in March due to the snow. The meeting will take place on Wednesday 23rd May, 13:30 – 15:00 at Oak House, Leeds, LS3 1EL. Jon from LASSN will be […]
Bid Writing Workshop – Wed 25th April 10am-12pm
Leeds Refugee Forum are hosting a Bid Writing Workshop for small organisations on Wed 25th April 10am-12pm. The session will be held at the One Community Centre, Cromwell Street, Lincoln Green, Leeds, LS9 7SG
Resource of the week #20: http://appsforrefugees.com/
Apps for refugees (http://appsforrefugees.com/) is astonishing – a massive list of apps – which you can search by Android or Apple phone. There’s a definite German flavour to this site – reflecting the number of developers who’ve swung into action following the unprecedented numbers of Syrian people pitching up there – but there’s so much […]