Here’s a video, to be shown at next week’s LMP Ops Group, describing how to upload things to the blog. There’s sound, and you will probably want to watch it at full screen too, so you can see where the mouse clicks happen. I hope it’s useful. Any questions, please don’t hesitate to email […]
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Free Volunteer Training: Working Safely – 4th April LASSN
Working Safely: for volunteers who often work alone, or in other people’s houses This session will look at different ways of ensuring your safety as well as the safety of the person/people you help It will be fun, interactive, and leave you feeling more confident in your volunteering nb: This training will draw heavily on […]
City of Sanctuary: Volunteer Evening 26th March 6-7pm
Fresh from their appearance on Radio 4 last week (Tina appears at 2 minutes and 25 seconds), the City of Sanctuary Volunteers Evening is running again at the end of March The next Volunteer Information Session will be held on Monday 26th March, 6-7pm at Oak House,Park Lane LS3 1EL. It’ll be an information packed hour – find […]
Resource of the Week #14: Young Refugees Toolkit from Children’s Society
Supporting young refugees, asylum seekers and those who are young carers “Our good practice resource will enable all agencies to stay informed about the needs, rights and entitlements of young refugees and asylum seekers – including those who take on inappropriate caring roles for another person and could be a young carer. This tool will […]
Call for Evidence: Asylum Support Levels and Challenging Home Office Methodology
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 […]
Hyde Park Big Lunch and Sadaqa Day – Sunday 18th March 13:00-15:00
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.”
LMP Operations group meeting: Monday 19th of March 2018, 10.00-12.00
Ali from Leeds Refugee Forum says: “Just a quick reminder that the LMP operation group meeting will be on Monday 19th of March 2018, 10.00 am – 12.00 pm at One Community Centre” All welcome
Freedom from Torture training – Risk, Resilience and Rights: Working with Separated Young People
Freedom from Torture is pleased to announce a new training programme taking place in Leeds from the end of April. Risk, Resilience and Rights: Working with Separated Young People is a six day module aiming to explore good practice and develop the skills, knowledge and confidence needed to work ethically and effectively with separated children […]
Best Start Peer Support for asylum seeking and refugee mums/carers
If you are pregnant or a parent or carer of under 2 year olds and live in East or South Leeds, Why not get involved? Free training and the creche is available starts on the 18th of April, for six weeks 2 hours a week. Contact Karen Marshall or Emily Wood 0113 2718277
Resource of the week #13: Refugee Phrase Book
The Rev Heston Groenewald of All Hallows has submitted this excellent resource https://www.refugeephrasebook.de “The refugee phrasebook is created in a set of google doc sheets, with the help of volunteers from Berlin and all over the world. Everyone is free to adapt, print and distributethe phrases to support refugees. We currently prepare the following datasets: Short version including […]
Emergency protest to support Yarls Wood hunger strikers
What’s been happening so far… Last Wednesday 21 Feb, 120 people in Yarls Wood, an immigration detention centre in Bedfordshire (which holds mainly but not only women) started a 3-day hunger strike. It has gathered momentum and has escalated into work strikes, occupations, and a refusal to co-operate with the mechanisms of detention from the […]
LMP Strategy Group agenda for the next meeting
The next LMP Strategy Group meeting will take place on Wednesday 14th March at Oak House in Waxwing Room on 2nd Floor. Please see the agenda for the meeting and the minutes from the last meeting (below) The group is currently preparing their action plan so come with your ideas and examples of work/initiatives […]