On Thursday 8th March, 10 – 12noon we will be holding a meeting for the Migrant Working Group. This will be held at Oak House, 4th Floor, Park Lane, Leeds, LS3 1EL (map and parking details) and chaired by Jon Beech alongside Mohammed Hadi, from Leeds Asylum Seeker Support Network (LASSN) Please email Dave Paterson [email protected] let me know if […]
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helpinleeds.com – please help test the Android App
Do you have an Android phone or tablet? Leeds Asylum Seekers’ Support Network are looking for people to testing a new helpinleeds.com app – which puts the website containing 198 free services for asylum seekers and refugees directly on phone. Why use the app instead of the online version? It’s faster than the website It […]
Job: NACCOM Grants & Admin Officer (p/t)
NACCOM are recruiting a part time Grants and Administration Officer. For more information please visit their website Deadline: 14th March 2018
GRT Outreach & Inclusion Team Newsletter
Here’s the latest Newsletter from the GRT Outreach & Inclusion Team. The team can work with any Gypsy Roma Traveller family with children and young people aged 0-19, with the purpose of achieving the outcomes set out in the Children and Young People’s Plan; specifically that all children and young people do well at all […]
Whimsical resource of the week #10: http://unspeakableness.net/
This isn’t really anything to do with Migration or Leeds. It’s about the untranslatableness of emotions into [English] words. If you like this graphic, there’s loads more of this kind of whimsy at http://unspeakableness.net/
Blog of the Week: Foreigners in UK
As you know, LMP are very keen not to duplicate content from other mailing lists and websites, and try and point in you in the direction of places you might no have heard of http://foreignersinuk.co.uk/ may sound like an offshoot of Migrationwatch but turns out to be an informative portal on all things migration-related from legal […]
Challenging Conversations – Free Training and £150 incentive
Free workshop by ‘These Walls Must Fall’ – campaign to shut detention centres Thursday 15th February
via Leeds No Borders Free workshop by ‘These Walls Must Fall’ -campaign to shut detention centres Thursday 15th February 17:30 – 19:30 40 Sholebroke Avenue, LS7 3HB https://www.facebook.com/events/535273020180057/ Right to Remain are coming to Leeds to run a workshop in Leeds next Thursday 17.30-19.30pm as part of their These Walls Must Fall campaign around detention. http://detention.org.uk/ […]
Leeds LGBT+ Mapping Project launches new report for LGBT+ History Month – ‘Spotlight on Racism’
via forum central The report responds to the findings of Leeds LGBT+ Mapping Projects’ research which found that racism was a priority concern for many in Leeds. Leeds LGBT+ Mapping Project has conducted a short piece of research to scratch at the surface of BME LGBT+ experience in Leeds. This brief report is a summary […]
Police warn about Home Office Immigration Cold Call Fraud
“Home Office Immigration Cold Call Fraud Alert – The National Fraud Intelligence Bureau (NFIB) and Action Fraud have recently noticed that fraudsters are purporting to be from the Home Office and cold-calling victims to claim that there is a problem with their immigration status. Victims are informed that in order to rectify this issue, they […]
Next WYDAN Meeting
Date: Tuesday 6th March 2018. Time: 1.30pm – 3.30pm Venue: The St. Augustine’s Centre, Hanson Lane, Halifax, HX1 5PG. We will look at the area of legal aid for Destitute Asylum Seekers in the different West Yorkshire regions, as well as discussing issues with accommodation and access to health care. Claire Splawn, an Immigration Caseworker […]
Refugee Council Advocacy Network – call for sign ups
The Refugee Council Advocacy Network are looking for members “The aim of the Advocacy Network is to provide a direct link between the Refugee Council’s Advocacy Team and other individuals and organisations working with refugees and people seeking asylum in the UK. The network is based on a principle of information sharing and collective working […]