Last year Refu-jazz at Headingley Heart was a 12 hour festival of Jazz which raised £2000 to help refugees and asylum seeker in Leeds. The good folks from Headingley Heart have arranged another festival for 2018: Refujazz 2 will be held on Saturday 10th February from 12:00 til 22:00. Click here to see the event page and lineup […]
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Minutes of Refugee Week Steering Group planning meeting Friday 19th January 2018
Minutes from the first planning meeting for Refugee Week 2018
Minutes of LMP Operations Group
Minutes from November’s LMP Operations Group.
Volunteer Manager’s Network Meeting
A reminder that our next Volunteer Managers Network Meeting is: Tuesday 6 February, 10 am – 12 pm (1 pm) at Stringer House, Voluntary Action Leeds. Following the Network Steering Group meeting, 16 January, it was agreed that at the end of future network meeting (12-1.00 pm) there will be an opportunity for members to stay and talk […]
Roma Inclusion Report 2017
This EUROCITIES report has been produced to respond to the need to map the situation of Roma inclusion at local level. The report examines the challenges that Roma face in cities with regards to their access to employment, housing, healthcare, education and basic services. The report also explores how cities respond to these challenges, what initiatives […]
Free Training from LASSN: Communicating more effectively with someone who has very basic English
When/Where: Tuesday 6th February,13:30-15:30, 2nd Floor, Oak House, Park Lane, Leeds LS3 1EL This session will look at ways of communicating with people who do not have English as first language or where communication is challenging. We will explore different ways to communicate, as well as learning some top tips about the use of hand […]
Third Sector Leeds: follow up from Universal Credit/GDPR workshop
via Third Sector Leeds On Monday 15 January, TSL held a workshop to start discussing topics of particular importance in 2018: The Rollout out of Universal Credit and the Implications of Implications of General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) for groups in Leeds. Over 40 people attended to listen to very informative presentations from Citizens Advice […]
LMP Blog – 2017 a year in numbers
12 months ago this blog was still called http://leedsmultiagency.org.uk ; now it’s http://migrationpartnership.org.uk We’ve seen the number of people subscribing to the blog more than double – from 123 to 290, and the total number of unique users rising to more than 4500 each quarter. Thank you to everyone who reads, forwards, comments or uploads things […]
Photography Club – Refugees and Asylum Seekers welcome
Free Homelessness Training for people working with Refugees
Venue: 2nd Floor Oak Hosue Date: 22nd February 2018 Time: 10.00 – 16:30 Please contact [email protected] to book
Training: Engaging with survivors of torture – by Freedom from Torture 8th March
Engaging with survivors of torture – what you need to know An introductory one day training for people who are new to working with refugees and asylum seekers who have experienced significant trauma and/or torture Date: Thursday 8th March 2018 Time: 9.30 am – 4.45 pm (please arrive at 9.15 for registration) Venue: Leeds: Leeds Church Institute […]
Guest Blog: Leeds for Change
Admittedly, not directly related to issues of asylum, refuge or migration – but very much focused on activism in Leeds. Politics, culture, comedy, health, food, gender, mischief and loads more besides in every update. This is what their last one looked like: Sign up to Leeds for Change Leeds for […]