PAFRAS Annual General Meeting on Tuesday 25th April 3-5pm at St.Aidan’s Community Hall (off Roundhay Road). We will be celebrating and reflecting on 2016 as well as thanking our supporters, colleagues, friends and service-users for your incredible contributions over the last 12 months and during my first year with PAFRAS. We’d love for you to […]
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Notes from the Multiagency Meeting, Monday 27th March 2017
Update from last meeting p1 Manuel Bravo – mentioned clients with MH support: Anne B Sanjeev D and MB met and shared info on referral pathways. MB can’t get Legal Aid for MH assessment reports. p2 Discussion of UASC, Dubs and Dublin Three LRF know of 13 young people (16/17/18): LRF now forming a group […]
Helping refugees and asylum seekers to access mental health services in Leeds
A couple of years ago LASSN produced these materials for their volunteers. In light of the discussions at today’s Leeds MultiAgency Meeting, we’ve cut and pasted them here What is a crisis and how can you help [doc] – a short definition of mental health crisis Crisis Thermometer – when to access support [pdf]- a diagram to help […]
FGM Training, 5th April from Hidden Scars Project
via [email protected] If you would like to know more information about female genital mutilation (FGM) then register and join us. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/female-genital-mutilation-fgm-safeguarding-training-tickets-31158043547 This event is organized by Hidden Scars. Payment will go towards venue hire, refreshments, and resources for the event. For more information about Hidden Scars you can go to www.hiddenscarsproject.co.uk WHEN Wed 5 April 2017 […]
Funding your project conference by NACCOM, April 6th
This one-day conference is designed for organisations working with destitute migrants who want to make the most of their existing income streams, or develop new ones. With Dominic Briant from the Metropolitan Migration Foundation providing a sector-specific funder’s perspective on trusts and foundations, and input from a range of NACCOM Members giving their expertise and experience in […]
Asylum Matters – Home office review of support rates
Still Human Still Here which became Ordinary People, Extraordinary lives is now called Asylum Matters. This update came from Andrea Vukovic Home Office Review of Cash Allowance Paid to Asylum-Seekers for 2016 The Home Office has released a report on the ‘Review of Cash Allowance paid to Asylum-Seekers: 2016’ which concluded that the cash allowance […]
Free Movement blog
If you don’t already subscribe to the newsletters from Free Movement, you should really think about it. It’s an immigration law blog, so you’ll not be surprised that some of it can be rather detailed & dense. But if you’re researching something, it’s clear, thoughtful, and very well written. Best of Free Movement. Best Of Free […]
Free first aid training for asylum seekers in Leeds/Bradford from Red Cross
Are your service users (in Bradford and Leeds) in need or interested in getting free First Aid training? then perhaps contact my co-workers in the adult education team. For more info please contact Olivia Franck Mobile: 07921 404 220
No Recourse to Public Funds Regional Meeting, 14th April
The next NRPF Regional Meeting will be held at Committee Room 3, Leeds Civic Hall, 2-4pm on 12.4.17 Please let Matthew Urwin (Chair) know if you’d like to attend 01274 436773 Email: [email protected]
Eastern European Activities in Leeds – Updated Feb 2017
Not sure how we missed this in February – apologies for the late publication
Minutes of February’s Leeds Migration Partnership
These are always filed in the Leeds MultiAgency Dropbox – which is at the top right hand side of the menu bar. Or, click on the picture below to be taken there
womenslivesleeds.org.uk
via womenslivesleeds.org.uk Women’s Lives Leeds is a unique partnership of twelve women and girls organisations from across Leeds. Between us we have specialisms in domestic violence, mental health, sexual health, sex work, trafficking, substance misuse, child sexual exploitation and education. We have come together to support the most vulnerable women and girls in Leeds. They […]