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Supporting Roma Voice – final report published
The final findings report from Supporting Roma Voice (SRV) is now available to download from here http://www.salford.ac.uk/sustainable-housing-and-urban-studies-unit/projects/supporting-roma-voice Supporting Roma Voice (SRV) was a multi-agency, practice led project, which aimed to support the growth of grassroots community advocacy as part of the growth of an inclusive and engaged Roma community in the UK. The project began […]
Training: Complex Trauma Workshops: April and September dates available
via : [email protected] We continue to offer a series of 2 day experiential workshops in Leeds addressing different aspects of trauma recovery: We are happy to announce a brand new course, Working with Children: Helping Children Cope with Trauma on 17 & 18 June. People have been requesting this course for the past two years. We […]
Locked Out of Learning – Refugee Action Briefing Paper
A snapshot of ESOL in the UK Key findings Several providers reported refugees waiting over a year for English lessons – and in one area the wait can be up to two years. Of the providers surveyed, the average waiting list size was over 700 people. Some providers had waiting lists for lessons stretching to […]
Domestic Homicide Review (DHR) Lessons Learned Written Briefs
Please find links below to a series of Domestic Homicide Review (DHR) Lessons Learned Written Briefs. The aim of these briefs is to help front-line practitioners become familiar with some of the issues identified in local DHRs. The briefs are one-sided documents summarising learning and highlighting key good practice points. Each brief focuses on one […]
Audition for the Chorus in the Grapes of Wrath at the Yorkshire Playhouse
The Grapes Of Wrath 24 May – 10 June 2017 The Oklahoma landscape is barren, crops turn to dust and farmers are forced from their land. The Joad family are driven by desperation and by hope. Facing environmental and economic disaster, they join thousands of families to undertake an epic journey; travelling west on Route […]
WEA Next Steps to Success – Key skills for job searching
WEA will be running a 4 week course focusing on key skills development to prepare people for the job search process. The key skills covered are: CV and cover letter writing Job application completion including supporting statement Interview preparation and communication Attendees will be given targeted support and advice to develop their written and verbal […]
York Street Health Practice to move from Leeds Community Health to Bevan Healthcare CIC
LCH have lost the tender to provide York Street Health Practice, two months after it was awarded an outstanding CQC rating and told it was a ‘thoroughly outstanding practice’, which was ‘one of the best the CQC has visited.’ The contract will now pass to Bevan Healthcare from 1st April 2017 who acknowledged the ‘significant cut to […]
Community Room booking at John Lewis
via Sarah Colman at Community Links. The room is on floor 4 of John Lewis, it’s a modern, fairly large room that could hold about 25 – 32 people (4 tables of 8 – however there are only about half the amount of chairs). The Community Liaison Coordinator for the space is Caitlin Linskey – […]
English Steps – recruiting (paid) Hosts for English Language Students
English Steps are looking for qualified EFL teachers and other hosts who have spare bedrooms. Our adult English language students come to stay for 1-12 weeks and we pay up to £400 per week to the hosts. We have two types of courses which (adult) students are interested in, with different payments for the host. […]
STAR/Amnesty Campaign on Refugee Child Family Reunion
This week, STAR and Amnesty are joining forces to call on the government to grant child refugees in the UK the right to family reunion. Family reunion is a safe and legal route to the UK for people whose family members have been recognised as refugees. Yet child refugees are denied the right to bring […]
Training from Stop HateUK
Lots of new training available from Stop Hate on a variety of topics. Click on the picture below for more info