This year marked 25 years since the first Refugee Week in the UK. Joe – and a group of of film-makers wanted to celebrate the contribution refugees and asylum seekers […]
Archive | Volunteers
Community Links – Mental Health Training Autumn 2023
Loads of new courses announced by Community Links (https://www.commlinks.co.uk/training/courses/) including the fantastic Mental Health First Aid – which is FREE Start Date: 16th November 23 End Date: 7th December 23 […]
Help Leeds get a new interpreting resource: your views needed on the use of interpreters in the third sector!
Please help us by completing this questionnaire: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfLanzoYhc6D4oLtQmfAjDlaOQQRsATiHiI-rccD4I5z0xjCw/viewform?usp=sf_link%20 Leeds Volunteer Interpreting Service (LVIS) is a proposed service run by a partnership of organisations involved in the Leeds migrant sector. We […]
Launching the Leeds Volunteering Strategy, 12th Oct 2023
We are excited to announce the launch of the Leeds Volunteering Strategy and would love to see you there! The strategy will launch alongside a celebration of the Community Champions […]
LASSN are recruiting volunteer Hosts – do you have a spare bedroom?
Leeds Asylum Seekers’ Support Network is looking for volunteers in Leeds to host asylum seekers’ who have nowhere else to stay, for a mimimum of 3 months. In exchange for […]
Free Mental Health Training from Community Links July 2023 – March 2024
Nominations for a Third Sector Representative to attend West Yorkshire Strategic Migration Group – deadline 31st July 2023
For the last 4 years, Ally at PAFRAS has been representing third sector partners from Leeds at West Yorkshire Strategic Migration Group. She’s been doing a cracking job, and wants […]
“Safeguarding children and young people who migrate in a Hostile Environment” – free training on 12th & 20th September 2023
I’m writing to let you know about some upcoming free training co-produced and co-delivered with PAFRAS clients. The sessions are aimed at frontline staff working within key public services and other relevant frontline […]
Participants needed for Leeds Beckett University research study: Exploring food insecurity among asylum seekers in West Yorkshire and the role of third sector support, from the perspective of professionals working within third sector organisations.
The aim of this study is to explore the driving factors, and impacts of, food insecurity among asylum seekers, as well as the role and capacity of third sector organisations […]
Oxfam Shop Volunteers – Leeds
Oxfam is looking for Shop Volunteers to help Oxfam’s fight to support the world’s most vulnerable communities. We’re looking for volunteers who can give 4-8 hours (or more!), and especially on a […]
Do you manage and support volunteers? Tell Voluntary Action what you think about it – May 2023
Strategy Feedback Do you work within an organisation that recruits and supports volunteers? We would like to hear your thoughts about a volunteering strategy for Leeds so that we can […]
Tell Voluntary Action Leeds what you think about volunteering in Leeds
We are currently making a plan that will improve volunteering in Leeds. To do this properly we need the views of volunteers and people who have never volunteered, these ideas […]