Please find attached the latest Migration Yorkshire Regional Update report for Leeds for June 2018, for information for the upcoming Strategic Meeting and to accompany a verbal update from Migration Yorkshire at the Operations meeting.
Resource of the week #25: even more information on country of origin
Last month we blogged about different sources of information on Country of Origin. We’ve just discovered this excellent set of resources from Right to Remain. Click on the picture below to see them
ESOL Manager for Leeds City Council, £37k – £40k – funded by Controlling Migration Fund
It seems an announcement of the new Leeds City Council ESOL project is getting closer by the day: LCC are advertising for someone to manage the project. “Leeds City Council have recently been successful in securing grant funding from the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government Controlling Migration Fund to develop and deliver the Learning […]
The impact of changes to NHS Charging Regs on everyone – Thackray Museum 6th June 2018 from 1.30pm to 4.45pm.
So far only two Managers from 3rd Sector orgs are registered. If you deliver any kind of community based health service to migrants or non-migrants and are funded by NHS or Public Health – you’re potentially affected by these new regs, so it’s enormously important someone senior from your org attends. This even is happening […]
Community Free Shop at All Hallow’s Church, 2nd, 5th & 6th July
Hyde Park used to be famous for it’s skip-diving opportunities, after all the Students had left for home at the end of term. This led to the creation of Leave Leeds Tidy – a campaign by Leeds Uni to help students find ways of recycling their unwanted belongings. You can see them in action, and […]
‘Lights in the Distance’: Daniel Trilling in Conversation about border violence in Europe
Acclaimed journalist Daniel Trilling draws on five years of research and reporting in order to build a portrait of the refugee crisis. ‘Lights in the Distance’ is a carefully written and shocking account of Europe’s border violence. Daniel will be in conversation with Dima Chami, a researcher of migration literature and biopolitics at the University […]
A ‘Great Get together’ event Sunday 17th June
DAMASQ AND THE SYRIAN KITCHEN in COOPERATION WITH LEEDS CITY COUNCIL Invites you to the Great get together celebration and Leeds open second table tennis tournament for the Refugee Week 2018, Big Revival Bike event 2018. FREE BBQ. FREE DRINKS, FREEE SYRIAN FRESH BAKERY FREE CANDY FLOSS AND POP CORN A great family event; Great […]
Grant funding update from Voluntary Action Leeds
It’s been a while since we posted something like this (July 17 to be precise), so we thought it was about time we posted it again. Don’t forget, our fifth resource of the week was given over to www.fundingleeds.co.uk which we described as “an excellent site, and contains loads and loads of opportunities.” It’s still […]
Resource of the week #24: Updated Briefing on DBS checks
Does your organisation complete DBS checks on staff and volunteers? If you do, you should make sure you show this excellent resource from Newcastle CVS to someone senior in your organisation – because the rules on who can and can’t be DBS checked are complicated. The Government’s own “Find out if you can check someone’s […]
Q1 2018 Asylum Stats
via Andrea at Asylum Matters The immigration statistics for the first quarter, January to March, of 2018 (Q1) were released on 24th May 2018. Key asylum figures are below and you can find the data tables here. Applications: In Q1 of 2018 there were 6,713 asylum applications, compared to 7,175 in Q4 of 2017. In the […]
Community Iftars in Leeds
via David at LASSN There’s loads of community Iftars happening this year – and you may wish to spread the word about them. The Moltaka is a network of middle eastern families based in Leeds who establish safe spaces for individuals of all sects, faiths and none, to share culture and food, fund-raise for various […]
Vacancy: Female Wellbeing Case Worker, Rainbow Hearts Project, Women’s Health Matters 12hrs/wk
We are looking for a Female Wellbeing Case Worker for our Rainbow Hearts project, working with women seeking asylum. This post is funded until 31st May 2021 by the Lloyds Bank Foundation England & Wales. 12 hours per week, salary £25, 951 (pro rata). We are looking for a Wellbeing Case Worker who has the skills […]