Refugee Council has recently published a ‘Guide to Banking’, available in the following languages (click here for translations): English Arabic Farsi Kurdish Tigrinya Pashto The guide covers the following: how bank accounts work in the UK, the documents that banks require applicants to provide, how to make an application for a new account and tips […]
New Targeted Prevention Grant Fund worth £100 000 launched
New Targeted Prevention Grant Fund worth £100 000 launched West Yorkshire and Harrogate Health and Care Partnership (WY&H HCP) has launched a new Targeted Prevention Grant Fund worth £100 000 to help reduce the gap in health equalities across the area. The aim of the fund is to support targeted, community level preventative interventions that […]
Cultural Food Hubs during Lockdown 2
As we enter a second lockdown the cultural food hub will continue to operate as normal. Hamara and Give a Gift have been identified by the council to act as the Cultural Food Hubs for the city to provide support to residents in Leeds who need access to emergency food which better meet their cultural […]
November calendar of activities
Below is the November calendar of some local activities for refugees and asylum seekers, collated by the New Roots project. Please share with your organisations, volunteers, clients, and anyone else you think might be interested. Groups are run by different organisations so if you need more info please refer to the details on the calendar. […]
Refugee Council Infoline: 0808 196 7272
The Refugee Council are delivering a freephone Infoline across England. The Refugee Council’s Infoline aims to connect refugees and people seeking asylum with organisations who can help. This is a short term project to support people during the Covid-19 pandemic. Our Infoline launched on the 1st October 2020 in response to the needs of refugees […]
New National Restrictions from 5th November 2020
According to leeds.gov.uk “Following the Prime Minister’s statement on 31 October, West Yorkshire will not be entering Tier 3 restrictions on Monday 2 November.“ Instead, people in Leeds must continue to observe the current local restrictions that have been in place since 14th October – until one minute past midnight on Thursday 5th November, when […]
Webinar: Homelessness Winter Transformation Fund
Thursday, 5 November 2020 Online | 2pm-3pm | Free This webinar, run in partnership with Housing Justice, will inform the homelessness sector around the details of the Homelessness Winter Transformation Fund. Book now. Event overview This webinar, run in partnership with Housing Justice, will inform the homelessness sector around the details of the Homelessness Winter Transformation […]
Romanian Consulate Surgeries in Leeds: invitation to a pre-event zoom meeting Monday 2nd November 16.30
By Henriette Mahamane, Leeds Migration Project Coordinator on 29th October 2020 in Policy & Research
This is an invitation to an event on Monday 2nd November at 16:30, that will provide information on Romanian consular surgeries that will take place as below. The Romanian Consular in Edinburgh and the Honorary Romanian Consulate of Leeds will be holding consular surgeries in Leeds on the 13th, 14th, 15th November. These surgeries will […]
Event: Beeston & Middleton: working together to tackle digital exclusion and health inequalities Wednesday 11th November 1pm
When: Wednesday 11th November, 1-1.30pm Where: Zoom – book on eventbrite 100% Digital Leeds and Beeston & Middleton Local Care Partnership are launching a new project to improve digital inclusion and reduce inequality in South Leeds. We will do this by working closely with and strengthening partnerships between local healthcare providers and public and third […]
Urban House (Initial Accomodation in Wakefield) reopening- a one page summary October 2020
via Katie at NACCOM
Asylum Matters – Yorkshire and Humber Fortnightly Update 27th October 2020
Ongoing advocacy Research and reports Home Office and Government developments Resources and what we’ve been reading Events, jobs and awards 1. Ongoing advocacy Leeds City Council calls for the Home Secretary to #StopAsylumEvictions Despite the continuing rise in COVID cases and increasing restrictions in many local areas, the Home Office is still pushing ahead with […]
Update from Home Office re: Covid and Accommodation 22nd October 2020
Update from weekly call between Y&H Strategic Migration Partnership and the Home Office on 22nd October: Despite the new tiered Covid restrictions, all cessations will continue to go ahead as planned (for now). Service users can appeal this or sign up to voluntary returns. Home Office have paused activity on Tier 3 areas temporarily until further […]