Refugees Welcome March 2016
City of Sanctuary is supporting Refugees Welcome 2016.
City of Sanctuary is supporting Refugees Welcome 2016.
Citizens UK are hosting a Welcome Summit in Birmingham on September 10th.
On Wednesday 22nd June at 4-4.30pm come and help us welcome BEACON Bradford to Waterside Court on Kirkstall Road as they…
Introducing new volunteers to the migrant support sector in Leeds
On Wednesday 2nd March, at 12.15pm in the Common Room at Ebor Court, Skinner Street, STAR is going to host a lunchtime…
After two very successful public meetings where people throughout Leeds came together to discuss how they could be welcoming and…
Click here to read the Guardian's article about the West Yorkshire Playhouse as the first recognised Theatre of Sanctuary, and how theatre…
After weeks of very hard work, the Collection/Sorting Depot at Richmond Hill* was opened on Saturday 21st November. This is…
Sat 7th Nov Yarl’s Wood Protest Coaches from Leeds https://www.facebook.com/events/1680999522183738/Tuesday 10th Nov Monthly social & film screeninghttps://www.facebook.com/events/546594668825024/
On 21st October, the second 'Refugees Welcome' meeting was held at Mill Hill Unitarian Chapel, building on the success of the meeting in September at the West Yorkshire Playhouse.
The following volunteer roles are needed at Leeds Refugee Forum:
Leeds City of Sanctuary are recruiting for a third role - Leeds Schools of Sanctuary Coordinator.
In addition to the Coordinator position that Leeds City of Sanctuary are currently recruiting for, we are also recruiting for an Arts and Faith Coordinator, 1 day/week (this is one position to coordinate both the Arts and Faith streams).
STAR's conversation classes start again this month for the new academic year. The aim of the projects is to help improve the conversational English of our learners (asylum seekers and refugees), as well as improving their confidence with the language and helping them integrate into the community. Feel free to…
Leeds City of Sanctuary is recruiting for a Coordinator, to work alongside its existing Coordinator 7 hrs/week.
Tuesday 15th Sep saw around 170 people gather at the West Yorkshire Playhouse for a public meeting on responding to…
On the 4th August, the government published plans to make substantial changes to Section 95 and Section 4 support for people who have been refused asylum in the UK. The plans include proposals to withdraw asylum support for families that have been refused refugee protection.
Refugee Council are working with refugee families and are looking to recruit some volunteers for the below tasks.