News and Events

The ReSTORE programme: Refugee support, training, orientation, recruitment and education is now live and ready to help refugee nurses in South Yorkshire.

Sat 22nd April: Yorkshire Against Illegal Migration Bill protest, 1pm at Halifax Market, organised by These Walls Must Fall and Solidarity Knows No Borders Yorkshire. Contact vee@righttoremain.org.uk for info.

Please consider putting your name to this open letter by Asylum Matters. You can access the form to sign up here.

3 leisure centres in Sheffield are offering free 3 month Premium memberships to those seeking sanctuary with no charge and no joining fee.

We are delighted to invite colleagues interested in ESOL and supporting ESOL learners to our first face to face networking event for three years. We are very pleased to hold this event at Hull's Welcome House, a convivial space that offers welcome and support to refugees and asylum seekers in the Hull and East Ridings region.

Make a difference! Volunteer to be a trustee of MESH! Could you be a MESH trustee? We welcome all applications but we are particularly keen to hear from people who come from a multilingual background and those who have been ESOL learners.

Online from March – June 2023 Stand Up! Speak Out! is a training series developed by members of Solidarity Knows No Borders (SKNB)—a community of migrant justice organisations working in solidarity for dignity and justice. The training series comprises of over 20 online seminars from March until June 2023 aimed at equipping public sector workers with the practical tools and knowledge to show up in solidarity with migrants and refugees.

An interesting guide to getting the messaging right when protesting about the Refugee Ban Bill.

Please consult the MESH Annual Report for details of our activities. The report will be presented at the AGM with time for discussion and questions.

Migrant English Support Hub Annual General Meeting. All are welcome to join us for our AGM on Wednesday 15 March 2023, 12:30 to 13:00 Please come and support us as we review our work and our financial position.

MESH have teamed up with Migration Yorkshire to offer a series of online Lunchtime Showcase events for ESOL practitioners and others supporting migrants, refugees and asylum seekers in Yorkshire and the Humber. The focus of this first one is Employment-focused ESOL, featuring two talks by providers working in this area.

The British Red Cross (BRC) has a newly established Refugee Support Ukraine Project to provide casework support to refugees from Ukraine who are saying in the Yorkshire and Humber area to help them to access essential services and integrate in their local communities.