News and Events

MESH are building on our ESOL Lunchtime Showcase event by providing a dynamic resource mapping Employment-focused ESOL across our region. Several providers have already added details of their offer to this resource. It is quick and easy to do this. If you are running a programme that links ESOL to employment or employability, please do add brief details so that other providers, agencies that come into contact with learners, and also learners themselves can look at what is available across our region.

An event for Ukrainians and Ukrainian sponsor families living in and around Scarborough. Please join us for a workshop exploring English and other educational options! Advice, information and discussion – includes refreshments and lunch.

Migrant Voice have published a report on the lived experience of asylum seekers in hotels – they conducted a survey and organised focus groups with asylum seekers to enable them to talk about their experience int heir own words.

The Kirklees Welcomes place based information packs in 15 languages. These packs are localised to Huddersfield, Batley and Spen, Dewsbury & Mirfield and Rural. For Ukraine Response these are broken down further in the Rural area to reflect where people have resettled – Colne Valley, Dearne Valley and Holme Valley. These will also be made available on the Resources section of this LE+ website.

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.