Welcome to LASSN
Double your donation after 14 May
Dear LASSN volunteers and supporters,
If you weren't able to double your donation in our Spring Challenge, Localgiving is offering another exciting match funding opportunity!
It only works if you donate online so it isn't going to work for everyone, but if you can make an online donation on that day it will make twice as much difference to the lives of vulnerable asylum seekers and refugees.
a donation of £6.25 could be doubled and cover the cost of training a new volunteer to befriend an asylum seeker for a whole year
£15.00 could provide a frightened homeless woman a safe place to sleep in a Short Stop volunteer's home
£42.75 could pay two months of weekly English lessons for an asylum seeker or refugee who cannot attend college
and donating £200 doubles to £400 and would keep the whole of LASSN running for a day
To make a donation visit the secure website http://localgiving.com/lassn as soon as possible after 14 May. The funds for doubling your donation are limited and will run out quickly.
Thank you for your continued support.
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We are a small local charity making a huge difference to the lives of refugees and asylum seekers in Leeds.
For further information on the support we provide, click on the project link below or download our leaflet here.
For further details or to volunteer with us, please click here.
You can find out what volunteering with us is like by following the blog of one of our volunteers here
More information, including examples of the work done by our volunteers, can be found by downloading our 2011 Annual Review.
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We rely on the generosity of supporters to continue working with refugees and asylum seekers.
Donations support over 700 asylum seekers & refugees each year
through projects such as English at Home, Befriending and Short Stop emergency accommodation
We need your help
Donations can be made by cheque payable to 'LASSN' and sent to LASSN, Ebor Court, Westgate, Leeds, LS1 4ND, by standing order or you can
LASSN volunteer starts as guest blogger on the Guardian
Janice, a volunteer with our Short Stop and Befriending projects gets the most out of her bus pass. From London to Leeds - and the North York Moors. Read more at http://gu.com/p/34448/tw
December 18th, International Migrants Day
To celebrate International Migrants Day, Migrant Voice has launched 13 videos from their 'Talking Pictures' project. Please follow this link. The videos show the photos and reflections of 13 migrants who tell their stories of migration and their views and experiences of migrant life.
New on the website - Asylum Facts - our PowerPoint presentaion about where refugees come from, where they go and what happens when the arrive in the UK. Full of facts, figures and maps! See our Asylum Facts page.
Directory of Services in Leeds for Refugees and Asylum Seekers
Are you looking for advice?
Trying to find a drop in services?
Do you need training?
Concerned about someone's wellbeing?
Browse our Directory of Services in Leeds for Refugees and Asylum Seekers here.
Please consider making a donation to help us continue to provide this valuable source of information.
Click here to download a donation form or
Justice for All began 18 months ago to campaign for free legal advice, to ensure everyone is treated fairly under the law.
We are still a long way from that goal, but during an extremely difficult time almost 4,000 of us working together have made a real and lasting difference.
The Charter of Rights of Women Seeking Asylum was published in 2008.
It calls on the Home Office to ensure that women seeking asylum in the UK are treated with fairness, dignity and respect.
Join the movement to make Leeds a City of Sanctuary
Still Human Still Here is a coalition of over 50 organisations that are campaigning to end the destitution of thousands of refused asylum seekers in the UK.