LRF - Leeds Refugee Forum

Leeds Refugee Forum’s bilingual advocacy services help refugees, asylum seekers and anyone from the local community access services and engage with different organisations.

Our community advocates make sure our clients’ voices are heard and that their rights are upheld.

We have volunteers who speak many languages including Arabic, Farsi, Turkish, Tigrinya, French and Azerbaijani. We also have translators available to support in a variety of other languages.

We advocate for our clients on a wide range of issues. We can help with:

• Completing forms
• Contacting organisations such as energy and mobile phone suppliers, insurance companies, etc.
• Accessing health services, including registering with a GP or dentist
• Accessing education services, including primary or secondary schools, or registering with a college or university

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Volunteer led support sessions for primary school students from school years 1 to 6. These sessions alternate between maths and English each week. Sessions act as an opportunity for students to revise while also giving them the chance to work on their assigned homework in a supportive environment. The club lasts for an hour and a half, with the first hour is focussed on studying and the last half hour is more focussed on students expressing themselves creatively.

Term time only.

Our Men’s Wellbeing Group is thriving and growing in momentum. The multicultural group provides support to men from all over the world who live in Leeds. We give service users the chance to enjoy a variety of games and activities, trips and events, wellbeing exercises and volunteering opportunities.

The Men’s Wellbeing Group allows men to practise and develop their English language skills, make new friends, learn and share knowledge.

Our Women’s Wellbeing Group provides vital support to women from a range of backgrounds. We encourage service users to join our art therapy workshops, which bring women together to create handmade items.

The Women’s Wellbeing Group allows women to practise and develop their English language skills, make new friends, learn and share knowledge. The women who attend build trust knowing they have a safe space to go where they are never alone; they always have people around to support them.