A convergence of anti-G4S activists from around the UK. Saturday 6 October 2012, 10-4pm The Workstation, 15 Paternoster Row, Sheffield, South Yorkshire S1 2BX Related links Read an IRR News story on the Convergence Download an invite here (word doc, 52kb) Download a flyer here (pdf file, 76kb) Stop G4S Convergence Stop G4S Convergence Facebook event
Geography: North-East England
PAFRAS fundraiser
A night of music, food and a prize raffle in support of Leeds-based Positive Action for Refugees and Asylum Seekers (PAFRAS). Thursday 14 June 2012, 6.30pm Wharf Chambers, 23-25 Wharf Street, Leeds LS2 7EQ Confirmed acts include: La La & the Boo Ya Biscuithead and the Biscuit Badgers Downdime Kog Moorcroft RELATED LINKS PAFRAS
Vigil for Christopher Alder
A vigil and meeting to mark the fourteen years since Christopher Alder died in police custody in Hull in 1998. Sunday 1 April 2012, 12.30pm Assemble at Queens Gardens, Hull, North Humberside HU1 3DJ for a silent vigil at Queens Road police station, starting at 1pm Followed by a meeting at 2pm at the Unison
NACCOM conference
The annual conference of NACCOM which works with destitute asylum seekers. Saturday 4 February 2012, 10-4pm Victoria Hall, 61 Eldon Street, Sheffield S1 4GX Workshops: In-depth housing workshop Preventing blockages in accommodation schemes Getting the message out Advocating the asylum process Related links NACCOM
Anti-deportation campaign training
A free anti-deportation campaign training session. Friday 18 November 2011, 10-4pm The Space Project, 37-38 Mabgate Green, Leeds Training includes an up-to-date briefing on the asylum and immigration system, as it exists today, as well as in-depth training on the key aspects of running anti-deportation campaigns. Related links The Space Project National Coalition of Anti-Deportation
‘Britain on trial’
Speakers on racism, media and injustice, followed by creative workshops, a film and a spoken word night. Saturday 29 October 2011, 10.30am-9.30pm The Carriageworks 3 Millennium Square, Leeds LS2 3AD Morning session: Dr Carl Hylton – Leeds Bi-Centenary Transformation Project Dr Stuart Hodkinson – University of Leeds Young people – Leeds Young Authors and Shake
Anti-deportation training
A training workshop on starting an anti-deportation campaign. Monday 10 October 2011, 7pm Quaker Meeting House, St James Street, Sheffield S1 2EW Guest speaker: Michael Collins – National Coalition of Anti-Deportation Campaigns Related links Sheffield Committee to Defend Asylum Seekers National Coalition of Anti-Deportation Campaigns
Yorkshire youth event a great success against all the odds
A ground-breaking civil rights conference, planned by and for young people in Yorkshire, went ahead despite claims that the local council placed difficulties in its path. On Tuesday 17 November, 450 young people packed into an international conference centre in Leeds to discuss the issues of most concern to them growing up in twenty-first century
More destitution in Leeds
A report seeking to assess levels of destitution experienced by asylum seekers in Leeds has shown that figures have increased substantially over the past eighteen months. The report, commissioned by the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust, was intended to measure progress following the original 2006 survey for their Inquiry into Destitution Among Refused Asylum Seekers. The
Writers and artists for David Oluwale
The David Oluwale Memorial Committee presents an evening of information and poetry. Thursday 15 May 2008, 7-8.30pm Wheeler Hall, St Anne’s Cathedral Hall, Leeds Speakers: Kester Aspden on his recent book: The hounding of David Oluwale Ian Duhig (TS Eliot nominee) and Rommi Smith (parliamentary writer in residence) will read poems in memory of David