Visit of Deputy Mayor
Rory Palmer, Deputy Mayor, visited the Drop-in Centre on December 1st, 2011.
News
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Talks and presentations
We have a team of speakers who will come and give a talk or workshop, free of charge (anything from half-an-hour to half a day), to your school, society, firm, church or other organisation. We provide facts and figures, case studies and try to tell your group what it is…
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Outings and social activities
We organise occasional outings for asylum seekers, particularly for families with children. We are well aware that many asylum-seeking children…
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English Lessons
English lessons take place in the Donaldson Room and the Booth Hall at St Martin’s House, 7, Peacock Lane, LE1 5PZ.
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Hosting
The Hosting scheme is very new and is still developing. The idea is to help asylum seekers when they become homeless at key points in the asylum process – notably when they are waiting for their first interview with the UK Border Agency or when they have been granted leave…
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NEST – New Evidence Search Team
What is NEST?
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Lasting Impressions!
A new print making class for Refugee and Asylum Seeking Women will run in association with Refugee Action by Leicester Printing Workshop’s resident artist Claire Morris-Wright. The workshops are completely FREE and will take place on the first Tuesday each month from 1pm – 3pm until September 2012.
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Drop-in sessions
The Leicester City of Sanctuary drop-in centre for asylum seekers and refugees opened in May 2011. It has outgrown our…
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LUSH
Staff from the high-street shop LUSH regularly come to the Drop-in Centre to do ‘pampering’ sessions.