Changes to the provision of NHS treatment have very recently come into effect.The Diocesan Refugee Support Group have been very concerned about this and asked the facilitator, Lucy Irven, to […]
Refugees & migrants
23 Oct – Medaille Trust appoints Leeds Diocese Rep
The Medaille Trust is a charity which supports men, women and children who have been freed from human trafficking. It has been operating for eleven years and now provides safe […]
21 Jul – Reflections after 3 months in the Job
Lucy Irven was appointed as the part-time Diocesan Refugee Support Group Facilitator about 3 months ago. Here she offers her reflections and observations about her experiences during that timePerhaps what […]
22 Mar 17 – Refugee Support Group Facilitator Update
We reported in January about the appointment of a part time refugee Action Worker in the Diocese. Unfortunately, the initial appointment did not work out but a replacement has now […]
12 Jan 17 – Diocesan Refugee Action Worker Starts
A while ago the Diocese recognised that they needed to provide some help to coordinate and advise parishes who want to respond to the needs of refugees coming to live […]
30 Nov 16-REFUGEE ACTION GROUP INFO EVNG
Much of the mainstream media dismisses responses to the international refugee crisis as “compassion fatigue”. The active responses of the parishes in the Catholic Diocese of Leeds was more than […]
14 Nov 16 Refugee Action at Holy Redeemer parish Huddersfield
by Sr.Eleanor of the Presentation Sisters in Huddersfield. On the afternoon of Sunday, 13th November, about 30 parishioners came together at St Patrick’s, in the parish of the Holy Redeemer, […]