Below is the list of services and employment support within Leeds and surroundings
Company | Description | Website |
New To Leeds | This website was developed by Touchstone as part of the Migrant Access Project Plus (MAP+) and was commissioned by Leeds City Council. The website aims to provide information to people moving to Leeds, about services, support and amenities available in the city. It is designed to help you find the right services for your needs and understand how to use those services. | |
The Compton Joint Service Centre | Employment support | |
Ethos Disability | A social business that helps people understand their additional needs and live well bringing together products services and information to enable them to live as they choose. | |
Action Fraud | Action Fraud is the UK's national fraud and internet crime reporting centre. Provides a central point of contact for information about fraud and financially motivated internet crime | |
Community Hubs | Community Hubs offer a mixture of housing services, library services and job searching help and advice. Customer service officers can help with enquiries about council tax bills and benefits, housing tenancy issues and so much more. | |
Moor Allerton One Stop Centre | Moor Allerton Community Hub is located in the very busy and popular Moor Allerton District Shopping Centre and offers access to library, housing and customer services. | |
Rothwell Community Hub | Advice on a range of Council services face to face. Braille and interpreting services available. Please do not visit the centre if you have any coronavirus symptoms. | |
Do-it | Information on an extensive number of volunteering opportunities, with the opportunity to apply online. | |
Dream CIO | We are a group of disabled people (any disability) aged between 18 and 65 across the city of Leeds. The promotion of social inclusion among disabled people in the Metropolitan District | |
Engage Leeds | Update - Including: Engage Leeds Floating Housing Support, Engage Leeds Advice and Employment & Engagement Services, Flagship Young People’s Services & GIPSIL Care Leaver Service | |
Gingerbread | Gingerbread provides information to help single parents support themselves and their family. We run programmes to equip single parents with the skills and opportunities to gain employment. | |
Volunteer Centre Leeds, Voluntary Action Leeds | Volunteer Centre Leeds helps individual people find meaningful volunteering opportunities. The team also offers advice and support to organisations and small group | |
Leeds Mind - Employment Support | Individual Placement and Support Service (IPS) aims to help you find a paid and competitive job. Our IPS Employment Specialist will help you prepare for work through job coaching, employment workshops and CV building. We can help you find employment based on your preferences, and work with local employers to find the job you want. Support doesn’t end once a job has been found; we provide ongoing support for you and your employer that helps you thrive throughout your employment journey. Our Employment Support service aims to build your confidence and self-esteem, explore volunteering and training opportunities, and eventually help prepare you to look for and gain paid work when you are ready to do so. Our support is tailored to your individual mental health and employment needs. We work with you, at your pace, to make that journey into work. With the exception of our courses and workshops you are unable to self-refer but speak to your support worker who can refer you via our website. | |
Thoresby Society | The Thoresby Society is the historical society for Leeds and its surrounding area and is open to everyone interested in the city’s rich past and its development over the centuries. It has a long-established library and archive collection, including historical records, maps, newspapers, and images, provides a varied programme of monthly talks and summer excursions, and publishes original research on aspects of Leeds history in its highly regarded annual publication (free to members). | |
Workers Educational Association | The UK's largest voluntary sector provider of adult learning. Workers’ Educational Association (WEA) is a charity dedicated to bringing high-quality, professional education into the heart of communities. We also have a special mission to raise aspirations and develop educational opportunities for the most disadvantaged. This includes providing basic maths, English and IT skills for employment; courses to improve health and wellbeing; creative programmes to broaden horizons and community engagement activities that encourage active citizenship. | |
The Reginald Joint Service Centre | Advice on a range of council services face to face. Please do not visit the centre if you have any coronavirus symptoms. | |
Refugee Education Training Advice Service (RETAS) | Established in 2002, RETAS (Refugee Education Training Advice Service) has a vision to see all refugees, asylum seekers and other vulnerable migrants to feel welcome and supported to fully integrate into society. ?We provide assistance with access to education, re-qualification, training and employment to help them better integrate in their communities. We strive to build confidence and hope in our service users, and empower them to build a safe and secure life here in the UK. | |
Leeds Jobcentre Plus | We have help and advice about the wide range of services available from your local JobCentre Plus as well as detailed information about claiming unemployment and incapacity benefits in the UK | |
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