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Improving health outcomes for people from marginalised communities – job vacancies available now via MESMAC

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Healthy Communities Together is a group of organisations who work with asylum seekers (Leeds Asylum Seeker Support Network), Gypsies and Travellers (Leeds GATE), sex workers (Basis Yorkshire), and Trans people (Yorkshire MESMAC), Leeds City Council and health (Leeds Clinical Commissioning Group) who also have a responsibility to all of these groups.   We know that … Continue reading Improving health outcomes for people from marginalised communities – job vacancies available now via MESMAC »

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In Their Own Words: 7 Tips on Supporting Young People

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In their Own Words: Tips on How Best to Support Young People

In this blog we share six tips from Young People to professional on how they can best support a young person who is or has experienced CEA. All of these tips were taken from the ‘CEA Hasn’t Gone Away’ booklet which you can download from our campaign page . 1. Validate their experiences and emotions. … Continue reading In Their Own Words: 7 Tips on Supporting Young People »

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Why Language Matters: Professionals Supporting Young People

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CEA Day 2022

Understanding why language matters is a really important part of supporting Young People who have experienced CEA. As part for our #CSEAwareness Campaign we’re sharing some examples of poor language and explain the negative impact this can have, we then look at some good language and phrases Young People have heard and why these have … Continue reading Why Language Matters: Professionals Supporting Young People »

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International Sex Worker Rights Day 2022

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Today is International Sex Worker Rights Day 2022. Today we stand alongside sex worker-led organisations and sex worker allies to raise awareness around the oppression sex workers face across the globe, and campaign for the right of sex workers to work safely free from abuse, violence and criminalisation. To mark the we wanted to share … Continue reading International Sex Worker Rights Day 2022 »

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Leeds Women’s Homelessness and Housing Frontline Network: Meeting #2

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Title page from presentation: Leeds Women's Homelessness and Housing Frontline Network 14th February 2022

On Monday 14th February we had our second Leeds Women’s Homelessness and Housing Frontline Network meeting and we were over the moon to see so many frontline practitioners from across Leeds come along for the session! What went on? We were lucky to have Lucy from Fulfilling Lives Islington and Camden (FLIC) come along and … Continue reading Leeds Women’s Homelessness and Housing Frontline Network: Meeting #2 »