Project Manager – Transitions (Part Time)   Kirklees and Calderdale (with office base in Bradford) £28,485 per annum pro rata Part time – 28 hours per week Permanent Join Refugee Action as Project Manager for the Transitions Project and be part of supporting refugees and asylum seekers in Kirklees and Calderdale. The Transitions project will support asylum seekers, refused asylum seekers and newly granted refugees through a mixture of advice, advocacy and casework as well as through volunteer-led buddying and evidence-gathering and the provision of therapeutic services. In this key role, you will oversee the establishment and development of Transitions [...]

We are a collection point for Operation Christmas Child and have lots of beautifully wrapped Christmas shoe boxes ready and waiting to be filled. Through the Samaritan's Project, children less fortunate will receive a gift based on need regardless of their background or religion. If you would like to help us fill up our boxes then please drop in what you can to Mama Denise in the Main Community Building. What Goes in My Shoebox? "Wow" Item Include a toy that a child will immediately love as soon as they open the box. Ideas include: Stuffed animal, deflated football & pump, toy [...]

Massive thank you to all the local school's and church's who have donated their Harvest festival fruit and vegetables to us. It will enable us to continue to make healthy and nutrious meals for our local community along with the help of the Community Foundation for Calderdale funding we have received #CFFCFunded.  

By the end of 2016, 65.6 million individuals were forcibly displaced worldwide as a result of persecution, conflict, violence, or human rights violations. That was an increase of 300,000 people over the previous year, and the world’s forcibly displaced population remained at a record high. The number of new displacements was equivalent to 20 people being forced to flee their homes every minute of 2016, or 28,300 every day. This is the harsh reality for many of our friends that come to our centre every day for help, support, advice and a listening ear. Their stories are incomprehensible. We can only [...]

If so we have the perfect role for you!... Music Teacher Volunteer for Nursery Sessions! Music Teacher Volunteer Role Description If you are interested in this fantastic opportunity please email our Nursery Manager Karen.hammond@staugustinescentrehalifax.org.uk

400 fresh carnations, music to fill your heart and a story to take you to the edge, Near Gone is coming to Yorkshire for the first time ever! So, be there! Get your tix here - https://www.squarechapel.co.uk/whats-on/near-gone/ Near Gone won a Total Theatre Award for Innovation, Experimentation and Playing with Form in 2014 and The Pulse Suitcase Prize in 2013 amongst others and it has toured extensively in the UK, USA, Ukraine, Poland, Israel and Ireland! Two performers – a man and a woman – on a bare stage with 400 flowers. Based on true events, these two performers have [...]

There is all sorts happening here at the Centre every day... Take a look at our What's On Guide to find our more: https://www.staugustinescentrehalifax.org.uk/whats-on/list/

We were already aware that our Mama Denise is amazing and she was recognised for all her (nearly 50 years) dedication to the people of Halifax and St Augustine's Centre, with the Outstanding Individual Achievement Award at this year's Community Spirit Awards. #charityawards2017 #communityfoundationcalderdale  https://youtu.be/WpGKA7NeZXU

Please find below some exciting opportunities with organisations that we work alongside. **Please contact them directly for further information**   Would you like to work for BEACON? We are recruiting for a McKenzie Friends Coordinator! Join our small, dedicated team and help improve the lives of asylum seekers in Bradford! Following a recent strategic review, BEACON is seeking to appoint a Coordinator to oversee and develop the McKenzie Friends project.   McKenzie Friends is a volunteer-led project which offers practical and moral support to asylum seekers without legal representation, accompanying them to court hearings and/or offering support to submit asylum appeals [...]

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