About this Website

🌍 Welcome to New to Leeds! 😊

New to Leeds is here to help people who are new to Leeds. It helps you find your way around and shows you how to get support.

⚠️ Please remember:
This website does not give immigration advice. To get immigration advice, you must speak to a trained adviser who is registered with the Immigration Advice Authority.
👉 For help finding immigration advice, click here.

📜 About This Website

This website was first made by Touchstone and Leeds Asylum Seekers’ Support Network (LASSN) in 2017. It was part of the Migrant Access Project Plus (MAP+), a project by Leeds City Council. In 2020, LASSN took over the website. It was later updated by:

• 📝 Julia Guisely in November 2022
• 📝 Rahmah Saleh in May 2024
• 📝 Mohammadreza Madadi in June 2025

Thank You to Everyone Who Helped

Big thanks to the people who helped make this website better:

• Getachew Obse
• Nyima Badjie Beyai
• Alena Strniskova
• Zaki Samwiil
• Diana
• Hussein
• Friends and staff from:

🏠 Refugee Employment Training and Advice Service (RETAS)
🏥 Public Health Leeds, Leeds City Council
🏘️ Communities and Environment, Leeds City Council
📑 Tenant Information Housing, Leeds City Council
🩺 Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
🥫 Leeds Food Aid Network
🛡️ Leeds Safeguarding Adults Strategy Unit
🧑‍⚕️ NHS Leeds Clinical Commissioning Group
🎓 aspire-igen & National Careers Service
🏫 Ingram Road Primary School

Last Updated: 25 June 2025

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