“What can I do to help refugees from Afghanistan?”
A lot of people have been in touch over the last week, with unbelievably generous offers of help, housing, volunteering [...]
LASSN’s support of tech across Leeds and beyond, since the start of the Pandemic in 2020
In the last year many people have experienced disconnection and loneliness, and the people LASSN work alongside are no exception. [...]
Updated Guidance for Volunteers: Step 3, 17th May 2021
So it's the end of Lockdown? Almost. From 17th May 2021, most of the UK experienced a relaxation in Lockdown [...]
Friends of LASSN, Spring 2021
It's Spring - so let us tell you what we've been up to - and the difference we've made over [...]
LASSN Festival of Connecting and Reconnecting, March 15th – 19th, 2021
This year we cannot bring everyone together face-to-face as we usually would, so instead we invite you to take part [...]
Volunteer Guidance March 2021: the Roadmap out of Lockdown 3
Last week, the Prime Minister announced a new Roadmap to relaxing the Pandemic restrictions. This sets out a loose timetable [...]
Guidance for LASSN Volunteers during Tier 5 aka Lockdown 3, from 6th January 2021
Although we’re all still getting used to what Tier 5 means – it’s clear that we’ll be in it for [...]
English At Home – A Review of 2020
Each year, we write a summary of what we’ve been up to at English at Home, for our funders at [...]
Guidance for LASSN volunteers, at the end of Lockdown 2.0: 30th November 2020
When Leeds exits Lockdown 2.0 later this week, we will enter Tier Three or Very High Alert. Leeds City Council [...]
A new Guide to Befriending during the Pandemic
Tina Brocklebank, Volunteers Manager writes: Since the beginning of lockdown in March 2020, LASSN has been responding to the [...]
Friends of LASSN – Autumn 2020
Our first proper update on life at LASSN for quite some time. Apologies for the delay. You'll see we've been [...]
LASSN’s Annual General Meeting and Celebration: Wednesday 11th November 2020, 19:00 – 20:00
Although the Pandemic restrictions mean we can't meet up in person, we'd still love to meet with you, to share [...]