0113 244 9600
Tech Lending Community Project
Our Tech Lending Community Project works in partnership with temporary accommodations in Leeds to tackle digital exclusion. We aim to reach people living in vulnerable and uncertain circumstances and offer them the opportunity to connect with the digital world.
We do this by lending tablets to people who live in one of our temporary accommodation partners’ residences. The tablets we provide include 25GB of monthly data and unlimited national calls and texts. We currently work with 13 accommodations and have 175 tablets in use. The tablets allow users to improve their English, learn skills, stay in contact with friends and family, and access essential services.
Phone Line Support Project
Leeds Refugee Forum is a member of the National Digital Inclusion Network created by the Good Things Foundation. Through the network we provide SIM cards to asylum seekers and refugees based in Leeds.
The main objective of our Phone Line Support Project is to integrate destitute asylum seekers and refugees into the broader community by sharing opportunities and tools that only virtual and digital devices can offer. To promote digital inclusion, the O2 SIM card offers free national calls and texts and 25GB of monthly data to those who are eligible. This helps our service users feel more connected to their local and global communities and with their loved ones.
To sign up for a SIM Card, visit our drop-in on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 2-4PM at One Community Centre.
You must bring with you valid ID which can be either your biometric residence permit or a letter from the Home Office with your HO number.
Migrants Online: IT Skills Workshops
We are launching a new project to increase digital accessibility for our communities. It is aimed at complete beginners and will teach participants how to use tablets and computers for entertainment, to stay safe online, to access services, apply for jobs and more.
The IT Skills Workshops will run every Monday from 1:30pm to 3:00pm.
To register your interest, email [email protected] or call 0113 244 9600.
