# LEEDS ASYLUM SEEKERS SUPPORT NETWORK

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1092647
- **Other names:** (LASSN)
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** CIO
- **Registered:** June 27, 2002
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&amp;p_p_lifecycle=0&amp;p_p_state=maximized&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1092647


## Contact

- **Address:** LASSN, 22-23 Blayds Yard, LEEDS
- **Postcode:** LS1 4AD
- **Phone:** 0113 373 1759
- **Email:** admin@lassn.org.uk
- **Website:** www.lassn.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** TO RELIEVE ASYLUM SEEKERS AND REFUGEES IN NEED, HARDSHIP AND DISTRESS BY REASON OF THEIR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES BY SUCH CHARITABLE MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES  SHALL DETERMINE INCLUDING THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, RELIEF OF POVERTY AND THE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF GOOD HEALTH.

**Activities:** Linking refugees and asylum seekers with local volunteers who assist them to make friends and connections (Welcome and Connect), to learn English (English at Home), to find respite from destitution (Hosting &amp; Housing, Hardship Fund). We also run and update helpinleeds.com, newtoleeds.org and migrationpartnership.org.uk




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Organisations, Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Other Charitable Activities
- **What:** Education/training, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Accommodation/housing
- **Who:** Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, Other Defined Groups



## Geography

- **Area of benefit:** LEEDS METROPOLITAN DISTRICT
- Leeds City





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Akhona Ndudane |  | Feb. 22, 2025 |
| Amirah Adeel Asghar |  | Feb. 28, 2026 |
| Ian Garforth |  | Feb. 22, 2025 |
| John Ekblom |  | Feb. 22, 2025 |
| Mavis Adedeji |  | Feb. 22, 2025 |
| Parveen Ahmad |  | Feb. 22, 2025 |
| Stephen Maw |  | Feb. 22, 2025 |
| Tom Peacock |  | Feb. 22, 2025 |




