During the financial year, Unleashing Refugee Potential C.I.C. (URP) supported refugees, asylum seekers, migrants and low-income families in Leeds to overcome barriers to education, employment, digital access and participation in community life. URP’s community-based support records included 80 recorded casework entries relating to approximately 70 identifiable clients, at least 91 support contacts and at least 131 individual service interventions. Support included accessing education, benefits, housing, employment, immigration-status systems and other essential services. URP also contributed to the Migrant Leadership Justice Commission, working with Migrant Action, Leeds Poverty Truth Commission and Forum Central. The project created structured opportunities for people with lived experience of migration to develop confidence, participate in leadership discussions, shape priorities and engage with wider civic and organisational leaders. URP’s digital inclusion work helped residents overcome barriers that went beyond basic digital skills. This included support with school applications, employment, benefits, immigration status and access to public services. Individual interventions resulted in outcomes such as restoring access to digital immigration status, progressing school applications, identifying free-school-meal entitlement and helping an employed resident regain access to wages. Through these activities, URP strengthened access to essential services, increased independence and confidence, supported migrant leadership and generated community-based evidence that can help improve services for other families facing similar barriers.

URP consulted stakeholders throughout the year through one-to-one support, group discussions, project sessions, partnership meetings and ongoing follow-up with community members. Consultation included refugees, asylum seekers, migrants, parents, young people, volunteers, sessional workers and partner organisations. Feedback from these groups helped shape URP’s priorities around education, employment, digital inclusion, access to services and leadership development. Through the Migrant Leadership Justice Commission, participants with lived experience of migration helped shape the agenda, identify priorities and influence how issues were discussed and presented. The partnership also used regular delivery and strategy meetings involving URP, Migrant Action, Leeds Poverty Truth Commission and Forum Central to review progress and coordinate activity. URP’s digital inclusion work was also informed directly by community casework. Repeated issues raised by residents around school systems, benefits, immigration status, employment and other online services were used to identify wider barriers and improve the support offered. Stakeholder consultation therefore directly influenced both day-to-day delivery and the development of longer-term partnership and systems-change work.

The total amount paid or receivable by directors in respect of qualifying services during the financial year was £5,145. This comprised £4,000 paid to Kidist Teklemariam for project consultancy/facilitation work and £1,145 paid to Amanuel Mebrahtu for sessional/project-related work. No remuneration was paid to Alice Tooley. These payments related to separately identified project delivery and sessional services and were not payments simply for holding office as directors. There were no other transactions or arrangements in connection with the remuneration of directors, or compensation for directors’ loss of office, which require disclosure.

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