This facility is constantly being developed. If your group or organisation would like to set up a link to our website please contact us on info@lihh.org
Housing Organisation
Connect Quality and affordable homes and services in the Leeds area.
Innisfree Housing Association Formed in 1985 to meet the acute housing needs of homeless and badly housed Irish people in London. Innisfree has grown to a fully fledged open "general needs" association with nearly 400 permanent homes in ownership in 2003, as well as supported housing
Leeds Federated Housing Association Leeds Federated Housing Association is a registered social landlord formed in 1975 and now provides 4000 homes in Leeds, Harrogate and South Yorkshire.
Social Care
Carers Leeds Carers Leeds is a voluntary organisation set up to support Carers. We can offer Carers support, advice and a listening ear, as well as information about benefits, respite and other services that are available
Survey of domestic services Would you like to take part in our survey? Just by completing the survey you will be entered into a free prize draw to win a spring clean (worth £100) from local social enterprise Angels Housekeeping.
Health
CSIP Care Services Improvement Partnership A useful source of information about health issues in BME communities in Britain. CSIP funded our project on older Irish people living with depression. They are currently making a short film about us which can be viewed on their website later this year.
Leeds Mind Hostel/Brudenell House Mental health services, housing, day care, counselling, self help and information for mental health.
Touchstone Support Centre Touchstone helps people with mental health problems to live in the community with dignity and independance. It works to enhance people's mental well being. It is strongly commited to equality, choice and everyone's right to the services they need.
Droghedaon;Boyne Tourism This site contains information on heritage sites in and around Drogheda and the Boyne Valley. These include Newgrange , Knowth and Monasterboice. The Battle of the Boyne Site and St Oliver Plunkett's Shrine etc. There is also a lot of tourist information
Huddersfield Irish Centre This site has information relevant to Irish people in the Huddersfield area and lots of links to other Irish organisations.
Ireland in Schools Ireland is an integral part of the cultural and historical experience of 'these islands' and its study helps to redress the often Anglo-centric tendencies of the curriculum in Britain.
Irish Arts Foundation A site with lots of information about Irish related arts in the city of Leeds.
Irish Relatives This site might be of interest to some people it has information about Irish families and chat rooms etc.
Irish Scarves This site is useful for buying county scarves and other stuff
Leeds Irish Centre This is the place to meet other Irish people and get informatiopn about what is going on in the city that might be of interest to Irish people.The site has lots of links to other Irish organisations in Leeds.
London Irish Centre The London Irish Centre provides a range of welfare, outreach and cultural services. The services include advice, housing, youth resettlement, survivors outreach, day centre, high and dry club, elders outreach and a Healthy Living centre.
McAndrews Store Are you craving your favourite Irish foods such as Tayto Crisps, Barry's Tea, Cadbury's Chocolate, TK Red Lemonade? Or perhaps you long for Scottish foods, including Tunnock's Caramel Wafers, Irn Bru or Shortbread?
Well now you have discovered McAndr
Oideas Gael: An Irish Cultural resource This is a really good resource site. situated in south Donegal it caters for all levels of Irish language learner and offers cultural holidays in a stunning landscape. Highly reccommended.
General
American Indian Leonard Peltier Leonard has been in prison since 1976 for a crime he did not commit. Peltier, a Lakota/Anishinabe Indian, is recognized around the world as a political prisoner. In violation of its own statutes, the U.S. government has repeatedly refused him parole.
American Indian website A facinating link for info about Native Americans. American Indian history is similar to the Irish. They have persecuted by Eurpoean settlers for five hundred years and still have not achieved full rights in their own land. Have a look and be amazed.
