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News, Our Impact, Services
Lockdown life: keeping our helpline running

Helpline Adviser, Caitlin Reilly is often the first person that New Scots speak to when…

News, Services
Giving New Scots a safe place to call home

We’ve teamed up with the Chartered Institute of Housing to launch new guidance for landlords…

News
Letter to Scottish MPs on the Nationality & Borders Bill

Scottish Refugee Council has written to all of Scotland’s MPs urging them to vote against…

News
A Poem from America

Our CEO Sabir Zazai recently received a ‘letter from America’, or to be more accurate,…

News, Services, Stories
Building a better future

These brave young people arrived in Scotland as frightened children seeking safety. Now, with the…

Stories
Changing and growing: Pachedu adapts to the pandemic

We caught up with Gregor from Pachedu, a small charity supporting people who are minoritised…

News, Our Impact, Services
Lockdown life: Helping families to find their feet

Adjusting to life in a new country is never easy – especially for families fleeing…

News
Our response to the Home Office’s inhumane offshoring proposals

These nonsensical proposals are a shockingly cruel and brutal tactic of the UK Government’s hostile…

News
Park Inn: one year on

One year on since the Park Inn tragedy, and still people are being housed in…

News, Services
Lockdown life: Helping New Scots into work

Employability Support Officer, Anita Yu, provides New Scots with training and encouragement to help them…

Stories
Mohammed’s story

We met with Mohammed ahead of Refugee Festival Scotland 2021. Mohammed volunteers with the Yemeni-Scottish…

News, Stories
The Museum of Things

The Museum of Things is a creative space led by refugee artists. The group –…

News
Record number of people displaced globally over last year

War, violence, persecution, human rights violations and other factors caused nearly three million people to…

News, Our Impact
Humanitarian Protection Learning Resources launched in Dundee

We are pleased to announce that Dundee City Council has just launched three new learning…

Campaigns and appeals, News
Join us on World Refugee Day!

It’s World Refugee Day on Sunday and we’re coming together in a show of solidarity…

News, Our Impact
New work placements partnership launches

We’re pleased to announce a new partnership with furniture giant IKEA, in a bid to…

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