Tag: Reducing prejudice / informing people about refugees

Moments of Freedom is a project that’s led by New Scots women in Clydebank in partnership with Outside the Box and West Dunbartonshire Council. We hold monthly community gatherings to build and strengthen relationships in our local community so that we have opportunities to learn from each other. All are welcome – we provide hot drinks, cake, activities for children Read more…

MILK is a social enterprise set up to empower and support refugee and migrant women living in Glasgow. We run a small cafe in the Southside of the city where we aim to provide a safe and welcoming environment that promotes integration within the community. Read more…

Maryhill Integration Network (MIN) brings people together through art, social, cultural and educational projects; offering everyone a chance to learn new skills, meet new people, share experiences and take part in worthwhile activities to improve their communities. Weekly activities at MIN include: Knitting Group, Community Choir, Gardening Club, ESOL Classes, Family Nest Group, Women’s Group, Men’s Group, Youth Group, Conversation Read more…

The main purpose of this group is to reduce isolation and to promote integration of asylum-seeking/refugee women, in particular, women coming from Iraq, Syria, Turkey and Iran. The group is a peer support group without any paid sessional workers. The group meet once a week at Kingsway Health and Wellbeing Centre. We provide a platform for women to come together Read more…

We are an independent multi-use community space in the Southside of Glasgow. We provide a variety of great activities in a place that brings people together, helps reduce isolation, builds friendships and creates a real sense of community.​ Our affordable halls, kitchen, office space and studios are home to and well used by local organisations, dance and sports groups, artists, Read more…

Interfaith Glasgow is a Scottish charity specialising in promoting and facilitating engagement between different faith and belief communities in Glasgow, to help create a better connected, safer, and more harmonious city for all. Our Weekend Club Project aims to provide fun, free activities for people from refugee backgrounds at the weekend, a time when many ‘New Scots’ are lonely and Read more…

Govanhill Baths Community Trust (GBCT) is a community based organisation working to regenerate the local area. We run a range of Health, Wellbeing and Arts programmes and social enterprises. Read more…

Govan Community Project, formerly Govan & Craigton Integration Network is a community-based organisation working in the South of Glasgow. Originally a response of community and church members to the needs of newly arrived asylum seekers, we have developed over the years to become a local charity working with and for all the diverse communities of the Greater Govan area and Read more…

Glasgow Quaker Meeting offers a place of welcome and encounter where we can seek insight, inspiration and guidance, both in our own lives and in our life together. The Quaker way of life is simple to access, contemporary in its concerns and radical in its assertion of equality and openness. Read more…

We are developing community in Scotland from Ibrox/Govan. Read more…

Cranhill Development Trust is a small charity based in Cranhill which takes a person-centred approach to meet the needs of the entire community of Cranhill, from healthy eating and learning, to employability and more. We also head the East Glasgow Integration Network which helps to provide support, provision and advice to newcomers to the country who live across the east Read more…

Community InfoSource works with communities in Glasgow to put their ideas into action. ​Our organisation is human rights and equalities based and community led. ​​We currently have two main projects: ​Challenging Violence Against Women and Women & Asylum Seeker Housing. At the Violence against Women (VAW) Project we work in partnership with men from communities potentially affected by Female Genital Read more…

CAMASS is a community organisation with aims to create, develop and maintain friendly bonds, solidarity and tolerance among the members who reside in Scotland. We have regular social meetings for all members to discuss issues faced by members and to advance community cohesion and development across all aspects of local activity. Read more…

We are a Gorbals-based charity started in 1998 seeking to overcome divisions and bring communities together. We run a variety of activities to facilitate this end. Read more…

A community group for people of Bajuni origin to support integration in Scotland. Read more…

We exist to empower, inspire and support Muslim Women by working with partners to influence and create change in society to ensure that their voices are heard and needs are met. Read more…