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New Life Outreach (Destiny Glasgow ?)

A christian organisation providing opportunities for people to share experiences, strength and hope for the future at monthly meetings. Meetings are an opportunity to share a meal and meet others who can provide guidance and support for life in the city. There will also be a time for Christian praise and worship, as well as guest speakers from both secular and faith organisations., with a range of material relevant to migrants. All welcome regardless of faith, ethnicity or gender.

Muslim Council of Scotland

MCS is a membership-based umbrella organisation, accommodating and reflecting the variety of social and cultural backgrounds and outlook of the Muslim community. It is an independent body working to promote consultation, cooperation and coordination on Muslim affairs in Scotland. It is a non-sectarian body working for the common good without interfering in, displacing or isolating any existing work in the community. It is a body that will seek to prepare the case for, and advocates, the responsibilities and rights of Muslims living in Scotland.

Islamic Society of Britain

The Islamic Society of Britain (ISB) was set up to provide a vehicle for committed British Muslims to combine their knowledge, skills and efforts for the benefit of one another and British society as a whole, through the promotion of Islam and Islamic values. We do a number of activities including holding a monthly family circle where Muslim families can come together and discuss issues that are pertinent to them. We also arrange day trips and residential programmes.

Garnethill Hebrew Congregation

Scotland’s leading Jewish house of worship.

Faith in Community Development Scotland

The Transformation Team, part of Faith in Community Scotland, works alongside local faith communities as they work together to make a difference in the economically poorest communities in Glasgow.
 
  Twitter: @FiCScotland

The Bridges Programmes

Bridges Programmes is an innovative and influential organisation dedicated to the full integration of refugees, migrants and asylum seekers into the Scottish workplace. We work closely with employers to identify opportunities for our clients to undertake work shadow placements in order to gain UK work experience and we provide specialised employability and empowerment support using our knowledge of the barriers and challenges facing those entering the UK workforce from abroad.

Bridges Programmes is a registered charity (SCO36344) and registered with Companies House (no. 352017). By promoting mentoring and integration in the workplace, we hope to enhance the existing skills of our clients and improve their English, confidence and motivation.

Venture Scotland

Venture Scotland offer young people aged 16-30, a FREE 4-stage, progressive, personal development programme based in the outdoors, lasting up to a year, focused on helping to improve their physical, mental and emotional wellbeing. The programme is group-based and involves meeting twice a week to participate in fun and challenging sessions that use the outdoor environment to stimulate and sustain personal development and growth. Activities include everything from hill walking to canoeing to coasteering.

The programme is still being offered through the pandemic and is being delivered in a blended approach, which is a mixture of online and in-person programming. Please get in touch to refer yourself or someone you know, or to find out more.

Welcome House

Welcome, signposting, moral and social support.

Welcome, connect, empower and engage

Sport,educational and cultural activities

Revive Manchester

We are an independent community project which provides free practical support, services and advocacy for refugees and people seeking asylum, regardless of race, religion, gender, sexuality, disability, age or beliefs.

Refugee Action Kingston

We help refugees and asylum-seekers to find homes, work, and a future in Kingston. Because, wherever we come from, we all want the same thing: to play our part in a thriving community.

Learning Curve

We are a partnership of agencies from Perth and Kinross who value our learners and provide a free and confidential service to local people. We work with anyone over 16 who wants to take the first steps back into education or training, feel more confident about learning new things or brush up on skills. We also offer support for English for speakers of other languages, young people, parents and carers and people in work or training. The courses are delivered through one-to-one support or in small friendly groups. People set their own goals and work at their own pace.

Motherwell & Wishaw Citizens Advice Bureau

Motherwell & Wishaw Citizens Advice Bureau is a voluntary, confidential, independent and free community service dedicated to helping local people to find solutions to problems. The bureau offers information and advice on a wide range of subjects including housing problems, debt, employment problem, social security benefits claims and appeals, consumer rights etc Our work is underpinned by our core Aims and Principles: To provide the advice people need for the problems they face. To improve the policies and practices that affect people’s lives.

Forth Valley Migrant Support Network

Forth Valley Migrant Support Network has been established to address the problems of disenfranchised migrants whose first language is not English. The organisation has been set up by volunteers involving different nationalities.  You do not have to be a migrant to access help. We would aid any elderly locals to our office needing face to face help with telephone or internet. We are currently focusing our work within the Falkirk area with Forth Valley Migrant Support Network being the only voluntary group in the area providing this unique service, presently three days per week.

The Ruby Project

A support and advocacy service based at the Glasgow Rape Crisis Centre which specialises in working with women from black and minority ethnic communities, and asylum seeking or refugee women. We support women and girls aged 13 and over who have experienced sexual violence at some point in their lives, whether it happened in the UK or in another country. We offer culturally sensitive face to face emotional support, regardless of immigration status, plus advocacy support for practical issues facing asylum seeking and refugee women.
 
Women can self-refer to the project, and we accept referrals from organisations over the phone (08 088 00 00 14) or by email (info@rubyproject.co.uk). There is also a drop in every Friday (excluding public holidays) between 10am and 2pm.

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Glasgow-Rapecrisis/922020791146717?fref=ts  
Twitter: @RCCGlasgow

Glasgow Women’s Library

Lifelong learning - Film Screenings; creative leaning workshops; Women make history; Women history walks & talks ESOL (learning English as a second language). Adult Literacy and Numeracy. Events and exhibitions regarding women. A diverse collection of materials about women including a research resource by women undertaking projects locally, nationally and internationally.
 
  Opening times: Mon to Fri 9.30am to 5pm

Glasgow Women’s Aid

A confidential service which provides help, support and refuge for women and children fleeing domestic abuse. We offer telephone support 9.30 - 5.00 Monday to Friday and the drop in support is open until 4.30 pm five days a week; We offer refuge if space is available and we offer support and information on legal rights including children, housing options, entitlement to benefits etc. We provide follow-on support after refuge and outreach for children and young people.

Tron St Mary’s

The Tron St. Mary’s church does a lot of work with asylum-seekers. Twice a week asylum-seekers arrive from Liverpool and London to stay in the flats for four to six weeks while they wait to see if they will be allowed to settle in Glasgow or be deported. The church also runs a drop-in centre, craft group, English class, community cafe, Girls Club and Zumba takes place on a Thursday evening. It holds culture nights welcoming people of all nationalities. A Parish Assistant is employed to work primarily with the asylum-seekers. There is a core congregation of around 80 plus a large turnover of other people attending. The Church serves both as a place of worship for the people of our parish and as a centre for a range of local community activities.

Wing Hong Chinese Elderly Centre

The Wing Hong Elderly Group was formed in 1989 with help from the Social Work Department and the then Ethnic Minorities Project. in 1992, the Group employed a development worker for two years under the Scottish Office Ethnic Minority Grant Scheme. From 1993, Urban Aid funding was granted to the Group and in 1997 the Project received grants from the Social Inclusion Budget and Social Work Service of the Glasgow City Council. Currently, the Group was a membership of over 680 with an annual growth of 10-12% and has over 200 regular users attending its Centre. The project is a authorised service provider and a registered charity. The aim of the Project is to enhance the quality of life for the Chinese elderly.

ASRA

ASRA is a multi faith and multi cultural service for older and disabled people, their carers and families and new communities such as asylum seekers and refugees. The service includes day care, home support and outreach work. ASRA aims to tackle a number of barriers which minority communities are facing such as communication, isolation, social exclusion, poverty and inequality. The project aims to provide ethnically sensitive drop in centre, offer regular advice on a range of issues such as welfare rights and housing, organise indoor activities such as sports, recreational activities, cultural programmes and other education and training activities.

Latta & Co. Solicitors

We deal with all areas of law including immigration; asylum; human rights; civil; child; divorce; criminal; mental health and employment law. Established in 2012 with a focus on client care and providing access to justice, we now have offices in Glasgow and Edinburgh. We currently have 15 qualified solicitors within the firm, two of whom have been accredited by the Law Society of Scotland as specialists in immigration law. As a firm, we have been involved in several high profile cases which have attracted not only media attention, but most importantly success for the clients. The firm is also experienced in the area of strategic litigation.

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  Twitter: @lattalaw