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Equal Futures

A family led organisation, working across Central Scotland with families with a relative with a disability. We believe everyone is entitled to a good life. We build Circles of Support. Circles meet regularly to build friendships, plan for the future and to support families. Circles are facilitated by a Community Connector whose role is to get to know the individual, support them to think about hopes and dreams and to bring people together to form the Circle. We believe everybody should have the right to:  make decisions,  have a home , financial security, make future plans, loving relationships. We’ve found that planning for the future changes lives today. We hold workshops on Wills and Trusts, Financial Planning, Powers of Attorney and Guardianship, and Housing Options.

LINKnet Mentoring

Provide one to one mentoring support to people who look for employment or further/higher education. In addition we help people to improve English language skills.

Edinburgh Chinese School

A non-political, non-religion and non-profit making registered charity. Chinese school is held for 2 hours each Saturday during the school term. Aside from learning Chinese, there are also opportunities to join in clubs and activities such as Chinese Dance Group, Lion Dance, Abacus Learning, Chinese chess, and many others. All helping to promote our Chinese culture. In addition to all our extra-curricular activities, the school also operates a Prefect Group for some of the senior students and this has been a great success so far. Edinburgh Chinese School has an Equal Opportunity Policy and strives to promote Social Inclusion Strategy.

BME Capacity Building Project

BME Capacity Building project aims to reach BME communities in Fife, Lothian & Borders with First Aid skills and Humanitarian messages to assist others in a crisis. Anyone can learn First Aid; don’t need good English or numeracy skills. Sessions range from one to seven hours or more; and are tailored according to your language and cultural needs. Training is free, flexible, friendly and carried out in your local community, Restaurant, can be home-based. The British Red Cross helps people in crisis, whoever and wherever they are. We are part of a global network of volunteers, responding to natural disasters, conflicts and individual emergencies. Opening times- Monday - Friday 9 am-5 pm but training can be arranged in weekend if needed.

Swietlica (Edinburgh Polish Club)

Swietlica is a dynamic volunteer international collective and provides a range of free services to children and families in need as well as running regular language classes, cultural events, groupwork for children, arts and crafts and ethnographic, music and photography workshops as well as recreational activities for older citizens, advice and remote reporting.
 
Swietlica - Migrant Workers’ Community Drop-in based in Edinburgh supports newcomers who are having difficulties arising from lack of language or unfamiliarity with the culture.

Polish Cultural Festival Association

Polish Cultural Festival Association is a non-profit organisation aiming to promote Polish culture in Scotland and support Polish-Scottish integration. The work of the organisation concentrates around organising the very first Polish Cultural Festival in Edinburgh. This festival has been programmed, fund-raised, organised and staffed entirely by a voluntary network of Polish people most of whom are under 30 and all of whom work full-time alongside these commitments. It’s taken a year of hard work and in making it to the finish line. The team consists of 17 committed individuals who each bring experience of managing large scale artistic events, short film festivals, performance events, visual arts projects, exhibitions, conferences.

Emito.net

An information and social networking platform aimed at 1 million Polish nationals living in the United Kingdom and those who are still in Poland considering visiting this country as tourists or coming to live and work here. The website provides concise information in the user’s native language in the form of daily news (both from the UK and Poland), articles and compact guides regarding all aspects of living and working in the United Kingdom. Emito.net provides a collection of tools for users to interact with one another, so they can build networks among friends and others with shared interests through services like: discussion forums, groups, classifieds board, profiles and others.

Dr Bell’s Family Centre

Dr Bell’s is a child friendly centre based in Leith, Edinburgh. We provide a range of support services and facilities for local families. Our daily activities include a small cafe, dedicated crèche, parenting support, advice, learning and training opportunities for parents and carers, and therapeutic services including trauma therapy, complimentary therapies, play therapy and counselling. People from many cultures routinely use Dr. Bell’s. Runs an Asian Women’s Group which has a focus on learning English. Open Mon to Fri 9am to 4pm. Rooms available for let, including weekends.

  Main client groups: Families which include a child under 8
 
  Specific services: Asian Women’s Group

The Edinburgh Mela

The Edinburgh Mela Festival is Scotland’s biggest and best annual festival of world music, dance, fashion and food. Rooted in the South Asian community of Scotland’s central belt, it has grown in recent years to become a hugely popular attraction among audiences at Edinburgh’s summer Festivals. The Festival now attracts a broad audience from both the South Asian and other BAME communities in Scotland and the wider community of keen festival goers. Year round, the Edinburgh Mela is developing a strong education and outreach programme.
Facebook: TheEdinburghMela (https://www.facebook.com/theedinburghmela)
Twitter: @EdinburghMela (https://twitter.com/edinburghmela)

Strengthening Communities for Race Equality Scotland – SCOREscotland

A voluntary organisation serving the minority ethnic communities in the West of Edinburgh. The organisation strives to eliminate racism in our society by working for and with those who are affected by racial discrimination. We offer One to one confidential advice and information, advocacy and support for people experiencing racial discrimination, abuse and/or harassment. Advice on welfare benefits, health, education, basic immigration, housing and employment. Any person living in the West of Edinburgh can access our services. Our primary aim is to provide a service to minority ethnic communities but anyone who thinks they may benefit, and supports our mission and values, can access our services. We are open Monday to Friday, 9am-5pm

Black & Ethnic Minorities Advice Service

The Action Group provides a range of services throughout the Lothians for individuals with learning disabilities and other support needs and their Carers. Our BEMAS service is free, independent and confidential. The Action Group is happy to arrange interpreters for BEMAS service users where necessary.
 
Our specialist BEMAS advice workers also work one-to-one with many carers helping them overcome barriers to accessing the services that they are entitled to. BEMAS advisers regularly deal with enquiries around immigration, welfare benefits,housing, respite and much more. BEMAS advisers aim to make their service as accessible as possible and frequently visit carers in their own homes.

Welfare Rights Team (minority ethnic communities)

Provision of free, confidential welfare rights and money advice, including information, advocacy, support and representation. Languages spoken by staff include: Bengali, Hindi, Urdu, Punjabi. Opening hours: Mon to Fri 9am to 4.30pm.

  Outreach surgeries available.
 

Aberdeen Mosque and Islamic Centre

The Aberdeen Mosque and Islamic Centre is a registered charity (charity number: SC028038) serving Aberdeen’s Muslim community. It was founded 25 years ago by a small number of Aberdeen University students and local business-people, and was initially located in a small house beside the University. Later, two further adjacent houses were bought to accommodate the growing number of Muslim worshippers and users of the Centre. Currently, the Muslims of Aberdeen use these three small houses located side by side as their mosque for prayers.

Equality Advisory Support Service

Advice and support against discrimination at work, using or accessing services, premises issues and education. NB: Not legal help. If unable to advise, referrals to other organisations are made. Opening hours: every week day 9am-7pm. Saturday 10am-2pm. Facebook: EASSHelpline

Refugee Council

The Refugee Council is a leading charity working with refugees and people seeking asylum in the UK. Founded in 1951, following the creation of the UN Refugee Convention, we exist to support and empower people who have fled conflict, violence and persecution in order to rebuild their lives here in the UK.

Arch (Blue Mointain)

Services:  1) Harbour House: three-bedroom property providing destitution accommodation for refugees, failed asylum seekers, and for those with unknown status. Referrals can only come from Staffordshire North and Stoke-on-Trent CAB. 2) Refugee, Asylum, Migration Support with Staffordshire North and Stoke-on-Trent CAB. Support to refugees: homelessness prevention, access to permanent/temporary accommodation.

Migrants Organise

Migrants Organise provides a platform for refugees and migrants to organise for power, dignity and justice to enable meaningful inclusion and integration. We combine advice and support for individuals affected by the hostile environment immigration policies with community organising, advocacy, research and campaigning to help dismantle structural racism.

Our big vision is an inclusive and welcoming society with a fair immigration system based on principles of dignity, justice, welcome and action. Our mission is to create a platform with migrants and refugees and our allies to act together for justice and dignity. We will build a movement that delivers change.

Waterloo Community Counselling

Counselling service for people who feel like they counselling that would take their cultural backgrounds into consideration. Open to residents of Lambeth and Southwark that require counselling in other languages, and to refugees and asylum seekers living in any South London borough.

Project 17

organisation working to end destitution among migrant children. It works with families who have no recourse to public funds who are experiencing exceptional poverty to improve their access to local authority support

Prisoners of Conscience Appeal Fund

Grant-making organisation, for prisoners of conscience and their families in the UK and overseas, offering hardship relief, bursaries for postgraduate study/requalification and for family reunion costs.  Many grants give practical help to destitute refugees and asylum seekers in the UK. Through referrals only. Office is not open to the public.