Events - Scottish Faiths Action for Refugees

The Mikado – Grand Charity Evening for Edinburgh Direct Aid

07 Jan 2019

Thursday 14 March 2019 7.30pm, The King’s Theatre, 2 Leven Street, Edinburgh EH3 9LG Edinburgh Gilbert and Sullivan Society’s production of the Mikado will hold a grand charity gala evening in aid of Edinburgh Direct Aid at the King’s Theatre in March. Tickets are £25 and can be ordered by...

Faith to Faith – Stories of the New Scots

07 Jan 2019

Sunday 13 January 2019 2.00-4.00pm St Mungo Museum of Religious Life and Art, 2 Castle Street, Glasgow G2 0RH. On the Feast of St Mungo, Patron Saint of Glasgow and son of a refugee, join this special event to hear from some of Glasgow’s New Scots about how they...

Keep me like the echo

17 Aug 2018

In the final weekend of Edinburgh Art Festival, at the Scottish Parliament, on Saturday 25 August, 6-8pm, artists Ross Birrell and David Harding invite Syrian friends – composer and violinist Ali Moraly, soprano Rasha Rizk and musicians of the Damascus String Quintet – to present a live performance in association with their...

Church of Scotland General Assembly – fringe meeting

12 Apr 2018

Monday 21 May 12.30-2.00pm 1st Floor Hall, Quaker Meeting House, Edinburgh Scottish Faiths Action for Refugees will be holding a lunchtime fringe event at the Church of Scotland General Assembly in Edinburgh. Hear from Wendy Young (Worship and Theology Partnerships, Christian Aid Scotland and Vice-Convener of the Church and Society...

Refugee Festival Scotland 2018

12 Apr 2018

Refugee Festival Scotland: Friday 15 to Sunday 24 June 2018 Scotland-wide Coordinated by Scottish Refugee Council, Refugee Festival Scotland is an annual Scotland-wide programme of arts, cultural, educational, heritage and sports events that bring refugee and local communities together in celebration of the contribution refugees make to the richness and vibrancy of...

17 March – JPIT Conference

26 Jan 2018

10.00am-4.00pm Manchester Brave New World? Faithful living in a time of change The Joint Public Issues Team (JPIT) of the Church of Scotland, Methodist Church, United Reformed Church and Baptist Union of Great Britain are arranging a major national conference in Manchester. David Bradwell of Scottish Faiths Action for Refugees...

10 October – Refugee Awareness Event

27 Sep 2017

7.15pm Tuesday 10 October, Broughty Ferry An open evening organised by Broughty Ferry Churches Group Barnhill St Margaret’s Church Hall, Guthrie Terrace, Barnhill DD5 2QX Here is a chance to find out what is happening in Dundee and overseas to aid refugees displaced by war in Middle East and North...

17 November – ‘Inside Syria’ talk for Christian Aid

21 Sep 2017

7.30-9.30pm Friday 17 November 2017 – Inside Syria with author and Middle East specialist Diana Darke. Augustine United Church, George IV Bridge, Edinburgh EH1 1EL Diana Darke, Middle East specialist and author of My House in Damascus, bought a crumbling house in the old city of Damascus in 2005. Later...