Working Together in Faith Conference
Tuesday’s Working Together in Faith Conference in Edinburgh examined how individuals and groups could grasp policy, advocacy and practical action as they exercised their faith. You can get a flavour of the event from the tweets posted using the #SFARConference hashtag. Part of the Refugee Festival Scotland, the joint-faith event opened with a reflection from... Read More
MIRO Concert
When: Sunday 14th August, 3pm Where: Colinton Parish Church, Edinburgh MIRO is a group of professionally trained and unprofessionally trained musicians from 10 global nationalities (many of them are former refugees) and a bewildering range of genres, the Manchester International Roots Orchestra has brought an exciting new voice to the world music scene since its... Read More
International Refugee Day 2016 – a joint statement from Scotland’s faith communities
20 June is International Refugee Day. As representatives of faith traditions and organisations assisting faith communities in the struggle against poverty we share an imperative to offer compassion and justice to those who are afraid and oppressed. We are saddened that there are those who would tear down bridges in place of strengthening human relationships... Read More
Fundraising Event in Support of Syria
Augustine United Church and St John’s Episcopal Church are hosting a live-performance of Mark’s Gospel in aid of the Syrian refugee crisis. Come along and be inspired by Phil Ruge-Jones and his incredible story-telling skills. Date Monday, 20 June 2016 Time 7 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. Venue Augustine United Church, 41 George IV Bridge, Edinburgh Tickets available... Read More
Working Together in Faith – Day Conference
Scottish Faiths Action for Refugees Information and advocacy conference – part of the Refugee Festival Scotland 2016 Date Tuesday, 21 June 2016 Time 10.30-15:30 (Registration from 10:00) Venue St Andrew’s and St George’s West Church, Edinburgh Lunch A light sandwich lunch will be provided Registration: HERE (required) Leaders, activists and members of Scottish faith communities are invited to... Read More
Addressing the needs of unaccompanied asylum seeking children and child refugees in Scotland
This week the Edinburgh Peace and Justice Centre published a paper addressing the needs of unaccompanied asylum seeking children (UASC) and child refugees in Scotland. The report sets out the context of the current refugee crisis, particularly as it relates to unaccompanied minors, and looks at the structures in place in Scotland to provide support... Read More
Hope for Refugee Children
In a week where the UK Government has been persuaded to do more to help unaccompanied refugee children in Europe, the World Communion of Reformed Churches has been reflecting on UNICEF’s analysis that 1 in 3 Syrian children have grown up knowing only crisis as the Syrian conflict has reached its 5 year point. Their... Read More
The Effect of the EU-Turkey Deal on Refugees in Greece – WCC reports
The EU-Turkey deal has been the centre of many discussions in the last four weeks. “Europe’s leading human rights body (the Council of Europe) has issued a stinging indictment of the EU’s refugee deal with Turkey, which it said at worst exceeds the limits of what is permissible under international law”, says Jennifer Rankin, The Guardian,... Read More
A weekend away for Refugees and Asylum Seekers
Over a weekend in early March 2016 a group of 27 refugees and asylum seekers, currently living in Bradford, spent the weekend living with host families in and around Skipton in rural North Yorkshire. There they found an extremely warm welcome. The initiative was jointly organised through the Yorkshire Dales Millennium Trust’s outreach project ‘People... Read More
Stand Up To Racism Scotland Seek Support
A group from Stand Up To Racism Scotland will be visiting Thessaloniki, Greece in May to provide medical and financial assistance to refugees. They will primarily be working with children who have been orphaned and displaced during the ‘refugee crisis’. Stand Up To Racism Scotland want to provide the NGOs with donations while in Greece,... Read More