RST does not make grants directly but works through partner agencies that make recommendations for grants. Chief among these agencies is the Scottish Refugee Council, which runs the One Stop Service for asylum seekers and refugees in Glasgow. Other referrals come from refugee community organizations, Careers Scotland, Scottish Enterprise and colleges and universities. RST works very closely with caseworkers and managers from the Scottish Refugee Council to ensure the grant guidelines are kept up-to-date and are relevant to current policy and practice.
RST is committed to working with other agencies to identify incidences of destitution, gaps in provision and to remedy them quickly and also to avoid overlaps in services. It takes very seriously the need to strengthen the relevant networks of voluntary and statutory agencies in order to do this. This is done on a national and principal agencies include Borders and Immigration Agency (BIA) in Glasgow, the Scottish Refugee Council, the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (COSLA), the Edinburgh and Lothian Refugee Forum, Oxfam Positive Images Project, West of Scotland Refugee Forum, refugee community organisations and drop-in centres.
