Guest post by Jill Stevens Refugees, race and religion: five Edinburgh Fringe Festival shows handpicked especially for you. Follow the stories of an Eritrean man in the Calais jungle, Young Mana as she escapes from Red-Yellow planet, two men in a Fife jail cell, seven Glasgow Girls fighting their friend’s…
Join RST volunteers this Saturday 6th August for a pop-up poetry event in Princes Street Gardens in Edinburgh. Drop in to the Robert Louis Stevenson grove in Princes St Gardens between 2 and 4 pm (near the big fountain) to share poems from round the world, and join us for…
August 2016: DASS is recruiting for a new part-time Destitution Adviser. Check out Scottish Refugee Council’s jobs page for details of this post and how to apply. Closing date for applications is 15th August.
August 2016 Diana Rix, our Coordinator since June 2014, is leaving RST to move abroad. In her time with us, Diana has made an enormous contribution to RST by working tirelessly with our volunteers to raise funds and increase awareness of the support we offer. As well as providing support…
RST’s destitution grants April – June 2016 RST provided 212 destitution grants from April to June 2016, supporting 334 people and totalling £16,278. The average grant was £77. The average monthly spend was £5,426. [Click image to enlarge] Key facts 73% of lead applicants were male 77% of applicants were…
We would like to welcome our new Accommodation Worker, Dodee Olangi, to the DASS team. Dodee’s previous experience working with vulnerable women as a volunteer with the British Red Cross Women’s Orientation Service will be invaluable in her new role at RST, supporting DASS clients living in our temporary accommodation.
On the evening of 17 June 2016, the Oxford Migration Studies Society ‘took over’ the Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford, England. The event was entitled ‘Migration and the Art of Movement’ and it featured an exciting programme based on this theme. The programme included a jazz band, theatre group performance, interactive…
RST is looking for a new Coordinator to join our small staff team. This is a part-time post (17.5 hours per week) based in Glasgow. Please see the Job Description attached. If you would like to apply please complete the attached Application Form and send it, along with your equalities and monitoring…
