RST members and supporters will be joining other organisations to stand in solidarity with refugees this Saturday in Edinburgh – come along if you’re free! Saturday 17th September 2pm – 5pm, Scottish Parliament, Holyrood To coincide with the London “Solidarity with Refugees” event, Amnesty Scotland, Re:Act – Refugee Action Scotland,…
This is a guest post by Katharine T. Weatherhead The opening night of Edinburgh’s Festival of Politics on 18 August 2016 saw prominent politicians and organisations come together at the Scottish Parliament to discuss ‘Scottish Solutions to the Refugee Crisis’. The public event, held in partnership with The Royal Society…
One of RST’s volunteers, Sarah, reports from a meeting with Senior Campaign Advisor Kate Dentieth discussing ways of promoting Unicef’s new Children’s Champions network to campaign for refugee children. Unicef Children’s Champions network The aim is to lobby the government to allow unaccompanied children in Calais to rejoin relatives in the…
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…
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…
We recently posted information and figures about the destitution grants we provided in 2015-16 (read more here). RST’s information and comments were subsequently included in The National article: ‘Groups line up to damn way asylum system lets kids down‘ on 12th May 2015. Read the article to find out more. …
Get your ticket’s for the Big Welcome! Concert at Haddington Corn Exchange on Saturday 26th March in support of RST here or in person from Peter Potter Gallery or Kelsey’s Bookshop in Haddington. Line up includes: Barbara Scott mezzo soprano The Twa Tenors fae Dundee The Edinburgh Brass Band Klaksvikar…
RST was delighted to be invited to the Launch of the EP What We’ve Got / Four Hours by the Edinburgh based musicians Paper Rifles and Billy Liar on Saturday evening at the Southside Social in Edinburgh. Over ten acts performed at the sold out gig and the message was…
