New Scots: Refugee Integration Strategy – could you hold an engagement event?
On World Refugee Day, 20 June 2017, Angela Constance MSP (the Cabinet Secretary for Communities, Social Security and Equalities) launched a new... Read More
Refugee Festival Scotland 2017: Connect!
Refugee Festival Scotland’s programme for 2017 is out now! The Festival runs from 20 June – 2 July and the theme is... Read More
2 July – Shoulder to Shoulder: An interfaith pilgrimage
Shoulder to Shoulder An interfaith pilgrimage, part of Refugee Festival Scotland Sunday 2 July – walk – Ben Ledi, near Callander Christian... Read More
Scottish Church leaders: Keep taking child refugees
Voices from the Scottish Catholic and Church of Scotland community have come together in a common statement on the decision to end... Read More
Edinburgh Weekend Club in the running for community funds to tackle Islamophobia
Scottish Faiths Action for Refugees’ new programme in Edinburgh is in contention for funding to be decided by members of the public.... Read More
Mitzvah Day 2016
Jewish communities around the UK took part in Mitzvah Day on 27 November 2016. This year there was a special emphasis on... Read More
Cup of tea with a refugee
Would you like to share a cuppa with someone who knows what it is like to be a refugee?
Churches stand with refugees as world leaders meet at UN summit
Today, 19 September, the UN General Assembly is hosting a historic high-level summit addressing the large movement of refugees and migrants at... Read More
Interfaith Refugee Initiative Launched
Scottish faith leaders have joined with voices from across the United Kingdom in an open letter to the Prime Minister calling for... Read More
Urgent appeal for winter clothes
WINTER CLOTHES FOR SYRIAN REFUGEES IN LEBANON – Appeal from Edinburgh Direct Aid For each of the past three winters the charity... Read More