Dissertation for MSc. Global Migrations & Social Justice exploring how local services are addressing the needs & barriers Roma communities face in accessing services within the Govanhill locality

Harriet A. de Wet (2019)

A tool that addresses the importance of inclusion, diversity, difference, and equity and how these concepts can be used in the community sector. The purpose of this resource booklet is to see how using an anti-racism framework can strengthen an organizations dedication to work towards social justice and equity.

CommunityWise (2017)

Flyer with information & links to help families raising children with more than one language

Bilingualism Matters

CRER’s new publication audits BME representation on Voluntary Sector Boards. Under-representation of BME groups on third sector boards has significant implications for racial equality. A lack of board diversity can impact decision making and governance, funding opportunities and public trust.

Coalition for Racial Equality & Rights (CRER) (2019)

An accessible resource giving information and challenging common misconceptions about Roma communities.

European Network Against Racism, European Roma Information Office

Flyer giving details of community meals, food banks, community growing and other free food options in the south east of Glasgow.

Govanhill Baths Community Trust (2018)

Flyer giving details of community meals, food banks, community growing and other free food options in the south west of Glasgow.

Govanhill Baths Community Trust & Urban Roots (2019)

A creative toolkit for teachers of religious education (R.E.) in secondary schools in Scotland to challenge stereotypes and misconceptions of Muslim women and communities, in collaboration with the Al Waleed Centre, University of Edinburgh.

Amina MWRC (2018)

Research recording the experiences of people who have been refused asylum and made destitute in Scotland. Coordinated by the Destitute Asylum Seeker Service, a Glasgow based project coordinated by the Refugee Survival Trust, Scottish Refugee Council, British Red Cross, University of Strathclyde Law Clinic, Glasgow Night Shelter, Castlemilk Community Church and Rehoboth Nissi Ministries.

Destitute Asylum Seeker Service (2019)

A report reviewing UK Progress on the European Union Framework for National Roma Integration Strategies.

Angela Ruskin University (2014)

Research highlighting the complexity of the lives of people facing multiple disadvantage in Scotland and detailing the challenges that charitable services and the public sector are facing.

Commissioned by Lankelly Chase and The Robertson Trust & authored by Heriot-Watt University (2019)

Final report from a project about the experiences of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender migrants from Central Eastern Europe (CEE) and the Former Soviet Union (FSU) in Scotland.

University of Glasgow, Economic & Social Research Council (2016)

Report from the Lift the Ban coalition discussing why people seeking asylum and their adult dependents in the UK the right to work and what this policy change would look like.

Lift the Ban (2018)

A collaborative report from Glasgow Centre for Population Health and the University of Glasgow’s Department of Urban Studies and the MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, sponsored by Glasgow Housing Association, the Scottish Government, NHS Health Scotland and NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde.

Go Well (2015)

Report of a scoping exercise on the need for greater policy capacity on migration in Scotland. Funded by Joseph Rowntree Foundation

Sarah Kyambi (2020)

The purpose of the New Scots strategy is to coordinate the efforts of organisations and community groups across Scotland involved in supporting refugees, asylum seekers and communities. This report sets out an approach to support the vision of a welcoming Scotland.

COSLA, Scottish Refugee Council, Scottish Government (2018)

A self-care manual designed to support you in establishing and maintaining an approach to self-care that fits with your unique life circumstances, strengths, challenges and needs.

This manual is for all women. However, it has been developed with the following audiences in mind:

• Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) women
• women who have experienced trauma and/or domestic abuse
• women who would like to become group facilitators

Amina – Muslim Women’s Resource Centre (2017)

This resource is intended to help young people intervene in situations where someone is the target of hate behaviour. It is aimed at 11-16 year olds but could be used as a training tool for peer educators and youth workers. Activities to go along with the resource can be found at: https://actiononprejudice.info/speak-up/

Youth Link Scotland – Action on Prejudice (2019)

A report on the impact of Covid-19 on refugees and refugee-assisting organisations in Scotland. This contains important findings on Physical and mental health, Digital inclusion, Social isolation and connections, Safety, and Organisational concerns.

Summary in Arabic
Summary in Farsi
Summary in Kurdish Sorani

Scottish Refugee Council (2020)

Poem in Scots about Dumchapel school girls’ campaign against asylum seeker detention & deportation – with teaching resources from the Educational Institute of Scotland: https://www.eis.org.uk/Anti-Racism/GlasgowGirls

Euan Girvan / EIS (2020)