Guest blog from Empower Women for Change, presenting their Sharing and Learning project. Our Sharing and Learning project has provided women a space to talk about what matters to them; their needs and issues and how they want to move forward to achieve for themselves. We are based in the heart of city centre where staff, […]
Women
Branching Out for Women in Toryglen
Positive mental health through nature Branching Out is an innovative, referral-only programme of woodland activities for people using mental health services. It was developed by the Forestry Commission, the NHS and other partners and now runs in 10 of Scotlands’ NHS areas. SEIN Members, Urban Roots, have an established track record of delivering the programme […]
Empower Women for Change
EWFC is community-based organisation empowering women. Led by voluntary women, EWFC provides a social, economic and political platform for the diverse women in Scotland to develop their leadership skills and function as active citizens in Scotland and beyond.
It’s not about the Burqa: Interview with Mariam Khan
Blog re-posted from Hope Not Hate – with thanks ‘It’s not about the Burqa’ is available to borrow from the SEIN Library. Suspicion and prejudice around Islamic clothing is common in Europe, with several countries even prohibiting the face veil and legislating [against] the headscarf. In the UK, then-prime minister David Cameron backed plans to ban the face […]
Families Outside
Families Outside is the only national charity in Scotland that works solely on behalf of families affected by imprisonment.
