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📣Assembly point for this Saturday announced!
This will be a safely stewarded counter-protest for all who say refugees are welcome in Glasgow, fascists are not.

Please email sutrscot@gmail.com to join the stewarding team🦺

Bring trade union and campaign banners and flags!

Three hikers stride across a flat path with mountains in the background and large clouds gathering above.

Two hikers celebrate with arms out wide and big smiles at the summit of a mountain.

To quote one of the team: "We hiked, climbed, learned so much, and achieved goals by reaching challenging places, but all of this was made possible thanks to our teamwork and support for one another… I won’t forget the friends I met after joining the group. We became a team, friends, and a family."

Hikers on a woodland path stop to pick brambles. The sky is bright blue with vapour trails and a few small white clouds.

A group of hikers have lunch on a riverbank next to a woodland trail.

Our group enjoyed some truly memorable days out in the great outdoors and learned how to access the hills independently, safely and with greater confidence. Huge thanks as ever to Tiso, Mhor Outdoor, @johnmuirtrust.bsky.social and our amazing programme leader, Kat Jackson.

A group of eight hikers at the summit of a mountain with large clouds overhead and mountains in the distance.

Three hikers climb a rocky path as low cloud drifts in.

We've now completed our seven-week Connect Outdoors educational hiking programme, finishing with the 1,103m Munro, Beinn Ghlas, overlooking Loch Tay, and a 10km woodland trek around Chatelherault Country Park. Community, connection, camaraderie; so many great achievements, so many proud moments!

A man delivers a presentation for a group seated around a long table, in a white room with large windows at the back.

A man standing in front of a large screen delivers a presentation for a group seated around a long table. On the walls are various signs, including 'GLASGOW HAS NO PLACE FOR FASCISTS' and 'NO HOSTILE ENVIRONMENT IN SCOTLAND'. The screen shows a slide headed 'Cultural Differences', with the subheading 'The Rule of Law: Justice for All'.

Last week our Field Engagement Hub ran its latest workshop on cultural awareness and challenging violence against women. The event was part of the New Scots Hub project, with many volunteers attending. It proved a very interesting session for everyone, with lively discussion and a lot of engagement.

A woman delivers a presentation to a group seated around a long table, in a white room with large windows at the back. On the walls are various signs, including ‘GLASGOW HAS NO PLACE FOR FASCISTS’ and ‘NO HOSTILE ENVIRONMENT IN SCOTLAND’.

Westminster outreach officer Philippa Mason visited CIS yesterday to talk about the UK parliament and how to contact your MP. Many of our volunteers attended the event, delivered as part of our New Scots Hub project. Thank you to Philippa for a very informative session!

@ukparliament.parliament.uk

A group of hikers stand at a viewpoint with backs to the camera, looking across to a loch and distant hills.

A group of hikers standing on a wet, rocky forest trail. There are trees all around and a wooden footbridge in the background.

Special thanks to Ross from Mountaineering Scotland for joining us to deliver a couple of excellent sessions on navigation skills and mountain safety; to Tiso, Mhor Outdoor and @johnmuirtrust.bsky.social for making this possible; and of course, our programme leader, Kat, for all her amazing work!

A group of nine hikers pose for a photo standing on a path surrounded by fern. In the background is a loch with several small islands and thick clouds overhead.

Two hikers standing either side of a cairn at the summit of a hill. Behind them is another mountain with low cloud moving in.

In the last couple of weeks, our participants on the Connect Outdoors programme have taken on the challenges of climbing Beinn Dubh, and exploring Kirkton Glen near Balquhidder. The group showed great spirit and determination throughout, overcoming wind, rain and midges to enjoy two fantastic hikes!

Community InfoSource remains committed to standing in solidarity with those who have lived experience of the asylum system. We will continue working with partners to push for justice, accountability, and lasting change.

Hotel accommodation is not appropriate for people seeking asylum. It stifles integration, strips people of agency, and significantly harms mental health. The system must change.

Badreddin, like many others, had fled violence in his home country and came to the UK seeking protection and dignity. Instead, he found isolation, disempowerment, and inadequate support while housed in a city-centre hotel at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.

This incident did not happen in isolation. It took place within the broader context of a profoundly flawed asylum system that continues to place vulnerable people in unsuitable hotel accommodation.

We remember Badreddin and all those who were harmed in the events of that day. Our thoughts remain with his family, those who were injured, and the many others who continue to be impacted by the trauma of that time.

Five protesters standing together holding placards reading, "JUSTICE ACCOUNTABILITY CHANGE", and "END HOTEL DETENTION".

Today marks five years since the tragic death of Badreddin Abdalla Adam Bosh, a 28-year-old asylum seeker from Sudan, who was shot and killed by police at the Park Inn Hotel in Glasgow on 26 June 2020.

Flyer for 'We All Belong', containing information on the free carnival on Saturday 21 June at the Old Fruitmarket in Glasgow.

The demonstration and carnival are an official part of Refugee Festival Scotland and will be marking World Refugee Day. Bring your signs, flags and banners to show your support!

Flyer for 'Aye Welcome Refugees: Stop the Far Right', with details of the national march and carnival on Saturday 21 June.

Aye Welcome Refugees: Stop the Far Right

Saturday 21 June: @sutrscotland.bsky.social national demo and rally, followed by free 'We All Belong' carnival and celebration in the Old Fruitmarket. Join us at midday in Barrowland Park, Gallowgate.

#AyeWelcomeRefugees #StopTheFarRight #RefugeeFestScot

We are now recruiting for three roles within our organisation:

➡️ Befriending Coordinator and Caseworker
➡️ Caseworker
➡️ Fieldworker

Closing date for applications: 9.00am, 30 June 2025.

goodmoves.org/organisation...

@goodmovesjobs.bsky.social

Our thanks also to the Connect Outdoors partnership: Tiso, Mhor Outdoor, and @johnmuirtrust.bsky.social, together with project funders the National Lottery Heritage Fund, Rab, @patagonia.com, Montane and Berghaus.

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Three hikers on a steep grassy slope next to a large boulder.

Thank you very much to our intrepid programme leader, Kat Jackson, for a fun day out in the Campsies, and to Matt from Tiso Glasgow Outdoor Experience for some great advice on what to take on a hike, and how to look after clothing and equipment.

A view of a large grassy hill with fern in the foreground and a bright blue sky above.

A group of hikers on a grassy track with trees in the background.

CIS is delighted to be part of Connect Outdoors, an educational hiking programme for communities and individuals facing barriers to outdoor participation. Yesterday, our group took the bus out to sunny Glengoyne for an enjoyable afternoon on Dumfoyn (426m).

A seated audience of 25 in a large, brightly-lit room, watching a presentation delivered by a member of the Community InfoSource outreach team.

A Community InfoSource outreach worker delivering a presentation in front of a group of refugees and people seeking asylum.

This week, our Outreach Delivery team ran a successful workshop in Dumfries on cultural awareness, gender equality, and challenging violence against women. The session was attended by 25 asylum seekers and refugees. Our thanks to local refugee support charity, The Depot, for their kind hospitality.

Volunteers' Week logo.

Many thanks to everyone who took part in our #VolunteersWeek celebration yesterday evening. We're always grateful for the support of our amazing volunteers who give us their time, energy and expertise to strengthen our work with refugee and asylum seeker communities in Glasgow. So proud of you all!