Scottish Faiths Action for Refugees 🧡
@WithRefugees
Faith groups in Scotland working together to support asylum seekers and refugees at home and internationally.
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This week's journey of faith and welcome. What encourages you when you watch it? 🧡 Philomena is seeking asylum in Scotland. She speaks powerfully about the struggles people seeking asylum face in Scotland and the impact her local church had. youtu.be/oQtNLUbFwc4
We love sharing journeys of faith and welcome. Stories challenge our hearts and minds, they inspire and encourage. Do you have your own story to tell? 🧡 youtu.be/330Gh9E0TNQ #JourneysOfFaithAndWelcome #RefugeesWelcome
The Government has announced that it has lifted the pause in decisions on asylum applications from people from Syria. In response, @EnverSol has said the below:
Reminiscing about our wonderful ecumenical service we held a few weeks ago to mark #SanctuarySunday. Did you celebrate the contributions of refugees and people seeking asylum in your community too? Let us know about it 🧡
It's been just over 2 weeks since #RefugeeWeek and #SanctuarySunday and we'd love to hear how you marked the week. Did you organise a service or event? Did you have a chance to use our #SanctuaryStories resource? sfar.org.uk/sanctuary-sund… We'd love to hear from you! 🧡
Resources for Sanctuary Sunday, 22 June, include this new film from @MethodistGB; Sanctuary: The Hospitality of Host, Guest and Stranger from Revd Dr Inderjit Bhogal and Dr Jayme R Reaves; and Sanctuary Stories from @WithRefugees: ctbi.org.uk/event/sanctuar… youtu.be/6MhB-dHUTEA?si…
One more week until #SanctuarySunday. Check out our new resource #SanctuaryStories for ideas of how you can include the voices of sanctuary seekers in your services and midweek meetings. Download here: sfar.org.uk/sanctuary-sund… #RefugeeFestScot #RefugeeWeek #TogetherWithRefugees
It was such a joy bringing together people from all over the world to dance, eat, connect and celebrate friendship. What a blast we had at organising this celebration as a partnership of Edinburgh-based charities working alongside #NewScots. #TogetherWithRefugees #Ceilidh
Scottish Faiths Action for Refugees @WithRefugees has developed a new worship resource telling the stories of refugees and how they have been welcomed by Scotland’s churches. lifeandwork.org/news/news/post…
New resource for Sanctuary Sunday, 22 June 2025, marking 10-year anniversary of @WithRefugees - 10 powerful stories of seeking sanctuary. Plus Sanctuary: The Hospitality of Host, Guest and Stranger by Revd Dr Inderjit Bhogal and Dr Jayme R Reaves: ctbi.org.uk/event/sanctuar…
Stay tuned! We're publishing our resource for #SanctuarySunday in the next few days. We're excited to share stories of hope, welcome and resilience from many of our friends who have made Scotland their home 🧡 #RefugeeFestScot #togetherforsanctuary #TogetherWithRefugees
❗SAVE THE DATE - Event for Refugee Week 2025 🧡We are delighted to be partnering with fellow members of SFAR @WithRefugees to host Together For Sanctuary. The service will bring together people of all backgrounds to stand in solidarity with those who seek sanctuary and welcome.
We're delighted to be hosting an ecumenical service during Refugee Festival Scotland. Join as we stand, pray and worship #TogetherForSanctuary on 19 June in Glasgow 🧡 Find out more: bit.ly/4jWRrCV #RefugeeFestScot #TogetherWithRefugees
Sanctuary Sunday and Refugee Week 2025 Sanctuary Sunday is marked at the end of Refugee Week on 22 June 2025. Help promote the aims of building cultures of welcome, hospitality and safety in our churches. Resources are available to download. ctbi.org.uk/event/sanctuar…
Race, Religion, Rhetoric and far-right extremism – a response Recordings at: youtube.com/playlist?list=… Including: - Lord Paul Boateng - Lord Simon Woolley - Dr Nadia Habashi - @HelenEPaynter - Dr Maria Power - @guyhewitt11 - Revd Wale Hudson-Roberts youtu.be/iGuhv11FuwQ?si…
Our friends With Refugees Broughty Ferry are hosting an open meeting where you can find out about the work with refugees in the area and hear from their experiences. Do stop by and say hello if you're in Dundee! Thurs 1 May, 7-9pm #withrefugees
Do make time to join our friends @CTBI at their next network meeting and find out about exciting initiatives that you can become involved in ⬇️
CHURCHES' REFUGEE NETWORK Springing into action on asylum and immigration matters 30 April 2025, 2-4pm via Zoom Join us to find out more about all the exciting developments and initiatives that you can get involved in to help make a difference. ctbi.org.uk/event/crn-meet…