Welcome to Scottish Refugee Council's arts and culture pages. These pages are updated regularly to ensure you are kept informed of the exciting arts and cultural activities that are happening in Scotland.
Refugee Week Scotland 2010
Refugee Week is a UK-wide programme of events celebrating the contribution of refugees to the UK. During the week hundreds of events exploring refugee experiences take place across the UK. These range from small community and school activities to art exhibitions, political debates, film screenings, conferences, big music festivals, sports events and so on.
Refugee Week 2010 will take place from 14 - 20 June. If you would like to get involved please contact Belinda McElhinney, Arts & Cultural Development Officer, at arts@scottishrefugeecouncil.org.uk
Refugee Week 2010 Community Celebrations
January 2010
Scottish Refugee Council would like to encourage community groups to organise events for Refugee Week in Scotland. Refugee Week is an opportunity for cultural and arts projects to raise awareness of refugee issues and celebrate diversity in Scotland.
Click here for Community Celebration Grant Information (word doc)
Click here for Community Celebration Application Form (word doc)
Click here for Refugee Week Tool Kit on the Refugee Week website
Scottish PEN call for new writing
December 2009
Are you a refugee or asylum seeker, or someone whose first language is not English, living in Scotland? Are you concerned at the effects of global warming? Concerned enough to put your thoughts into a poem or a short piece of prose? If so, Scottish PEN would like to hear from you. Your work may appear on our website alongside the work of professional writers who are members of Scottish PEN.
Click here to learn more (7.71KB PDF)