On Wednesday 29th September, we held our first New Scots Storytellers workshop – a series of workshops supporting people with lived experience of migration, refugeehood or the asylum system in Scotland to prepare for sharing their story with the media.
We created a collaborative poem together based on the group’s happy memories from their time in Scotland.
Scotland is our second home.
Scotland is my second home
I remember friendship
Sunshine
The hospitality and generosity
Benbecula
Flat, not like Glasgow
Fishing
Edinburgh Zoo
How happy my daughter was
Iona
I could not smell any carbon
Everything was pure
I wish the world could be like that
Glen Coe
Cool Autumn air
Wind coming in waves
Misty mountains
Heather beneath our feet
Free for the first time
Hospital
The day our son was born
First time parents
Sun was shining but very cold
Joyous, happy
Anxiety, mum so far away
When I fell in love with Scotland
The things I look for elsewhere
I can find here
Scotland is my second home
Believe in yourself
There is light at the end of the tunnel
If you are interested in joining our #NewScotsStorytellers workshop series, you can join our next session on Wednesday 13th October 12-2pm. Register here or find out more.
