Aviva Community Fund provided £5,732 of match funding
New Scots Support
Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
Aim
To support refugees new to Glasgow with food, shelter, travel costs, clothing and even work experience.
New Scots Project
We at CCG currently support over 25 refugees new to Scotland. Our "New Scots" are currently living off an allowance of £5 a day, for perspective this only equates to £1825 a year! This £5 a day does not cover the bare minimum price of living in Scotland leaving our New Scots struggling for everyday essentials such as:
- Food
- Toiletries
- Clothing
- Energy bills
- Phone bills
- Travel costs
We would love to be able to give our fellow Scots a good start with us and be able to cover the costs of all the above as well as providing them with employability skills through courses.
About us
Crookston Community Group was established in 2012 by a group of multi-cultural local people who wanted to do something about the significant increase in local crime, lack of opportunities, inability to access services, extreme poverty & hunger, isolation, fear and rise in racial hostility within their community, aiming to make a positive contribution to the cohesion & economy of the community, to help neighbourhoods feel safer & rekindle old-fashioned community spirit thereby:
- Reducing the effects of deprivation and social exclusion
- Reducing anti-social behaviour
- Redistributing food & toiletries to those most in need
ensuring greater numbers of people access local public & 3rd sector services
All contributing to our vision: the improvement of dignity, physical & mental tool, quality of life, aspirations and understanding amongst all in our community.
Happy to support the community, Glasgow City Council provided a long-term lease on an unused unit in the heart of Crookston which, together, we turned into the bright, welcoming ‘Crookston Community Centre’.
In 12 years, our services within the Community Centre developed as needs were identified and now include:
- Foodshare Drop-in
- School Holidays Lunch Club
- Independence from Foodbanks
- Let’s Get Connected (IT classes)
- Adult & Children language classes
- Youth Games & Movie Club
- Thursdays Cook n Chat
- General Drop-in Service
- Volunteering, Training & Work Placements
- Multi-Culture Fun Days
- Local MP Chris Stevens surgery from our premises
- Our Foodshare platforms have reached beyond our immediate community to include ‘On Wheels’, ‘Emergency’ & ‘Pop-Ups’ Glasgow-wide & in Dunterlie, East Renfrewshire.
To facilitate the growth and development of some of these services and to introduce other premises we have recently leased units at Ladymuir Crescent, Pollok which will become a Foodbank/share and a charity shop. We are also in the process of renovating TIFFIN which will become a community café in Bellahouston.
This project successfully funded on 16th June 2021