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We collaborated with IPPR on research focusing on asylum accommodation. A huge thank you to the VOICES Ambassadors who facilitated listening sessions to gather insights. If you appreciate Ambassador Muhammad's quote below, please do read the full report! ippr.org/articles/trans…

🌟Just Over a Week to Go! 🌟 Join us on Saturday, 2nd November, from 11:00am-3:00pm in Glasgow. Speaker panel: 🔸Shirley-Anne Somerville, MSP 🔸Ruth Boyle, The Poverty Alliance 🔸Marianne Scobie, Glasgow Disability Alliance 🔸Claudia.P, The VOICES Network 🧡 Register here: bit.ly/3IjsNLK

Last speaker of the morning is Claudia Palacios for The VOICES Network 🧡 Sharing her own journey through being a woman and a migrant. Thank you for sharing your story Claudia, your giving back to the community is inspiring. #swcpoverty24 #womenspoverty Scottish Women's Convention

Final speaker Claudia Palacios from The VOICES Network 🧡 shares her lived experience of the asylum system. She shares the struggles she faced for work, child care & the social pressures. “We were living on £49 a week, once you deduct travel costs than then halves” #SWCPoverty24

It was a great opportunity to engage with First Minister as part of Save the Children Cymru / Achub y Plant meeting alongside Home-Start Edinburgh to contribute towards efforts to alleviate child poverty in Scotland.

This week VAs had a special day meeting First Minister as part of Save the Children UK visit to influence policies on eradicating child poverty in #Scotland. It was also a pleasure to meet Mark Ruskell to discuss the impact of the recent policies on asylum community in #Scotland

Next Thurs 28th Nov, we'll be in Scottish Parliament to celebrate Save the Children Scotland #ChristmasJumperDay! 🎄 We'd love to meet our Glasgow MSPs there Anas Sarwar Pam Duncan-Glancy MSP Paul Sweeney Patrick Harvie 🇪🇺🌈 Dr Sandesh Gulhane MSP Pauline McNeill MSP Annie Wells MSP savethechildren.org.uk/christmas-jump…

Sanctuary in the Senedd discussing the many difficulties asylum seekers face, including the challenge of having to find a place to live within 28 days of getting refugee status

'Home is safety, home is peace, home is where we go in order to come out and fight for another day' Ambassadors raised awareness Welsh Parliament on housing conditions, employment support, the right to work and barriers to education at #SanctuaryintheSenedd! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿📢👏

This policy comes after over 3 years of campaigning & sharing expertise, and it highlighs the power of sustained advocacy!🎉 We are looking forward to engaging with the ministers to welcome this decision & continue involvement with the designing process. 🙌 The VOICES Network 🧡

We're thrilled the Budget delivered for people seeking asylum with the announcement of free bus travel🚌 This will provide independence & act as a lifeline to essential services, encourage community engagement & open up opportunities👏 Well done The VOICES Network 🧡 Maryhill Integration Network

VOICES Ambassadors in Wales, Scotland and Yorkshire enjoyed End of Year events last week, reflecting on 2024 and looking forward to changing more minds, policies and practices in 2025. Wishing everyone happy holidays and a joyous new year! 🥳🎈

Moving UK Parliament exhibition of children’s pictures from Sudan.Thanks to Waging Peace 🧡 for showing House of Lords & UK House of Commons the horrific evidence of genocide & war crimes.War lords in Darfur & elsewhere are robbing children of the innocence of childhood. David Lammy

'Sudan's children are drowning, we must keep our eyes on Sudan' VOICES Ambassador Hoyam, attends Parliament to raise awareness on the war in Sudan.

Great to welcome Kaukab Stewart MSP to our Refugee Service office in Glasgow this morning! The Scottish Government Minister met our operational team + members of The VOICES Network 🧡 to hear about refugee family reunion integration priorities and the range of service we offer in her constituency

Tens of thousands of people are currently banned from working while awaiting an asylum decision. Enabling people to contribute to the economy is the common-sense thing to do; reducing public spending on the asylum system and improving community cohesion. #LiftTheBan

Not long until our Refugee Week event at Cardiff Centre For Student Life! 20th June 1.30-4.30pm Register your space here: bit.ly/43ERNZm Join this collective journey, to grow, strengthen and celebrate community🌍 Byddwn wrth ein bodd eich cael chi! 💕🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

On #WorldRefugeeDay, it was nice to join Byres Community Hub . Thanks to VAs Anne &Antony for Their presentation and reflections on what Identity & community means to them. It was nice to hear from everyone & connect with amazing communities in Glasgow. Happy Refugee Day to you all