COSLA Migration

Wee Union are organising a Lunar New Year fair on 25th and 26th of January and all are invited! Wee Union is supported by COSLA's Hong Kong Welcome Hub Community Grant.

Earlier this week, COSLA officers attended Bridges Programmes (@bridgesprogs) Celebration Awards event. It was great to hear about the impact the programme has on people's lives. The role of strong partnership working was clear throughout the awards ceremony.

Are you looking to employ or retain international workers? Scotland’s Migration Service can help you explore what options are available to you to successfully navigate the immigration system. Visit migrationservice.scotland.org/employing-inte…

Today we held a Gypsy/Traveller Local Leaders network event for elected members. The morning was chair by @CllrChalmersSNP with input from partners at @ScotGovFairer, @MECOPP1 and @mobileandlearn.

COSLA have launched a new budget campaign: Invest Locally In Scotland's Future. The campaign asks Scottish Government to help councils tackle issues locally with fair and flexible funding. Find out more: cosla.gov.uk/invest-locally… #InvestLocally #FundLocallyBenefitNationally

This was the first learning event we hosted to include all areas of humanitarian protection and around 70 local authority officers from across Scotland attended, sharing valuable insights on their work supporting refugees and people seeking asylum.

The day was centred around learning and sharing of best practice and involved presentations for local authorities on partnership and collaboration and building inclusive, intercultural communities as well as a panel discussion on integration from the day of arrival.

Yesterday we held an in-person Humanitarian Protection Schemes event for local authority officers working on resettlement, asylum, unaccompanied asylum seeking children, Ukraine, Hong Kong (BNO) and ESOL.

We had a great day in Leeds last week for the quarterly Hong Kong BN(O) Leads meeting to bring together learning and policy updates. We also heard from Hong Kong-led groups and about @MigrationYorks' Lived Experience panel.

COSLA's email bulletin for Elected Members has been published! In the latest issue: 🟣COSLA Presidential Team visit to @EastAyrshire 🟣Budget lobbying Elected Member Seminar 🟣Read about COSLA's engagement in Europe ...& much more! 🔗mailchi.mp/cosla/cosla-em…

COSLA officers and @CllrChalmersSNP were delighted to join SRC board staff and supporters for their AGM today and to hear about the important work they do. We look forward to working together over the coming year.

We're in Edinburgh today with our members @scotrefcouncil @justrightscot for a workshop on #statelessness in Scotland. @scotgov @migrationscot @UofGlasgow

A partnership between @COSLA and @IOM_UK delivers a range of advice, training and assistance for local authorities to ensure they can offer support for vulnerable migrants in our communities. Read more about the work of IOM across Scotland: unitedkingdom.iom.int/stories/ioms-w…

Community Wellbeing Spokesperson @CllrChalmersSNP has announced the publication of a new joint COSLA & @scotgov action plan: Improving the Lives of Scotland’s Gypsy/Travellers 2: Action Plan 2024-2026 Developed with @MECOPP1 @mobileandlearn @Article12 ➡️gov.scot/publications/i…

COSLA's email bulletin for Elected Members has been published! In the latest issue: 🟣COSLA Conference & Exhibition 🟣Learn about our free seminars for councillors 🟣Latest local government pay updates ... & much more! Read it here: mailchi.mp/cosla/cosla-em…

The Ending Destitution Together Strategy aims to improve support for people with No Recourse to Public Funds (NRPF) living in Scotland and can be read here: shorturl.at/NYbYQ

Speakers reflected on pressures facing local government and the importance of partnership working. Local authorities participated in a series of workshops centred around the Ending Destitution Together strategy and shared examples of good practice.

This week, COSLA welcomed local authority, third sector and Scottish government colleagues to Verity House for a No Recourse to Public Funds (NRPF) Scotland Network event. The meeting featured a panel of speakers from @justrightscot, @scotrefcouncil and @IOM_UK.

It really was a pleasure to take part in such a fantastic day. Huge thank you to @UofGlasgow for hosting us, my colleagues @kaukabstewart @alison_phipps @sabir_zazai & everyone who contributed to a beautiful celebration of New Scots.

We celebrated the @scotgov #NewScots Integration Strategy with a joyful event of music and poetry! #NewScots is the most comprehensive plan of its kind worldwide and seeks to ensure people understand their rights, responsibilities & entitlements, and to help New Scots and communities to integrate. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Read more: gla.ac/3AtjsQF