Standing Tall Scotland

We are back! Our third and final residential of 2022/23 with @VentureScotland was a huge success! Young people went hiking, cooked together and bonded around the fire! Visiting Glen Etive has been an amazing experience for all 31 young people who have attended! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏔️😊

At last week's Group Night we tried Block Printing! We etched our names and used ink and rollers to print our names and try different designs and images 🎨🖊️

Huge thanks to The National Lottery Community Fund for 46% core funding for the next 3 years! This funding means continuing our programme of arts workshops, residentials and cultural events for unaccompanied young people seeking asylum in Scotland! Kite © Andrew Cawley 😁🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🖌️🥾

We have been recruiting for a new role as Workshop Leader for our new project Standing Tall Bars. The deadline for applicants closes this afternoon, please get in touch if you are interested! bit.ly/STB-Job

What is summer without a Sports Day?! We did so many fun races - potato sack, three legged, potato & spoon and many more! It was a great day, might have to become an annual summer event 🤾🌞

🚨 The Illegal Migration Bill became law today. We have written to the prime minister along with @JCWI_UK, @justrightscot and @4refugeewomen to oppose this cruel legislation 🖊️ Sign our letter to say #NotInOurName scottishrefugeecouncil.org.uk/illegal-migrat…

We are back from our residential @PGLTravel in Dalguise in Perthshire! We did so many exciting activities including Abseiling, Jacob's Ladder and a beautiful Burn Walk. 🧗‍♀️ Excited to go back next year! Huge shout out to our instructor Geoff who made us feel super welcome. 😁

Young people we work with hosted a stall at the amazing event Roots and Refuge at @justrightscot With our overflowing Group Night arts supplies we helped young people design and make the poster that included images of what Guardianship represents to them! 🎨🌎

Our young people, supported by Guardianship Scotland, were asked to share their messages of hope to other unaccompanied asylum seeking and trafficked young people to mark #RefugeeWeek. #RefugeeFestivalScotland @scotrefcouncil

Thirdly, how can young people tackle the cost of living and budgeting their money? youtu.be/U14Kxu3UELQ

Secondly, how can young people better access education in Scotland? youtu.be/hq5qzC15VXs

Young People's Voices are a group working with our partner at @scotrefcouncil where separated young people discuss their rights and lives in Scotland. They made videos with @CYPCS about their rights. Firstly, how can adults best support young people? youtu.be/OaLhGrkLcuY

Thank you @standtallscot and @VentureScotland for another great Glen Etvie adventure! Our young people enjoyed hiking, fireside chats, wild swimming, and exploring more of Scotland. #RefugeeFestivalScotland #RefugeeWeek @scotrefcouncil

For this year's #refugeefestscot we celebrated Hope through different artforms. On Sunday we took over SWG3's Yardworks with a session of spray-painting, screen-printing and tie dye. Thanks to everyone who made this event happen, we will be back with our spray paint soon!

Another amazing weekend in Glen Etive with @VentureScotland We had an amazing time hiking, chatting around the fire pit, dipping our toes into the freezing loch and taking time to just relax in nature. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🥾🏔️

Day Trip! This week we went along to @gsc1 with a group of young people. 🔬 Young people we work with live all over Scotland, weekend day trips give young people living further away a chance to come an explore other parts of Scotland. Where should we go next? 👀

We had a wonderful trip to @GlasgowTramway to see the Citizens Theatre Young Company performance of PAL: Your AI Care Companion Seeing a young person we support performing on stage was an amazing experience. 😍 Well done everyone at the @citizenstheatre !

We had an arts workshops at Group Night this month - we used images of animals to create our own creatures. What would you name these animals? 🐺🐶🐝🦭🦜🐿️🐋

Young refugees from our Guardianship Service recently went on a residential weekend to Glen Etive. They decided to leave their phones behind and immerse themselves in nature, creating lasting memories and friendships. @standtallscot @VentureScotland @scotrefcouncil