REFUGEE FESTIVAL FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT
The Refugee Festival Football Tournament is a unique 7-aside tournament organised by the Scottish Unity Football League, to promote prejudice-free sport for 'New Scots and Scots born here alike", with players from as many as 50 nations taking part. When I first heard of this tournament it was to provide one charity team, Positive Action in Housing, with second-hand kit to compete in. However, after mentioning it to the RivalKit creative director, we decided we could offer them brand new and uniquely designed strips free of charge. One of the volunteers of this charity was so overwhelmed by our generosity that he encouraged other refugee charities to enter a team and found a sponsor to cover the cost of their strips, offering us the opportunity to design for six separate teams instead of one.
This was an absolutely amazing project to be a part of as a few of the players from the PAIH team were those stabbed in the Glasgow hotel attack in 2020, and so I am pleased that we could offer them a little bit of joy. Through managing and completing this project I learned so much about a variety of cultures and was so in awe of how strong and brave these young boys are.
Positive Action in Housing
Positive Action in Housing are an independent, anti-racist homelessness and human rights charity based in Glasgow. They dedicate their time and effort to supporting women, children and men from refugee and migrant backgrounds to rebuild their lives by providing emergency support, free shelter and by supporting migrants to secure paid work to stabilise their lives, as well as many other things.
Bikes for Refugees
Bikes for Refugees (Scotland) are a Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation (SCIO) with hubs in both Glasgow and Edinburgh. The have refurbished and gifted over 1000 bikes to New Scots since 2016 to help isolated families and children to connect with essential services, communities and to forge new friendships.
"Bikes provide free travel and make it easier to travel to places like college or volunteering...when we give people a bike we invite them to our cycling group where you can meet many people from many different countries with people from Scotland.”
Sudanese Community in Glasgow
The SCG is a non-profit charity based in Glasgow that focus on advancing the publics education of Sudanese history, language, music and art. Their goal is to relieve the poverty of Sudanese nationals in Glasgow and to assist the people of Sudan who are in conditions of need, hardship and distress, concentrating on issues that affect Sudanese women and children.
UYCS are a non-profit community dedicated to supporting asylum seekers, refugees, students and migrants from Yemen national. They re-unite members and introduce them to their rights in their country of emigration, helping them to adapt and co-exist in their new environment. By reviving the Yemeni heritage and introducing it to the Scottish community through lectures, discussions and seminars they are strengthening the bonds of friendship and love to serve all parties.
Persian Scottish Community
