Projects & Initiatives
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Hebridean Refugee Festival
BEMIS is proud to support events at the Hebridean Refugee Festival , as part of our World Cup Communities programme, supported by the National Lottery Community Fund. Public Panel Discussion & Community Dialogue Friday 12 June 2026 5:45 pm–7:00 pmMuseum nan Eilan, Stornoway Participatory Sculpture Making Saturday 13 June 2026 2:00 pm–4:00 pmAn Lanntair Drum…
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GRAMNet Film Series 2022/2023
Screenings for the 2022/2023 GRAMNet & BEMIS Film Series. Date Film Observance 8 December 2022Gilmorehill Centre, 9 University Avenue, Glasgow, G12 8QQ Safe Haven Film Series Launch 22 February 2023 Dreaming of WordsTrailer Mother Language Day 19 April 2023Online Q&A City of Long StayWatch International Mother Earth Day 17 May 2023 Little PalestineTrailer Nakbah Day…
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Cost of Living Support
BEMIS is working with the Scottish Government to raise awareness of their website to help with the cost of living crisis:: This site includes information on advice to help cope with increasing energy bills, managing rent, support for families, health and wellbeing, as well as benefits, one-off payments and more. Renter’s Rights Private tenants are…
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Dandelion Grant Programme
This partnership between BEMIS and Dandelion has been developed to support and celebrate community groups and organisations who want to start growing their own food across Scotland, and to create opportunities for diverse communities across Scotland to take part in the Dandelion Harvest Festivals in September. Grants of up to £2,000 are available for community…
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Scotland’s Winter Festivals 2021/2022
Scotland’s Winter Festivals aim to mobilise the people of Scotland and those with an affinity to Scotland to join in the St Andrew’s Day, and Burns Night celebrations, boosting Scotland’s key tourism and events sectors and the wider economy, enhancing community engagement and raising Scotland’s international profile. Our diverse ethnic and cultural minority communities are…
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GRAMNet Film Series 2022
The GRAMNet film series was instigated by Dr Mariangela Palladino, then of the University of Glasgow and formerly of BEMIS. She volunteered a film screening that chronicled Ethiopian, Eritrean and Sudanese Asylum Seekers in torturous conditions. The partnership has continued over the years, adding in new supporters and sponsors but as a faithful collaboration between…
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GRAMNet Film Series 2019/2020
Ambitions. Devoted. Brave. Resilient. Adaptable. Indestructible. These are just a few of the qualities that the people in the films that you are about to watch as part of GRAMNet/Bemis Film Series 2019/2020 embody. Regardless of age and of where they live, the protagonists of these films work incredibly hard to find their way, to…
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Celtic Connections in the Community
Funded events Glasgow Afghan United Afghani Community Celebrating with Celtic Connections Thursday 16th January 2020 @ 6:00 pm Glasgow Club Petershill, Adamswell Street, G21 4DD Join Glasgow Afghan United as musicians in the community join Scottish musicians to create songs which represent both nations, showcasing culture through music. Mixing instrumentation and experience, these new Afghan &…
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Scotland’s Winter Festivals and St Andrew’s Fair Saturday 2019/2020
BEMIS Scotland are delighted to announce that our Scotland’s Winter Festivals (SWF) small grant scheme is now open. [button link=”https://bemis.org.uk/swf-events” type=”big”] View Funded Events[/button] With support from the Scottish Government, the small grant fund will be available to Scotland’s diverse ethnic and cultural minority community organisations to programme bespoke multicultural celebratory events that are open…
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GRAMNet Film Series 2018/2019
As we look back at another year of political and civil unrest, migration and acts of kindness, we remind ourselves of the importance of film to mobilise and inspire us, to reveal incredible stories and journeys behind the great moments in our history and our present. This year’s series focuses on this often arduous journey…
