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GRAMNet Film Series Launch

CCA (Centre for Contemporary Arts) 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow

The following film will be shown, accompanied by forums and Q&A for everyone to share their views and thoughts in a friendly and supportive atmosphere. Days of Hope Denmark (2013)| Director: Ditte Haarløv Johnsen | 72 mins ‘That sea… It's not a small thing. Everything happened on that boat, everything…' Every year thousands of people from the African continent try to get to Europe. Leaving everything behind, they promise their loved ones that they'll make it to the other side, that...

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GRAMNet Film Series

CCA (Centre for Contemporary Arts) 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow

'Everyday Borders'
UK (2015) | Director: Orson Nava | 50 mins

'Detention Without Walls'
UK (2015) | Directors: Life After Detention Collaborative Research Group with Scottish Detainee Visitors | 20 mins

Free

BEMIS @ Skills Scotland

SECC Exhibition Way, Glasgow

Do you want to find out how to support your child with their career and learning choices?

Then come along on Wednesday 18th November from 5.15pm for a special information session in the Leven Room at the SECC in Glasgow. The event is part of Skills Scotland (skillsscotland.co.uk); a free to visit, careers and skills event.

GRAMNet Film Series

CCA (Centre for Contemporary Arts) 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow

'I am Kuba'
Norway (2015) | Director: Åse Svenheim Drivenes | 55 mins

'For Ailsa'
Scotland (2015) | Produced by Ima Jackson, Rachel Lowther and Anne-Marie Copestake | 20 mins

Free

BEMIS Celebrates Burns and Year of Food & Drink Finale

Old Fruitmarket Candleriggs, Glasgow

A fittingly delectable culinary and musical finale to Scotland’s Year of Food and Drink in 2015, this alternative Burns Supper highlights that celebration’s multicultural dimensions, reflecting Burns’s global resonance, and particularly his passionate belief in justice and equality. Jointly hosted by Celtic Connections and BEMIS, the national umbrella body supporting development of the ethnic minority voluntary sector in Scotland, the evening includes an international buffet with a Scottish twist.

GRAMNet Film Series

CCA (Centre for Contemporary Arts) 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow

Karski & The Lords of Humanity is a partially animated documentary film about Jan Karski, who risked his life to try to prevent the Holocaust.

Free

GRAMNet Film Series – February 2016

CCA (Centre for Contemporary Arts) 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow

In observance of World Day of Social Justice Queens of Syria Lebanon, Jordan, UK, UAE (2014) | Director: Yasmin Fedda | 60 mins | In Arabic with English Subtitles ‘Queens of Syria' tells the story of fifty women from Syria, all forced into exile in Jordan, who came together in Autumn 2013 to create and perform their own version of the Trojan Women, the timeless Ancient Greek tragedy about the plight of women in war. What followed was an extraordinary moment of cross-cultural...

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Equalities and Parental Engagement

We are delighted to be invited to speak to probation teachers in Falkirk. In the course of our session we will be looking at the importance of parental involvement for children’s attainment and sense of well being as well as the barriers that ethnic minority parents can face to getting involved in the school. It will also provide probation teachers an opportunity to identify what positive actions they can take to support EM parents to become more involved in their...

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GRAMNet Film Series – March 2016

CCA (Centre for Contemporary Arts) 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow

In observance of International Women's Day Paddington UK (2014) | Director: Paul King | Running time: 95 mins Paddington has grown up deep in the Peruvian jungle with his Aunt Lucy who, inspired by a chance encounter with an English explorer, has raised her nephew to dream of an exciting life in London. When an earthquake destroys their home, Aunt Lucy decides to smuggle her young nephew on board a boat bound for England, in search of a better life....

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Keeping Children Safe, Healthy and Happy

Albany Centre 44 Ashley Street, Gllasgow

Bemis Scotland is working in partnership with GCVS’ Everyone’s Children project to deliver a workshop exploring the changes to the legislative framework around children in Scotland with a particular focus on understanding the “Getting It Right For Every Child” approach (GIRFEC). It will provide a platform for community practitioners and parents to share their experiences and enable community practitioners to provide a better informed service for families.