Migrant and Refugee Integration as a Two-Way Process: Opportunities and Challenges in Education A major challenge for the increasingly multicultural Europe, amidst the ongoing refugee crisis, is the smooth social integration of ethnic and cultural minorities (ECM), including their children. Migrant integration takes place at multiple levels, and one of the most sensitive fields is […]
SWF and St Andrew’s Fair Saturday Small Grants Fund 2019/2020 now open!
BEMIS Scotland are delighted to announce that our Scotland’s Winter Festivals (SWF) small grant scheme is now open. 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 to the public to attend. These […]
Parents for All project: 3rd newsletter
The 3rd newsletter for the Parents for All project is now available, covering the recently completed Training Materials and Assessment Toolkit, and the Final Conference taking place in November. Download now:
Hate Crime Legislation Consultation Response
You can see BEMIS’s response below to the Scottish Government’s proposed Hate Crime legislation, informed by our recent Hate Has No Home consultation events and Thematic Conference on Hate Crime motivated by racial and religious prejudice in October 2018.
SWF Fund Closed
Our Scotland’s Winter Festivals 2018/2019 grant programme has now been fully allocated so we can’t accept any new applications. Our Year of Young People 2018 grant programme will stay open for a bit longer.
Democracy Matters: Local Governance Review
People across Scotland are being invited to join a conversation about community decision-making to help make public services more locally focused. The Democracy Matters conversation will identify new legal rights for communities which would place them at the heart of decision-making. As part of the conversation people are being invited to consider a short set […]
We are Scotland
We are Scotland Our friends, neighbours and colleagues include people from many backgrounds. Together we create a Scotland that will prosper and meet our future needs. The Scottish Government is committed to building a fair, smart, and inclusive Scotland where everyone can feel at home. The ·we Are Scotland’ campaign aims to raise awareness of […]
Small Grant Funds now open
We are proud to announce that applications for the Year of Young People 2018 and Scotland’s Winter Festivals 2018/2019 small grants funds are now open. BEMIS Scotland in collaboration with the Scottish Government is delighted to continue the themed years programme and invite multicultural communities across Scotland to join the celebration of the Year of Young […]
Year of History, Heritage and Archaeology – Progress Update
As our key stakeholders representing the equalities priorities for the Year, further to our progress update earlier in the year, we felt it was timely to touch base with you again on our History, Heritage and Archaeology programme. More than half way through the Year, it is going incredibly well. Over 39 supporting partners continue […]
SWF Fund now closed
The Scotland’s Winter Festivals fund has now been fully allocated and we can no longer accept any new applications. We look forward to celebrating all these fantastic events over the next couple of months.
