Projects & Initiatives

  • Modern Apprenticeships for All

     Please note: the MA for All project finished at the end of March 2018 and is no longer running. The below is left for information purposes only. Useful links GET A JOB. GET PAID. GET QUALIFIED. Becoming a Modern Apprentice (MA) is a great way to kick start your career. How else could you learn…

    Modern Apprenticeships for All

  • Poverty and Ethnicity

    Scotland in 2015 has never been more diverse. The percentage of the population who now identify as coming from Ethnic and Cultural minority communities, i.e. all of those who identified as something other than ‘White Scottish’ in the Scottish Census of 2011 is a significant 16% of the national population (source). The intervening period between…

  • Queer Health Care

    Sharing Knowledge and Improving Strategies for Qualified Medical Care for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Citizens About the Project The GRUNDTVIG Learning Partnership “Queer Health Care” brings together 5 European equality organisations working in adult education with the goal of exchanging knowledge and developing strategies to improve care support of lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans…

  • Inserom Project

    The Inserom project is a Grundtvig Lifelong funded programme. The organizations involved in the project (LDH, AEDH, BEMIS, CHC and APDHA) work closely in the field of Human Rights and Roma communities. In our work as organizations for the defence of Human Rights we have experienced first-hand many cases where Roma communities suffer various forms…

  • Ethical Translation in Health Care Settings in Scotland

    How do practitioners, interpreters and service users work through the challenges of intercultural communication in health care settings? What can we learn from their experiences? Where do they need support? Towards a Training Model for Effective Ethical Translation in Health Care Settings in Scotland: Drama based training tool across a range of health and social…

    Ethical Translation in Health Care Settings in Scotland

  • Multicultural Homecoming 2014

    Multicultural Homecoming funded Events Multicultural Homecoming 2014 Documentary What is “Homecoming”? “Homecoming Scotland 2014” is a Scottish Government initiative run by Visit Scotland to promote Scotland internationally, and to celebrate both the country’s heritage and the diverse communities that live here. “Homecoming” includes a wide range of events and activities in each of the following…

    Multicultural Homecoming 2014

  • Gathered Together – Cruinn Còmhla

    BEMIS and SPTC (Scottish Parent Teacher Council) are working together on an exciting new project, Gathered Together (Cruinn Còmhla), to support parents from ethnic and cultural minorities getting involved with their children’s school. Funded through the Scottish Government Early Intervention Fund and managed by The Big Fund, this new innovative approach is to encourage parents…

    Gathered Together – Cruinn Còmhla

  • Football Equity Project

    The Scottish Football Association is committed to ensuring that football in Scotland is open to all and that barriers, real and perceived, are removed, particularly in relation to under-represented groups. Although it is integrated into everything we do as an association, thanks to the Scottish Governments Cashback for Communities fund we have been able to…

    Football Equity Project

  • STEP in! Building Inclusive Societies through Active Citizenship

    The project’s consortium is composed of educational experts and practitioners from seven different institutions from Cyprus, Czech Republic, Italy, Germany, Slovenia and Sweden and Scotland. This project is funded from support from the European Commission. The Step In project consists of partners from universities, research institutes, NGOs and adult education providers. The seven partner countries…

    STEP in! Building Inclusive Societies through Active Citizenship