Race Religion & Refugee Integration Funding announced

A decision on the outcome of the RRRI fund has finally been made.

The Scottish Government Equality Unit’s Race, Religion and Refugee Integration funding stream is designed to improve the lives of minority ethnic and faith communities in Scotland, including refugees, asylum seekers, migrant workers and Gypsies/Travellers.

£5.5m funding has been made available from 1 July 2008 to 31 March 2011 for a range of projects working in the race and faith equality and refugee integration field. Voluntary Action Fund (VAF) will monitor and manage the grant scheme and will provide a package of support to the organisations receiving funding. This ensures that as well as receiving funding the projects are supported in a way that allows them to build capacity and share learning.

The projects awarded funding under the Race, Religion and Refugee Integration Fund and the total amount they will receive over the 3 year funding period are outlined below.

For more information, see the Voluntary Action Fund website

Recipient	Amount Awarded
Highland Diversity Project – Inverness Citizens Advice Bureau	£80,000
Community Law Centre – Govan Law Centre Trust	£244,000
“Me Included” – Multi Ethnic Aberdeen Ltd (MEAL)	£165,000
Happy to Translate’ Logo – Trust Housing Association (Edinburgh)	£36,566
Bridging the Gap (Glasgow)	£186,000
Minority Communities Service Development Project – Dumfries and Galloway Citizens Advice Service	£68,670
Workplace ESOL Project –  Glasgow ESOL Forum	£185,000
Black Community Skills Project – Skillnet Edinburgh	£250,000
Integration and Orientation programme – Integrating Toryglen Community Ltd	£165,000
Ladders to employability and integration – Bridges Programme (Glasgow)	£245,000
Integration Network –  Maryhill Integration Network	£190,000
Asylum Seeker & Refugee Project – Maryhill Citizens Advice Bureau	£187,000
Good Community Relations Project – West of Scotland Race Equality Council	£240,000
Govanhill Together – Crossroads Youth and Community Association	£160,000
Race and Religion Relations Support Service – Dundee Citizens Advice Bureau	£109,000
Empowering Youth: Future Leaders – Scottish Islamic Foundation (Glasgow)	£190,000
Connecting and Empowering Communities – Scottish Council of Jewish Communities (Glasgow)	£100,000
Inter-Faith Development Project – Edinburgh Interfaith Association	£190,000
National Development Programme (Phase 2) –  Minority Ethnic Carers of Older People (MECOPP) (Edinburgh)	£195,000
Youth – Faith Exploration  Services –  Youth Community Support Agency (YCSA) (Glasgow)	£190,000
Volunteer & Learning Development Project –  Greater Pollok Integration Network (GPIN)	£130,000
Improving Access For All – Ethnic Minorities Law Centre (Glasgow/ Edinburgh)	£236,000
Gypsy/Traveller Advice and Support Project – Gypsy Traveller Education and Information Project (Aberdeen)	£105,000
Women & Children’s Project – Legal Services Agency (Glasgow)	£27,000
Festival of Spirituality and Peace – Church of St john the Evangelist (Edinburgh)	£130,000
Empowering individuals media skills – Awaz FM (Glasgow)	£190,000
Partners in Mental Health – Saheliya (Edinburgh)	£165,000
One Workplace Equal Rights Project – STUC (Glasgow)	£165,000
New Migrants Action Project – Positive Action in Housing (Glasgow)	£160,000
Family Counselling, Mediation & Advocacy project – Amina (Glasgow)	£126,000
DIWC Integration Project – Dundee International Women’s Centre	£160,000
3R Project –  Young Scot (Edinburgh)	£330,000
Building Partnerships Work – Scottish Alliance of Racial Equality Councils (working through Central Racial Equality Council, Edinburgh and Lothians REC, Grampian REC and West of Scotland REC)	£330,000
TOTAL	£5,625,236