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This year Scottish Refugee Council celebrates its 30th Anniversary. As an independent charity over the last three decades we have supported thousands of people who have fled horrific situations around the world. We are proud to have helped people rebuild their lives here in Scotland and to raise their children in a safe place free from torture, persecution and human rights abuses.

Thank you for choosing to raise funds for Scottish Refugee Council

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We hope you’ll have fun and share stories with family, friends and all of us here at Scottish Refugee Council #SRCis30.

If you have any fundraising questions or ideas you’d like to talk over, we’re here to help you any way we can.

Every penny you raise helps make a positive difference to refugees in Scotland.

For more information about fundraising for Scottish Refugee Council, email: funding@scottishrefugeecouncil.org.uk or call 0141 223 7921.

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“ Thank you for this food, we have travelled for nearly two days without food or water.” New arrival family from Eritrea

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£5 helps us to provide a hot meal or a basic hygiene pack for a newly arrived refugee who is seeking sanctuary in Scotland after fleeing a horrific situation in his country.

Our Vision

A volunteer spends time with children in our Family Keywork Project

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£50 helps us to provide dedicated initial response and support to a distressed New Arrival refugee family and inform them in their own language how to start the asylum process in the UK

£30 helps us provide basic sports equipment to help a refugee get started on healthy activities and meet new people in her community.

£100 will help a new refugee to convert their professional qualifications to meet UK requirements, gain knowledge about the labour market, recruitment process and purchase basic informal clothing for interviews.

What Your Help Means to Refugees

“ I have really felt privileged to be part of the pilot of the ‘Peer Education for Health and Well- being’ programme because to me it has been a very concrete example of genuine ‘joined-up’ thinking! My own work in Scotland has made me very concerned about the acute isolation that many refugees and asylum seekers experience.” Dr Alison Strang, Psychologist, Queen Margaret University, Independent evaluator of our Peer Education Health project

“ I feel so lucky to have found Scottish Refugee Council. The people there really got me through. They helped me with all the basics, the fundamental things you need to know about living here.” Holistic Refugee Integration Services Client

“ For the sake of those who join us as New Scots, and for the sake of Scotland itself, it makes sense that refugees should be able to use their talents to the max, to live in communities that they can join in with and to be appreciated and valued.” Rachel Hamada, Media Officer

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At Scottish Refugee Council we believe in a Scotland in which all people seeking refugee protection are welcome, where women, children and men are protected, find safety and support, have their human rights and dignity respected and are able to achieve their full potential.

Host a Round-the-World Pot Luck Lunch

Storytelling Gather to tell tales of the world.

Hold a clothes Swap Shop

Organise a Dress up/dress down day with colleagues You could choose a theme from your favourite decade or movie.

Organise a “Guess the Name” competition Guess the name win a prize.

Hold a Guilt-free Dessert Night (No guilt as all desserts are for donations).

Organise a Coffee Morning Offer hot drinks and cakes for a donation. You can ask local business to donate a raffle prize.

Go on a Sponsored Silence

Hold a Rubber Duck Race

Organise a Cake Sale Get your friends baking.

Hold an All-You-Can-Eat Pancake Breakfast

Offer Skills in exchange for donation Could you offer ironing, lawn mowing or car washing services?

Give it up Get sponsored to give up a favourite food.

Organise a Dance-a-thon Ask people to collect sponsorship for participating and make sure you have a prize for the winner.

Hold a Pamper Party Offer pedicures, face masks and movies for friends.

30 Fundraising IdeasTo celebrate our 30 years anniversary why not try out one of our 30 fundraising ideas with your friends or colleagues?

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Hold a Bring and Buy Sale

Host a Ceilidh

Hold a Quiz Night

Organise a Sports day / Highland Games

Fire up your BBQ Invite friends over for good food and company.

Schools/Youth Groups Nominate your teacher/leader to take a challenge.

Host a Talent Show or Karaoke Night

Organise a five-a-side Football Match

Host a Film Night Make sure you have permission to show your chosen film and remember to advertise your event in advance.

Who’s that Baby? Ask people to submit a baby photo, and then ask everyone to guess whose picture is whose. Have a prize for the person who gets the most right.

Hold a best Tacky Jumper competition Have a prize for the winner.

Battle of the Bands Offer local bands a chance to showcase their music and ask for an entry fee.

Browse the internet with Everyclick Go to www.everyclick.com. Click the ‘sign in’ link on the top right hand side, then ‘create an account’. Choose Scottish Refugee Council as your charity. Now search online and raise money at the same time!

Sell your stuff on eBay Register on www.ebay.co.uk if you haven’t already. Go to ‘eBay for Charity’. Make Scottish Refugee Council your favourite charity. Start selling. Let us know if you are raising funds and we will support you any way we can.

Etsy Sales Set up an online craft store and sell your goods for Scottish Refugee Council www.etsy.com/uk/ to find out more.

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25 January Burns Night

21 February International Mother Language Day

8 March International Women’s Day

21 March World Poetry Day

21 March International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

6 April International Day of Sport for Development and Peace

22 April Earth Day

15 May International Day of Families

5 June World Food Day

20 June World Refugee Day

18 July Nelson Mandela International Day

12 August International Youth Day

8 September International Literacy Day

15 September International Day of Democracy

1 October International Music Day

17 October International Day for the Eradication of Poverty

17 November International Men’s Day

20 November Universal Children’s Day

10 December Human Rights Day

Why not hold your event around the following yearly dates?

Dates to remember

1. Get a Just Giving Page and choose Scottish Refugee Council as your charity to make collecting sponsorship easier. Share your page and story on your social media

2. Why not ask your workplace to Match Your Fundraising

3. Set a Fundraising Target

4. Why not Remind People about your fundraising efforts after payday when they’re feeling generous

5. Did you know you can Request a Refugee Speaker to visit your school or Organisation? Why not hear from someone that has lived experience and learn how they have been helped-or hindered-in their search for sanctuary. You can find out more about how Scottish Refugee Council helps and supports asylum seekers and refugees.

Email: RefugeeSpeakerProgramme@scottishrefugeecouncil.org.uk or call 0141 223 7921 to find out more

REMEMBER: Keep it safe and keep it legal!

Boost your Fundraising

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Refugee Speaker Joel Nkhoma

Thank you to all our supportersWithout amazing people like you we wouldn’t be able to build a better future with refugees in Scotland.

Scottish Charity Number SC008639. Company Number SC145067 Fundraising Standards Board Number: FS00545

Patrons: Baroness Helena Kennedy, Lord McCluskey and Joyce McMillan

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“ Dear SRC, I collected this money through our workplace charity baking over the last several months. I hope this makes a difference at this time of year for some of the refugees. Thank you for your hard work!”

- Robin

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We, who have given our names and addresses below, and who have ticked the box entitled ‘Gift Aid’, want Scottish Refugee Council (Scottish Registered Charity SC008639) to reclaim tax on the donation detailed below, given on the date shown. We understand that each of us must pay Income Tax or Capital Gains tax equal to the tax reclaimed by the Charity on the donation.

*If you pay UK tax and tick the Gift Aid box the government will give us 25% on top of your donation. It won’t cost you a penny. Please give us your full name and home address and tick the gift aid box or we can’t claim Gift Aid. You will need to have paid enough UK Income Tax and/or Capital Gains Tax in the current tax year to cover the 25% that Comic Relief and any other charities and Community Amateur Sports Clubs that you donate to will claim for the current tax year. (Council Tax and VAT do not count).

Scottish Refugee Council 5 Cadogan Square (170 Blythswood Court), Glasgow, G2 7PH

funding@scottishrefugeecouncil.org.uk Main Switchboard: 0141 248 9799

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Full Name Home Address Postcode Total Amount Date Paid Gift Aid*

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on the (date) ........................................................... to support refugees in Scotland.

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on the (date) ........................................................... to support refugees in Scotland.

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