Refugee Voices Scotland

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Maryhill Integration Network (MIN) started in 2011 as a drop-in point for refugees and asylum seekers in Glasgow.  It was and still is a place they could get a cup of tea, good advice and English tuition. It has grown significantly since. Now it offers a long list of clubs, support and activities.   Ken spoke to founder Rema Sherifi and volunteers Pinar Aksu and Gianluca Palombo to find out how this amazing organisation has grown.   Here's the transcript (prepared by Xenia Raynaud) -0- K: I’m here with Rema, Pinar and Gianluca from the Maryhill Integration Network. Hello everybody! What was the reason for the Maryhill Integration Network starting? R: Maryhill integration network was established in 2001. It started from 3 drop-ins along (the) Maryhill corridor as a need to support and advise newcomers, people who arrived in Scotland through the dispersal program. As you know Glasgow City Council and the Home Office in 2001 signed an agreement for a dispersal programme to reallocate asylum seekers and refugees from London and other places in the UK and Scotland. As you know Scotland was a new place to explore for asylum seekers and refugees and (there) wasn’t much in place to support them. So it came organically; naturally from the open hearts of the volunteers of the Maryhill Parish Church, Saint Gregory’s Church and Findlay Memorial Church. We offered leaflets and information. Basic information and a place to go for advice and a cup of coffee or tea and one-on-one English tuition. Since then, Maryhill Integration Network has gone from strength to strength. So now we have on board 60 volunteers, 9 trustees, 3 full (time) staff and 3 sessional staff members. Over all these years, the development of the network to be a place, to offer a platform to the people who are new to our society, to have a place to go, to feel safe and welcomed and to feel they belong to Glasgow, in the range of the activities we offer during the week. K: And was it always in this lovely building? R: No, actually I just started as a volunteer when the Maryhill Integration Network didn’t have premises at all. In 2004 I became a part-time staff member. First as a staff member for the network and my office was my bag and my laptop computer. After two years I had a little lovely office space in Yorkhill Church and my desk was Mackintosh Desk so this was the beginning of the development and growth of the network. For the last decade, we’ve been based in this lovely place. It’s lovely because when people arrive and when they join the programme of activities and different projects, they feel that this is their second home and this is a highlight that we want to hear. There is a range of activities. (We are) not only supporting and advising. We felt that it’s not only a cup of tea and some English words that are enough for people to feel that they’re part of society, and we established a very carefully designed program of activities based on the needs of society and also listening and taking into consideration the thoughts of the people who use our services. This is a key success of Maryhill Integration Network. Implementing (the activities), encouraging them to participate in the design of the program, taking ownership in running the activities and feeling they are part of it and that they have a place to go and do something on a daily basis. Because as you know most of the asylum seekers and refugees, there are more than 4000 of them currently in Glasgow, don’t have the right to work. No matter your skills, knowledge and experience, if you don’t have the right to work. You don’t have a place.

Hello and welcome to the Refugee Voices Scotland podcast. This episode features Küche,  a social start-up which creates socially engaged one-off food-led events and community dinners that discuss the anthropology of food. Feeling hungry already? I spoke to Deborah May, founder of Küche. Stay tuned for details of how you can take part in Küche events at the end of the podcast. Here's the transcript -0- K: I am here with Deborah May from Küche. Hi Deborah, how are you? D: Good pronunciation. K: The pronunciation was right? Alright,  Küche, Küche, Küche! K: Deborah, tell me a bit about Küche. D: So Küche started up in 2016. We started with an event called Syrian Supper Club. We are a multicultural food-lead enterprise. So we work in collaboration with multicultural cooks. And we've got a collective of 16 cooks and cuisines and we do a programme of events. So every month we host an event and the idea is that each event works with a different chef and looks at a particular cuisine, but also by working with that cuisine we try to bring in some kind of conversation, a different topic. It might be political or it might have an activist stance or it might be historical. So, an example might be: we did an event called an anti-colonial menu, which looked at food and its links to the transatlantic slave trade. We had the speaker Marenka (Thompson-Odlum) from the Caribbean so she was great. So yeah, it's just I guess using food as a tool to start conversations. And I think with a kind of globalisation and a diversifying population in Glasgow it is just a really useful way to think about our links internationally. And although other countries and people can seem far away, we just want to bring them closer. And food’s always a nice sharing space and we try and create a nice environment for hospitality and a safe space for everyone. We also do some catering. So we've got a nice beautiful group of four women particularly from Algeria, Syria, Morocco and Nigeria and we do quite a bit of catering for that. But we’re growing so we're always up for trying out new things and working with different art forms and starting new conversations. K: And we’ll put full contact details in our show-notes but it’s kueche.co.uk? D: Yes. So it’s www.kueche.co.uk K: Deborah what's on your mind? D: That’s a nice question. There’s a lot of boring things on my mind. It's so exciting starting something like Küche and meeting all these brilliant people who are intrinsic to what we do. And I guess sometimes what's on my mind is lots of little things like paying invoices. And I've got GDPR on my mind just now as well and yeah, lots of little tasks, but then also thinking about future events. That's something I that I would like to would like to be on my mind more. Curating that and thinking about new conversations to start up. K: In general are your events in Scotland? D:  Yes, all our events are in Glasgow although it’s something I've always wanted to keep open, to work across Scotland. I've always wanted Küche to go on residencies. I think a big part of the way we are is like this idea of being quite nomadic and working across the city. That’s why we do pop-up events and I like the idea of having a full geographical reach. So I would be really interested in maybe working in different areas, particularly maybe in rural areas. So if you know anyone who wants to have Küche do a residency in a local area or in a venue.

Welcome to the Refugee voices Scotland podcast it's not often we get invited to sit in on a meeting for a refugee project. Ok, it has never happened.  We were delighted to be invited to join the Meeting of the Colours of Edinburgh project. Colours of Edinburgh is a refugee and art project and it's happening on June 21st. Our Ken joined the meeting and then after the meeting spoke to co-founders Moh Al-Haifi and Muriel McIntyre.  -0- Here's the transcript: K: I am in Edinburgh today at the University building and I've just sat through a meeting of the colours of Edinburgh project and I must say that was an incredible meeting I wish I went to meetings that were as precise, action-orientated and passionate as that one was. Moh: Thank you so much K: The co-founders of Colours of Edinburgh are here with me, Moh and Muriel. Let’s start with you Moh. How did this all start? Moh: It actually all started about four and a half months ago when Muriel and I decided to go to a STAR meeting. STAR is a society in university and it actually exists in most universities in the UK and it stands for Student Action for Refugees. And we sat along with one of the first meetings they had and we noticed that sure, it was really exciting really nice, they did a few smaller projects, fundraising events but we also wanted to do more than just fundraise a bit of money. We really wanted to find a way to really talk to the public in Scotland. Muriel is an artist herself. I'm not so much an artist. I am more the business mind behind this. So I still am very interested in art and Muriel kind of wanted to put her input as well, so we decided to say, you know, let's try to use art as a medium of conveying this message. Of conveying what it means to be a refugee in Scotland. So that's how it really started in that first meeting. We then soon after, I kinda sat down after that and created a pitch. And next meeting I asked for the first 10 to 15 minutes of the STAR meeting and I said I wanted to suggest a project and kind of pitch it to people in that society. So I did that. Recruited our first maybe 5 to 10 people and we quickly started working on things. Quickly started talking about potential ideas, how we can do things. Talking about our actual main event which is the art exhibition which we will get to probably later. That was the start of it. Eventually, we noticed we need more help, we need more hand we need more hands Mu: And the team got bigger and bigger Moh: Exactly, the team got bigger and bigger because we noticed that, you know everyone that came on board has amazing ideas. So the idea itself was so ever evolving and so growing naturally by the people that came in joined. So the only thing we had to do is really recruit more people and ended up with about 20 in total, plus-minus. Some came on for a short while to help us and then left, and some have been there from the very start. K: What is the aim of colours of Edinburgh? Moh: So the main aim of Colours of Edinburgh is really to convey the message and make people understand who are in Scotland, the locals, mainly in Scotland, understand what it means to be a refugee, especially in this country and we really tried to make it a local project to make it more relatable to our audience. So every time, every meeting, every time we come up with a new idea our main focus is still at the end. Is it going to help reach a wider audience and make them understand what it means to be a refugee? But having said that it doesn't only mean that we want to talk about the negative sides of what it means to be a refugee.

This podcast features Aimee Corrine Ottroh. Aimee was an asylum seeker from Ivory coast. She arrived in the UK in 2011. After dispersal to Glasgow, she spent three years trying to get refugee status. She has now several academic achievements and she is now a UNESCO RILA ambassador. Links to all the organisations mentioned in the podcast are at the bottom of this post. We thought we would try something new and what follows is a transcript of the interview. K: So what's on your mind today? Ok, I just wanted to start with the fact that French is my first language and I wanted to speak of the identity of people. For example, when my story started I was seeing myself as an asylum seeker and then as a refugee. I forgot that I was ... I am, a person. So you know I labelled myself as a refugee. Instead of seeing myself as a person with refugee status or a person seeking asylum. And since I've started to do this demarcation I feel better. K: When did you decide to make that demarcation? I decided when I completed my BSc Honours in community development. Yes, this is it, because we have learnt how you know people with ... we call people with disabilities. You know in order not to use (I don't know how to call it) pejorative words. So yes so I thought ... why not see myself as a person with refugee status. And honestly, I felt light (on) this day when I decided it. So yes. I am Aimee from the Ivory Coast and here, I have a status of a refugee. So I am a person with refugee status. K: When did your refugee story start? It started in 2011 when I arrived in London, where I claimed asylum and I have been (how to call it)  ... dispersed. So I have been lucky to be sent here in Glasgow. I said lucky because when I showed my papers to other people because we were on a bus. The people were going to Liverpool and blah blah blah. When I showed my paper someone told me you're lucky. You're going to Glasgow. People from Glasgow very nice. This is it. K: So what did you expect it to be like and how was it? So I claimed asylum. So I expected to be believed and then I thought it will take at least one or two months and then I will start my life again. So in London people have been so nice you know because they interviewed me. And I don’t know if they believed in me but the same day I'd been put in an accommodation.  And you know I had to come here, so I was expecting the same scenario and you know. And I came here. I had my interview and I wasn't believed. So it took me three years to get my refugee status. So it was ... I came here with honestly so many hope and so many joy and this was my second time to get out of my country. I went to Canada for training and people were amazing. I went to London (people were) were amazing. So I was expecting the same thing so yes, the way it started was honestly very hard for me because I didn't expect it. I wasn't believed. I was portrayed as someone who was telling lies and you know it. So I lost confidence in myself through the process. I am someone (who is a) happy person you know, with lots of dreams. So being in this position where I had to you know, to look for proof to show that I am a genuine person in need of help, was something hard. But again I have learnt a lot through this process. So I lost confidence. Today I don't know if I can speak English or I can speak French. You know sometimes hard times in your life make you lose a lot of things in your life. So this is it. But I am lucky because I was coming from Egypt to where I had completed my masters in project management.  So I wanted to learn. I wanted to put this little knowledge. I wanted to use it in the community.

Offering hospitality to strangers is a common need for many faith traditions. Many faith groups and individuals live and work alongside refugees and asylum seekers. They often work in partnership. Those partnerships include people of other faiths and the voluntary and statutory agencies. Many of us remember the spring and summer of 2015. The media coverage of refugee issues, particularly in the Mediterranean was intense. In September 2015 the Church of Scotland established a refugee coordination project. The project goal was to harness the outpouring of goodwill and the desire to act expressed by many across the country.   Scottish Faiths Action for Refugees That project is the Scottish Faiths Action for Refugees (SFAR). It comprises Christian, Jewish, Muslim and Interfaith groups. They all share in the work of coordination and supporting our New Scots.   For this podcast, we spoke to David Bradwell, the project coordinator for SFAR. David works for the Church of Scotland. SFAR work with the all the major faith organisations in Scotland. They share good practice and help with intercultural interfaith dialogue. The dialogue often extends overseas. Many faiths have international partners helping refugees in places across the world. " It is quite humbling to see where we are at with our place in the world. " David visited Lampedusa the epicentre of some of the refugee arrivals. From January to April 2015, about 1600 migrants died on the route from Libya to Lampedusa, making it the deadliest migrant route in the world. The island has a small population and David talks about the challenges they face such as:     He observes that people might be embarrassed by what they think they know about another culture or another religion. People also might think that they would have to give up some of their own beliefs. " A lot of evidence that suggests that when you engage in interfaith dialogue you not only learn more about another person's religion, you gain more confidence in your own beliefs." The SFAR website has a page for each of the local authority areas in Scotland. Including details of the Edinburgh Weekend Club. Sanctuary in Scotland The Weekend Club brings refugees and asylum seekers together once a month for local activities. David kindly gave us a copy of the Sanctuary in Scotland booklet. It is a fantastic resource filled with information and ideas for things groups can do. There is also an extensive list of contact information for refugee and asylum seeker support projects around Scotland. It is free to download as a PDF on the SFAR website (link below).  Contact David Bradwell if you have a project, faith or non-faith based on the Scottish Faiths Action for Refugees website. We are inspired by the number of refugee and asylum seeker initiatives in Scotland and a huge thanks for all your messages about our podcasts so far. Are you a refugee or an asylum seeker who has something on your mind? Do you run a refugee or asylum seeker support project and want to tell us about it in our podcast? Contact us on twitter YouTube and facebook . You can email us using refugeevoicesscotland at gmail.com .

In this podcast, we speak to Oudai Tozan, a Syrian refugee who arrived in Glasgow two years ago. He has worked hard to integrate himself and develop his knowledge. He's found a job, helped to set up several refugee support groups, became a UNESCO RILA ambassador and made a TEDx talk! He is certainly busy and shaping his life in Scotland. He is also an inspiring person. So, what is on his mind? Listen and find out. Ambassador Oudia was recently invited to be an ambassador for the UNESCO chair in Refugee Integration Through Languages and the Arts. He is working on a project to help refugees learn English. With a friend he runs the Syrian Network on Facebook and a lot more. He achieved a lot in two years. How? Listen and find out.  Tips for new refugees in Scotland. Oudai gives his tips for new refugees on how he mastered the 6 aspects of the English language. Using podcasts to learn English was critical. It turns out that Ken and Oudai's favourite podcast is the same -  Radiolab. There is so much going on in his life, we also asked him how do you relax? It was a pleasure to talk to such a busy committed successful person. Who knows what he will have done the next time we speak to him? Websites: Oudai’s TEDx University of Glasgow talk  The Syrian Network Glasgow Facebook page The UNESCO RILA chair:  also on twitter @UofGUnescoRILA Our shared favourite podcast Radiolab. Oudai's LinkedIn page. -0- If you want to tell us your refugee story, talk about your refugee project or want to find out more about what we do, get in touch! We are on twitter YouTube and facebook . You can email us using refugeevoicesscotland at gmail.com . And don't miss an episode by subscribing to our podcast here.

This podcast is about Code your Future.  Code Your Future is a non-profit organisation supporting refugees who want to become web developers. At the time of the publication of this podcast, it is based in three cities in the UK, London, Glasgow, and Manchester. Beginnings Code Your Future was founded by Germán Bencci, a Venezuelan-born coder. He decided to use his expertise to help refugees find jobs as developers. In October 2016 in London, they launched the first cohort of their 6-month web developer programme. The 6-month course includes all the technical skills needed to become a professional developer. The training includes workshops on modern software methodologies and job interview skills. The course ends with students developing a project to benefit their local community. Four out of ten students at CodeYourFuture are women. 100% of their graduates who complete the course and are eligible to work in the UK, find a permanent job. Code Your Future Glasgow I spoke to Mozafar Haider, Yohannes Fedaku, and Khaled Andulaeulgaffer. Mozafar is the team leader of Code Your Future Glasgow. Yohannes and Khaled are students in the first Glasgow cohort. Mozafar was a coding coach in the London Code Your Future. He moved to Edinburgh in January to start a new job and he motivated his colleagues in Scotland to start their own course. The course is not only for refugees and asylum seekers. There are two places on each course for Scots who want to learn to code but cannot afford to access a traditional course. Want to help? Are you an experienced web developer (HTML/CSS, JavaScript, Node, Angular, React, Database)? Do you want to be a mentor or talk to someone about starting up a Code Your Future in your own city? Visit www.codeyourfuture.io . Check out their blog https://medium.com/@CodeYourFuture You don't have to be a coder to volunteer.  If you want to tell us your refugee story or want to find out more about what we do, get in touch! We are on twitter YouTube and facebook . You can email us using refugeevoicesscotland at gmail.com . Don't miss an episode by subscribing to our podcast here.

Welcome to the last Refugee Voices Scotland podcast of 2017. This podcast looks back on our favourite bits of the podcasts we have made so far. We also talk about the people and organisations that helped get us started. Late in 2016 in the UK, there was a lot of negative tabloid news focused on refugees and immigrants. My daughter and I were chatting in WhatsApp about the negativity and what to do about it. I make podcasts for my work. My daughter said, “why not make podcasts of refugee stories to correct the imbalance?” Very shortly, she had reserved a Gmail address and a twitter name. Refugee Voices Scotland was born. Our very first show was about Refuweegee. Refuweegee is a community-led charity. It was set up to ensure that all refugees arriving in Glasgow are welcomed to the city in true Glaswegian style. Our second show focused on the MILK Cafe in Glasgow. Milk Cafe is a cafe that provides a safe and supportive environment for refugee and migrant women. They can receive employability support and work experience. It is also the centre of a multitude of cultural and educational activities. Selina Hales from refuweegee and Milk Cafe co-founder Angela Ireland told us what catalysed their beginnings. Refuweegee is famous for its welcome packs. Selina talked about the key part of their welcome packs, the letter. Finding premises for Milk Cafe was stressful. What were the chances that Angela and business partner Gabby could secure a very special place for their cafe?  They did! and then opened it in only two weeks!   Refugee Voices Podcast launch 2017 was the year we started this podcast. From idea to first published podcast it took a lot longer than we planned. We started from nothing but a desire to do something and we are still learning. The first questions were how do you find refugees to talk to and what will we talk about? Scottish Refugee Council pointed us to the Cup of Tea with a Refugee events in March 2017 at Social Bite. Social Bite organised several networking events and our network of contacts expanded. Everyone we speak to recommends more people that we should speak to! At my first cup of tea event, we met Marie Jacquet, volunteer, English teacher and harp player and she joined us for the first two episodes. She is now back in France and we look forward to catching up with her in 2018.   Networking At a refuweegee event on a hot sunny Saturday in Glasgow, I interviewed volunteers. A gentleman approached and asked what I was doing. This man was Sabir Zazai, the soon to be Chief Executive of the Scottish Refugee Council. Later, we interviewed him after he had been in the job for 4 weeks. He talked about the importance of family and supportive communities and the title of our third show, the dividing power of numbers and the connecting power of stories. Thanks to the Al-Khair foundation, we met and interviewed Dr. Ahmad Subeh. He is taking part in the Refugee Doctors programme, which is funded by the Scottish Government. The refugee doctors programme trains doctors from other countries to practice in Scotland. In our fourth episode, The whole world is as small as a ball in the hand he talked about the programme, his favourite bits of Glasgow and why his wife was confused b...

In this podcast, I talk to Dr Ahmad Subeh a doctor from Syria who is taking part in the Refugee Doctors programme, which is funded by the Scottish Government. The Refugee Doctors programme in Scotland is unique in the UK. It supports medically trained and qualified refugees to achieve medical registration and in return to contribute their skills to NHS Scotland. You can find more details on the Refugee Doctors Programme in Scotland here.  We would like to offer huge thanks to Tallat Haq from the Al-Khair foundation in Glasgow for making this interview possible. The Al-Khair Foundation is a UK-based international NGO providing humanitarian support, international development, emergency aid and disaster relief in some of the world’s most deprived areas. It also tackles issues such as unemployment, education, women’s empowerment and domestic violence. The Glasgow office of Al_Khair Foundation is in Victoria Road right across the road from The Milk Cafe, featured in episode 2 of this podcast. Find out how you can support the al-Khair foundation by visiting their website at www.alkhair.org and you can follow them on twitter @AKF_Social Huge thanks to Dr Subeh for giving us some of his time. This interview was recorded in the summer of 2017. We look forward to hearing more about his new medical career in Scotland. If you have a refugee story or project and want to be featured in a future podcast, get in touch with us through twitter @refvoicesscot , find us on facebook or by emailing us on refugeevoicesscotland@gmail.com .   Our next episode is coming soon! Make sure you don’t miss an episode by subscribing to our podcast here.

Welcome to the Refugee Voices Scotland podcast. In this podcast, I talk to Sabir Zazai, the new Chief Executive of the  Scottish Refugee Council  (SRC), who on 18 December 1999, then 23, arrived in Britain as a refugee from Afghanistan. When I spoke to Sabir, he was in his fourth week at SRC and Sabir talked about the importance of family to refugees, the impact of refugees on both communities and business, the dividing power of numbers and the connecting people of stories. I am sure you will agree that was a truly memorable interview with a humble and inspiring man. You can follow Sabir on twitter @sabir_zazai and follow the Scottish Refugee Council on twitter @scotrefcouncil . The Scottish Refugee Council was started in 1985 and over the last 32 years has worked to ensure that all refugees in Scotland are treated fairly, with dignity and that their human rights are respected. SRC is an independent charity and it provides essential information and advice to people seeking asylum and refuge in Scotland. They also campaign for political change, raising awareness about issues that affect refugees; and they work closely with local communities and organisations.  If you are listening to this podcast in the week beginning 23rd October 2017 this is a cup of tea with a refugee week when community groups across Scotland hold Cup of Tea with a Refugee events where we sit down with the refugees in our community and have a good chat over a cup of tea. There is still time to host your own event and find out what it's like to be a refugee living in Scotland. Visit cupofteawitharefugee.com  download the event pack and dig out some extra cup. Find out more about what’s happening in Scotland to support refugees, volunteer and get involved. Visit the Scottish Refugee Council website http://www.scottishrefugeecouncil.org.uk .  Thank you again to Sabir Zazai and the Scottish Refugee Council team for making this podcast possible. If you want to tell us your refugee story or want to find out more about what we do, get in touch with us through twitter, facebook or by emailing us on refugeevoicesscotland@gmail.com . In the next episode, I talk to a Syrian refugee who will shortly be playing a key role in our community and who, when I ran out of questions, asks me some really difficult ones.  Don't miss an episode by subscribing to our podcast here.

Welcome to show number two, focused on the amazing MILK Cafe in Victoria Road Glasgow. On a beautiful afternoon and in the midst of preparing for a children’s workshop in this small cosy space, Angela Ireland made us a coffee, sat us down and told us how and why the cafe started. MILK Cafe is a cafe that provides a safe, supportive environment where refugee and migrant women in the Glasgow community can receive employability support through opportunities to gain appropriate skills, experience and confidence. While gaining work experience both within the cafe and in its related activities, individuals receive continuing support from us as they prepare for moving on to other mainstream settings. The amazing and ever increasing list of support classes and workshops includes help with English language, personal development, form filling and interview skills. MILK is also used by various local groups and individuals for meetings, talks and pop-up events and is already a valuable community resource. Get along to 452 Victoria Road, Glasgow G42 8YU and see what’s on offer. The menu is never the same two days in a row and sometimes will include amazing delicacies from around the world. Check out their website to see what’s on, and follow MILK on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. We would like to say huge thanks to Angela Ireland for taking the time to speak to us. Sadly our next episode will not include Marie Jacquet who has returned to France, we look forward to hearing from her in the future. If you have a refugee story or want to find out more about what we do, email us on info@refugeevoicesscotland.com. Next episode coming soon!

Welcome to our first show! Refuweegee is a community-led charity. It was set up to ensure that all refugees arriving in Glasgow are welcomed to the city in true Glaswegian style. We are so happy that founder Selina Hayles made the time to speak to us. Everything Selina said was so inspiring that this is quite a long podcast. This show was recorded in March in the basement of Social Bite St Vincent Street Glasgow. Contrary to what Ken says in the podcast, it does have lights and heating.  It also has weird electrical hums and thumping sounds. Also, check out the photo taken on the night for our personal choice in scarves. (Ken, pink? Really?) and we couldn’t resist taking a picture of Selina’s badge fromBonnie Bling. £5 from each mini-protest sign sale goes to refuweegee. Things to do next: * Find out about Refuweegee. Get involved and volunteer here: https://refuweegee.co.uk. Follow them on Twitter and Instagram . * Check out the Scottish Refugee Council. They work with refugees and asylum seekers across Scotland. And for the record, while it is the only basement we have recorded in so far, it is our favourite of all the basements we have recorded in. Our thanks go to: Selina Hayles for taking the time to talk to us. Ewain Black, training and support worker at Social Bite in Glasgow, for providing the space for recording the podcast and for his continuing advice and making introductions to support organisations in Scotland. Check out their webpage for forthcoming events and follow them on Twitter. -0- Opening music is by Blue Dot Sessions. The track is called These Times,  from the Album The Pine Barrens. Find it here. Copyright: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 The closing music is “Oriental Song” played by Marie Jacquet. Our next episode will feature Milk Cafe in Glasgow. Subscribe and follow us on Twitter to catch them all.