WHAT IS IT?
Priesthill Volunteers and Disabled People is a small project based on the south side of Glasgow that provides social support to local adults who are isolated because of a learning disability, a physical impairment or a combination of both.

We provide volunteer befrienders and offer group activities to help promote community integration and combat the loneliness often experienced by disabled people.

Usually, we have about 40-45 people using our services, which are provided by approximately 30 volunteers.

ACTIVITIES

The range of activities that we offer is as diverse and varied as the people who are involved with the project.

Although nights out at the theatre, shopping trips and going to the cinema remain firm favourites, we have had groups go paint-balling, people involved in pigeon fancying and a night out at a comedy club at the Edinburgh Festival!

TRAINING

We are always recruiting new volunteers and provide a short induction-training programme, which covers subjects like:

-befriending,
-boundaries,
-basic disability awareness and
-confidentiality.

We also offer additional training that volunteers might find useful like managing epilepsy and visual impairment awareness training.

For more information, please contact

Priesthill Volunteers and Disabled People
20 Dunside Drive
Priesthill
Glasgow
G53 6RY

Telephone (0141) 876-0708
Fax (0141) 876-0721
Email priesthill@volunteerglasgow.org

If you are a voluntary agency operating in Glasgow then we can offer a free interpreter service in the following  languages :

• Amharic
• Arabic
• Azerbaijani
• Burundi
• Dari
• Farsi
• French
• Harari
• Kurdish
• Orimonga,
• Pashtu,
• Russian,
• Sinhalese
• Spanish
• Swahili
• Tamil
• Tigrgigna
• Turkish
• Ukrainian

About us: we are trainee interpreters - or have recently completed training - with Glasgow Translation and Interpreting Service (GTIS), part of GCC, with funding from the ATLAS/EQUAL partnership and the EU.

We're finishing the theory part of our Cardonald College Course and now we need to practice and apply what we have studied.  We're asylum seekers so we can’t work for money, but we want to work voluntarily.....

How to get your free interpreter(s)?  Immediately state that you want an ATLAS Volunteer interpreter (because the GTIS mostly offers paid interpreters), phone Katrina or Bill on 0141 343 0019 or fax 334 7276, or contact us at the GTIS, Napiershall Street Centre, 39 Napiershall St, Glasgow G20 6EZ

Women in Exile is an exhibition celebrating International Women's Day featuring refugee women training with the Bridges Programmes.

The exhibition features work by two established photographers: Pamela So and Rachel Thibbotumunuwe.

Among their photos are portraits of ladies living in Kennishead.

The exhibition is open on every Saturday in March from the 3rd at the Artists in Exile Gallery 8-10 Osbourne St.

Refugee Week is a UK-wide programme of arts, cultural and educational events that celebrate the contribution of refugees to the UK, and encourages a better understanding between communities. Refugee Week 2007 will take place from 18th to 24th June.

As in 2006, there will be no specific theme for Refugee Week 2007. Event organisers are encouraged to organise events around the idea that Refugee Week is a space of encounters between different communities and an opportunity to use more creative ways to bring refugee experiences closer to wider audiences.

Every year during Refugee Week hundreds of events are organised across the UK. In 2006, there were over 450 small and large events, ranging from big music festivals and art exhibitions to political debates, film screenings, conferences, school activities, sports and community events etc.

• To help others in your own community
• To meet new people and make new friends
• To update your skills and increase your employability.

To become an adviser you need to commit to at least 8 hours a week for a mimium of 6 months - 1 year post training, have an impartial approach and be willing to learn.  Basic literancy/numeracy skills are a requirment. 

Admin volunteers must be 16+

Advisors must be 18+