Navigate: Volunteering For People Seeking Asylum

The Mental Health Foundation s work towards good mental health for all. The charity works to provide evidence based solution and advice to tackle the root of poor mental health . The Mental Health Foundation is also the home of Mental Health Awareness Week which runs every May in the UK find more at mentalhealth.org.uk Laura Menasia Mohammed and Samira are volunteers with the Mental Health Foundation s weaving Threads for wellbeing Project. They have created Navigate A Guide to Asylum Life in Scotland in this four episodes podcast series they will share their experience and interview experts about four aspects of life in Scotland to people seeking Asylum Some useful links Volunteer Glasgow https//www.volunteerglasgow.org Volunteer Glasgow volunteering drop in https//www.volunteerglasgow.org/volunteer/cometoourvolunteeringdrop-in/ Scottish Refugee Council s volunteering drop in for refugees and people seeking asylum https//scotishrefugeecouncil.org.uk/get-involved/volunteer/want-to-volunteer/ UK Government information about volunteering as an asylum seeker https//assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/66057d8b91a32001a82b1de/per4mission-to-work-and-volunteer.pdf Volunteer opportunities with The Trussell Trust https//volunteertrusseltrust.org/opportunities Kairos Women https//kairoswoman.org Scottish Anti -Trafficking Exploitation Centre information and support https//www.justrightscotland.org.uk/what-we-do/anti-trafficking-exploitation National Referral Mechanism for identifying and referring victims of modern slavery, including trafficking https://youtu.be/nwem6MMu5de?feature-shared