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Today we launch our new campaign SAFE WITH ME.
We're asking you to identify yourself, or your spaces as safe for people experiencing or worried about hate. We want to see windows across the city filled with this simple poster.
By registering on our website and downloading the SAFE WITH ME poster, the message is clear for anyone passing that you, your street or your business is a safe place for them to be.
Full details and downloads on are on our website and in our bio. Posters can also be collected from Refuweegee HQ during our opening hours 🖤
We know our streets are filled with kindess and safe spaces, let's show it in our windows!
#safewithme #refuweegee #glasgow #refugeeswelcome
We are incredibly sad to say goodbye to our wonderful friend and volunteer Jon. We were told last week by Jon's family that he had sadly passed away.
With permission from the family, we wanted to share this news and celebrate our friend as we know how many lives Jon has touched. We will be forever grateful for what Jon contributed to Refuweegee over his years of volunteering.
🚲 On his trusty box bike, Jon delivered hundreds (if not thousands!) of critical support packages and donations. He was part of the Refuweegee family and will be terribly missed by the team of staff, volunteers and visitors. He cheered up the deliveries WhatsApp chat whenever he was out about with photos of where he'd chosen to park up and eat his pieces that day 🥪
We will be attending Jon's funeral and would be happy to pass on any messages to his family from people who wish to share 💌
Help us celebrate a truly wonderful human with stories and kindness in the comments 🤍
I just want to take a moment to thank @selinahales for trusting me to develop an Advisory Board comprising of displaced communities in order to centre lived-experience and lived-expertise at @refuweegee .
As a child of refugees myself, this commission meant more than I can put into words and I can't wait to return to Glasgow to make, create, and play with the organisation on new equitable narratives for such an important charity.
Because we're all fae somewhere.
#Refuweegee #StudioBulu #MakeCreatePlay
Refuweegee is changing up our services!
We want to make sure everyone who visits our space receives the care and dignity they deserve and to do this we need time to run a variety of activities and training sessions throughout our busy week. We’ll be able to better meet the needs of our community (and our team!) by focusing on providing different services each day.
Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays will remain the same as always 🧡
On Wednesdays and Fridays the space will now be dedicated to workshops, events and training.
Working with donations for so many years has allowed us to develop some pretty slick sorting systems, but the thing that our donations sorting volunteers appreciate the most are your labels!
The new donations room can look a little daunting and chaotic at first, but our regular volunteers know it only takes 2 people a few hours to completely reset the space. By roughly categorising each bag and transferring them to their dedicated sorting area, volunteers can efficiently clear the room to make space for future donations.
When facing so many bags containing all the different donations we can accept, that little piece of paper makes a world of a difference!
A label allows us to easily identify priority items and get your donations passed onto the people who need them, so big thank you to all our lovely labellers ✒️🏷️♥️
p.s. These ‘bags of bags’ save the day on Tuesdays and Thursdays when our free shop is busy with customers collecting your donations - if you are planning to drop-off items anyway including a couple spare carrier bags is a huge help! 🫶
Thank you @scottishrefugeecouncil@uofglasgow & @unitetheunion for such a wonderful evening of music and merriment.
Our bellies ache from laughing so much and shoes were broken we ceilidh'ed so hard 💃
A truly magical evening teaching our friends to pas-de-basque and just FOLLOW THE PERSON IN FRONT 🤣
#refugeeswelcome #ceilidh #danceatthem
A few of you have been asking about dropping off donations this Monday but unfortunately our office closes for bank holidays
We are very aware of how tricky it can be to get into the city centre, which is why we are working hard behind the scenes to come up with alternative donation drop-offs + weekend options for those of you who cannot make it into town during the work week
We promise to update you all as soon as we get things confirmed🤞
For now, donations can still be made directly to our 24 George Square Office from Tuesday 5th
Some of our busier core services like the free shop and hang out space will be on pause next week as our down week schedule is packed with training sessions and time to discuss how we can deliver the best possible experience to both our visitors and donors 🧡
Part of working with volunteers to sort clothing and toy donations is regularly explaining that the bag of tiny clothes and shoes they are trying to take to the baby room is in fact for a specific brand of bear 🧸
When we came across a bag of those distinctly wide shoes and brightly coloured tops we raced upstairs to get the bears in shop dressed!
Our regular toy room volunteer Hafiz kitted each one out before displaying them pride of place of place in front of George Square
All the bears like this one went to new homes the same day, so if you would like to send spare soft/small toys our way please find donation details below!
Donations can be made in person at our 24 George Square office or if coming by car pull into the corner of St Vincent street and phone reception to hand donations over to a volunteer who will meet you there: 0141 401 0756 Monday - Friday • 9:30 - 16:30 We also welcome donations by post to our HQ: 24 George Square, G2 1EQ
p.s. do not worry about the missing sparkly boot it was safe in the pram!
Yesterday we had the wonderful @kwetucoffee in our Welcome Space making sure our visitors were served nothing but the best 👌 ☕️✨️
Back today if you need a quick caffeine injection to start the day ☀️
#refuweegee #kwetucoffee #glasgow
As you can see it is all hands on deck here to reply to your messages as quick as we can, but instagram dms are particularly tricky to keep track of!
If you are thinking about getting in contact, here is a guide on the best ways to reach out 😄
🛍️ Donations: We have a live list of items we can and cannot take + details about how to donate on the donations page of our website. If you have a question about a donation that is not on the list please email [email protected]
🤝 Projects/Collaborations/Support: Our enquiries inbox [email protected] again is best place to direct bigger detailed discussions like these so we can keep track of all the details and pass them directly over to the correct team member
⏰ Time Sensitive: Please phone reception if you have got in touch about a question that is time sensitive so it can be flagged to the team. Our receptionists have to wear a lot of hats and our wifi phone line can be a little patchy when the space is busy, so if the line is not great please try again later! 0141 401 0756
🚐 Furniture/Bulk: With one man driving one van, we do not have capacity like other larger operations to do instant pick-ups of bulky items. If you have furniture to donate please check our donations page for a list of items families are in need of and details about what pieces we are unable to pass on + alternative donation points.
CHILDREN’S CLOTHING & SHOE DONATION APPEAL
With so many helping hands at the ready to get your donations
sized and distributed to the many families visiting us for support, we are running out of kids clothing to sort, leaving the boys and girls rooms in our free shop short of stock across the board. Our donations cages have never been so empty!
If you have pre-loved children’s clothing or shoes (including uniform) that your family have grown out of, please check-out the donation guide below to help us restock and get families the clothes their wee ones need!😊
1️⃣ Check that everything is clean and ready to pass straight onto another child!
2️⃣ Pack it into a bag and clearly label the general contents so we can swiftly plug gaps in our stock (e.g. boys clothing size 4-6 years)
3️⃣ Drop it off in person at our 24 George Square office or if coming by car pull into the corner of St Vincent street and phone reception to hand donations over to a volunteer who will meet you there: 0141 401 0756
Monday - Friday • 9:30 - 16:30 + Tuesday evenings til 19:00
We also welcome donations by post to our HQ: 24 George Square, G2 1EQ
Thank you for making a difference with us! 💫
