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No Recourse to Public Funds

Tackling and Preventing Destitution for people with No Recourse to Public Funds (NRPF) Many people from outside of the UK have a ‘no recourse to public funds’ condition stipulated in their visas, preventing them from accessing most housing, homeless and…

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PATH Project

Prejudice & Solidarity Archived Throughout History (PATH) This project is community-led heritage project run by Four Pillars & GREC, exploring ethnic minority and queer community history in Aberdeen and surrounding areas. Between summer 2022 and spring 2024, the project invites…

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New Scots Projects

New Scots Digital Inclusion Project This project supports New Scots (Syrian refugees) to develop their digital skills, gain access to IT equipment, and improve digital inclusion in their community. It builds on learning from the Carnegie UK Trust’s ‘Learning from…

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New Scots Active Citizens Project

This project works with New Scots women in classes, workshops and information sessions, exploring themes of active citizenship and empowerment. We are also developing a partnership approach to addressing gender inequality and associated barriers for New Scots and migrant communities.…

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Board of Directors

John Tomlinson Chair For some 25 years I have been involved in equalities issues and am driven to explore and achieve real change. I was first directly involved with GREC as a volunteer in 2010. In 2014, I was Interim…

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Equalities Participation Network

This page has all the information from the Aberdeen Equalities Participation Network. Please scroll down for details of the next meeting, documents, links, and information from previous meetings. Any questions, please email mhaywood@grec.co.uk. What it’s all about – Network Summary…

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Job Search Resources

Looking for a job can be hard work – below is some information to help you. You can also find information about our employability-themed language cafe and ESOL for work classes on our language support page. You can register on…

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Membership

Are you interested in becoming a member of GREC? All applications are welcome, and we leave it up to applicants to choose the most appropriate of our three different Membership types: Our Articles of Association and our current Strategy are…

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Help Request

If you are in immediate danger, please dial 999 to contact the Police or medical services.  You can use this form to contact GREC for help. We aim to reply within two working days. The information you send is confidential,…

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