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New user-friendly and multilingual info sheets for EU citizens in Scotland

24 June 2022 By EVOC Communications Team

The support systems in place for those settling in Scotland are a challenge to navigate. To mitigate this, Citizens’ Right Project have developed a series of factsheets in different languages to help EU citizens access their rights in Scotland.

This info sheets explain, in simple terms, a number of essential rights for EU migrants and how they can be accessed.

So far, four of these factsheets have been translated into eight languages and contain resources for further support and guidance. Their funding has allowed us to create factsheets on:

• Universal Credit
• Housing
• Pensions
• Social Security Rights
• Access to Benefits
• Maternity Rights
• The Right to Work

With the exception of the factsheets on Maternity Rights, Pensions and the Right to Work, the factsheets have been translated into, Hungarian, Italian, Latvian, Bulgarian, Spanish, Romanian, Lithuanian and Polish. They aim to translate the rest, and include more languages, if funding is secured.

These factsheets have been developed to promote awareness among EU citizens as to which rights they are entitled to and how to access them, with the assistance of funding from the Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO) and the Scottish Government.

As the factsheets offer easy-to-understand guidance in different languages and provide further resources for support, they will ensure that navigating rights from housing to employment is as easy as possible. This will significantly benefit EU citizens by guiding them through confusing systems which many are struggling through in their second language. This guidance is necessary to secure the rights EU citizens are entitled to.

Please assist us in securing the rights of vulnerable individuals. Share these factsheets widely through your network and contacts (website, social media, newsletters, etc).

Access Factsheets

If you are interested in getting printed versions of any of our factsheets, get in touch by emailing: info@citizensrightsproject.org.

Please tell them which info sheets and languages you are interested in. They are gathering information to assess interest before deciding how many should be printed.

Anxiety Supports for Parents and Carers

22 June 2022 By Craig Mundie

The Early Intervention team at CAMHS (Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services) have added two new Anxiety Resources to help parents support their child or teenager, the new leaflet is attached. All the resources are listed on CAMHS NHS Lothian website – Online Resources (nhslothian.scot)

New Resources include:
A relaxation booklet for children  

A Self Help Guide for parents on supporting their child with anxiety:

Part 1 : Understanding and Talking about worries
Part 2 : Anxiety Traps
Part 3 : Overcoming Anxiety
Part 4 : Looking After Yourself and Further information  

These are added to the previously available resources which were developed by CAMHS and Psychological Services:  

Parent’s Anxiety Workshops recorded information sessions. These are also available in BSL.
Part 1: Understanding Anxiety https://vimeo.com/637899585/a4a632bd0c
Part 2: Supporting your child with anxiety https://vimeo.com/637889751/e2d94cf5d5

Computerised CBT for parents on Supporting their Child/Teen with Anxiety a module course you can work through at your own pace via the platform Silvercloud at  https://cyplothian.silvercloudhealth.com/signup/  this is free to sign up using the Access code: Lothian

Lunchtime Plug-in Community Group

17 June 2022 By Craig Mundie

Stenhouse Baptist Church and Bethany Christian Trust have joined forces to put on a free weekly community lunch called Lunchtime Plug-in! Everyone is welcome and it takes place every Thursday afternoon, 12pm – 2pm at Stenhouse Baptist Church, 30 Stenhouse Grove, EH11 3EE. On the other side of the lockdown there have been many people […]

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UNCRC: Protecting Children’s Rights

1 June 2022 By Craig Mundie

Protecting children’s rights Plans to progress Scotland’s ground-breaking children’s rights legislation have been announced by Deputy First Minister John Swinney. The UNCRC (Incorporation) (Scotland) Bill was backed unanimously by the Scottish Parliament in March 2021, but could not be implemented because of a legal challenge brought by the UK Government. In October, the Supreme Court […]

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Edinburgh Canal Festival is back!

27 May 2022 By EVOC Communications Team

After a 3 year break, Fountainbridge Canalside Community Trust are organising the Edinburgh Canal Festival and Raft Race on Sat 18th June 2022!

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Citizens Rights Project: Italian-language Housing Advice

25 May 2022 By EVOC Communications Team

Citizens Rights Project now provides free online housing & homelessness advice in Italian.

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Disability Living Allowance to Adult Disability Payment Information Events

18 May 2022 By Esther Currie

This summer the process of transferring the awards of adults living in Scotland currently in receipt of Disability Living Allowance from the Department for Work and Pensions will begin. This gradual process will see clients Disability Living Allowance replaced by Adult Disability Payment which will be administered by Social Security Scotland. In advance of this, […]

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Lawyer-Led Workshop: Housing Rights and Aftercare

12 May 2022 By EVOC Communications Team

The training will focus on case studies to provide you with the tools you need to assist children and young people who are getting ready to leave care

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Free Lawyer-Led Workshop: Housing Rights in the Private Rented Sector

12 May 2022 By EVOC Communications Team

Lawyer-led workshop on the rights of tenants in the private rented sector.

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Queen’s Award announcement – The Edinburgh Remakery

22 April 2022 By Craig Mundie

The Edinburgh Remakery has been awarded a Queen’s Award for Enterprise in Sustainable Development – one of just 13 Scottish organisations to receive a Queen’s Award this year and one of 31 to receive recognition for Sustainable Development in the UK. Read the Press Release

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