Positive Action in Housing secures grant towards work with Roma community in Govanhill
30 January 2025
A Welcome Start to 2025 with a much needed grant from SafeDeposits Scotland towards our work with people from new migrant communities in Govanhill to improve their access to housing, jobs, and vital advice, while strengthening our mediation and support services.
Positive Action in Housing is delighted to announce that we have received a grant of £12,973.80 from the SafeDeposits Scotland Charitable Trust for our Migrant Rights Project.
The Migrant Rights Project (formerly known as the New Migrants Action Project) supports new migrants from various EU nationalities, focusing primarily on Romanian Roma people in Glasgow's Govanhill area. Our aim is to help them understand their housing, employment, and welfare rights, access quality housing, pursue education, and develop employability skills to enhance their long-term stability and quality of life.
The SafeDeposits Scotland Charitable Trust is a grant giving charity designed to promote education, training and best practice in Scotland's private rented sector.
The generous donation will help sustain and expand theMigrants Rights Project, assisting clients in fulfilling their obligations as both tenants and landlords. This funding will allow our multilingual casework team to continue providing essential education, advice, and resources to new migrants. Additionally, it will support our team in further developing their mediation skills, enabling them to offer improved mediation services and continue assisting our beneficiaries.
Our Project Lead, Iain Chisholm, has shared the following statement,
“In the middle of a housing crisis, soaring rents, the threat of eviction and chronic disrepair are among the issues faced by the people and families we work with, and when they encounter one or more of these they do not know how to or cannot access mainstream advice services.”
We are incredibly grateful for the support of Safe Deposits Scotland Charitable Trust for recognising the value of the project and helping us to continue supporting migrants in Glasgow.