Refuweegee provides welcome packs to ensure that Scotland is a welcoming new home for those forced to flee their own

An exciting week of workshops and activities focused pupils at a Wishaw high school on anti-racism and diversity as the term came to a close.

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Pupils at St Aidan’s High benefitted from workshops from Show Racism The Red Card, and with Refuweegee, talks that highlighted Scotland’s legacy on the slave trade, and related activities in classes across the school.

The main purpose of anti-racism week was to educate young people on racism and how it affects people, and also how to deal with and challenge racist acts.

The school welcomed a former pupil, Dr Stephen Mullen of Glasgow University to show Scotland’s link to the slave trade on a national and local level.

Dr Mullen and his research assistant Cait Gillespie discussed North Lanarkshire’s link to the slave trade. Following this talk, S4 pupils took part in a Glasgow walking tour to see for themselves the visible legacy of the slave trade.

S2 pupils all also participated in Show Racism The Red Card workshops with Motherwell footballer Kaela McDonald-Nguah which taught pupils how to recognise and challenge racism when they encounter it.

S3 and S4 pupils had the opportunity to take part in workshops run by Refuweegee. This is an organisation which provides welcome packs, a store with donations to provide essentials for this community and welcome letters to ensure that Scotland and Glasgow is a welcoming new home for those forced to flee their own.

The young people were complimented on how wholeheartedly they had thrown themselves into the activities.

Across the school, pupils took part in mini projects, simulation activities, discussions and performance poetry to help them understand a range of global issues.

 

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