What a special evening! We’re excited to share with you the photos from our Civic Reception to mark Scottish Interfaith Week. It was a delight to be joined by Her Royal Highness, Princess Anne; Deputy First Minister, Shona Robison; Lord Provost, Jacqueline McLaren; elected officials; religious leaders and Interfaith Glasgow participants, partners, and [...]
For our final Save the Wild Isles crowdfunded outdoor event, on the 5th of August our Weekend Club partnered with The Conservation Volunteers on a fun day out in the gardens of Provan Hall - one of Glasgow's oldest buildings. The kids enjoyed doing an invertebrate survey, where they used [...]
The Weekend Club's first summer holiday trip of 2023 was to RSPB's Baron's Haugh Nature Reserve on the 22nd of July! After a short coach trip from the Glasgow centre, a group of 50 Weekend Club participants, volunteers, and staff were greeted by the RSPB team at the Baron's Haugh nature [...]
We're delighted to share with you a new video about our wonderful Weekend Club project, an interfaith response to the social isolation often experienced by people from refugee backgrounds. Weekend Club events address the need for people who have recently arrived to get to know Glasgow and Scotland better, build social [...]
On Sunday 23rd July we hosted the latest event in our Faith to Faith dialogue series with St Mungo Museum of Religious Life and Art: "Exploring the Relationship between Faith and Mental Health". 32 people of diverse faiths and none met at St Mungo Museum where we heard presentations from [...]
On Monday 19th June, the Weekend Club collaborated with the Scottish Jewish Heritage Centre and the Scottish Jewish Heritage Centre to celebrate Refugee Festival Scotland 2023. The theme of the event was sharing stories of hope and courage. We were joined by 16 participants for this special women’s only event. At [...]
Interfaith Glasgow would like to say a huge THANK YOU to our outgoing Chair, Philip Mendelsohn, who has been Chair of Interfaith Glasgow since it became an independent charity in 2016. Here’s the tribute that our CEO, Rose Drew, paid to him at last night’s [...]
We did it! On Saturday, after a strenuous hike, all of Team IG – volunteers, board members, staff, and supporters from across Glasgow’s diverse communities - made it to the top of Ben A'an! The steepness of this hill should not be underestimated... It was a challenge and we all [...]
We believe that in testing economic times, fostering positive relationships between diverse communities is not a luxury but a necessity. But Interfaith work in Glasgow is under serious threat, following the recent loss of Interfaith Glasgow’s Council funding. With your help, we can turn things around! This Saturday (20th May), [...]
