Announcement – The Welcoming

Pride Month 2021

We recognise that Pride month is more than a celebration. It is a time for protest and solidarity. A time for reflecting on the progress of the LGBTQIA+ rights movement and what remains to be achieved.

Thank you to our wonderful volunteers: Celebrating Volunteers’ Week 2021!

The Welcoming is lucky and proud to have so many volunteers. Thank you, for the 2000+ hours you offered in 2020-21. Thank you to the 58 of you who are with us now, supporting our staff and our services but above all, supporting the New Scots who are now settled here and call Edinburgh home. You are helping make Edinburgh a more welcoming place.

Apply now for the Immediate Priorities Fund (second round) – EXTENDED

The Immediate Priorities Fund will provide Sainsbury’s shopping vouchers to The Welcoming Association service users who are currently unemployed, temporarily out of work or in a situation with precarious working conditions due to Covid-19.

Donate to our Winter Appeal

Donate to our Winter Appeal today to support asylum seekers, refugees, and migrant workers in Edinburgh through the challenges of winter, the pandemic and building lives in a new country.

Holiday office closure notice

All of our staff members will be on annual leave from Wednesday 23rd December 2020 – Monday 4th January 2021. Online services will resume the week of Monday 11th January.

Apply now for the Immediate Priorities Fund

The Immediate Priorities Fund is available to asylum seekers and refugees who are registered members and attending the Welcoming Association’s activities and classes.

Our new logo, donation platform and future plans

At The Welcoming, we are proud to present our new logo, donation system and plans for the future.

The Welcoming Association celebrates Black History Month

As we celebrate Black History Month 2020 at The Welcoming Association, we acknowledge and celebrate the achievements and contributions of the many Black people in Scotland and elsewhere. However, 2020 has been a challenging year for Black people all over

Covid-19: August 2020 update

Returning to the office and continuing online services From 17 August our staff will start to gradually return to the office in a limited capacity. We will continue our online services and 1-to-1 videocalls as standard practice for now. We

Ben Macpherson, Scottish Minister for Europe, Migration and International Development, visits The Welcoming Association

The Edinburgh-based association supports over 1500 migrants, refugees, and other newcomers from 80 different countries and more than 70% of these are EU citizens. Edinburgh, Scotland (18th December 2019): – To mark the International Migrants Day, Mr Ben Macpherson, Minister