Welcome to our first show!

Refuweegee is a community-led charity. It was set up to ensure that all refugees arriving in Glasgow are welcomed to the city in true Glaswegian style. We are so happy that founder Selina Hayles made the time to speak to us. Everything Selina said was so inspiring that this is quite a long podcast.

This show was recorded in March in the basement of Social Bite St Vincent Street Glasgow. Contrary to what Ken says in the podcast, it does have lights and heating.  It also has weird electrical hums and thumping sounds.

Also, check out the photo taken on the night for our personal choice in scarves. (Ken, pink? Really?) and we couldn’t resist taking a picture of Selina’s badge fromBonnie Bling. £5 from each mini-protest sign sale goes to refuweegee.

Things to do next:

* Find out about Refuweegee. Get involved and volunteer here: https://refuweegee.co.uk. Follow them on Twitter and Instagram .

* Check out the Scottish Refugee Council. They work with refugees and asylum seekers across Scotland.

And for the record, while it is the only basement we have recorded in so far, it is our favourite of all the basements we have recorded in.

Our thanks go to:

Selina Hayles for taking the time to talk to us.

Ewain Black, training and support worker at Social Bite in Glasgow, for providing the space for recording the podcast and for his continuing advice and making introductions to support organisations in Scotland. Check out their webpage for forthcoming events and follow them on Twitter.

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Opening music is by Blue Dot Sessions. The track is called These Times,  from the Album The Pine Barrens. Find it here. Copyright: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0

The closing music is “Oriental Song” played by Marie Jacquet.

Our next episode will feature Milk Cafe in Glasgow. Subscribe and follow us on Twitter to catch them all.