Najwa New Scots Carers Centre (SCIO)Registered

(a) The Advancement of Education through the provision of after school care support for young people and their parents. This will encourage parents to engage better with their child, therefore allowing young people to overcome barriers to learning. The activities will be one-to-one peer learning activities delivered by volunteer students from Universities across Scotland who have lived experience of belonging to an ethnic minority community themselves. (b) The advancement of health through the delivery of activities supporting ethnic minority community members to maintain and/or improve their health through the Provision of formal and informal counselling or support delivered by volunteers identified from within the community who have lived experience of belonging to an ethnic minority community as well as through medical experts (such as medical professionals with CBT training). We will also deliver wellbeing outdoor activities allowing beneficiaries to come together and share experiences. (c) The promotion of equality and diversity through direct advocacy and campaigning by disabled people seeking better access to public facilities as well as through the provision of training schemes for employers to raise awareness of equality and diversity issues within their workforce.