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The following posts have become available with CEMVO Scotland and Positive Action in Housing. See below for details.

Finance Officer 

Hours: Part-Time, 21 hrs per week   
Salary: £22,000 PA (£13,200 pro-rata) + 4% pension   
Contract: Fixed Term, initially to 30th September 2024
(with likelihood of further extension subject to funding)  

 

CEMVO Scotland is a national intermediary and strategic partner of the Scottish Government with a database network of 600 ethnic minority organisations and community groups.  Our work is underpinned by race equality, and we seek to level the playing field for ethnic minority communities, organisations and individuals across Scotland.  

We are seeking a finance officer with at least 3 years' financial and bookkeeping experience.  Reporting to the Head of Operations and Resources, you will have responsibilities for all financial duties, including producing and maintaining financial records and systems to audit standard, compiling and maintaining management accounts for the organisation and on a per project basis.  As well as executing daily bookkeeping functions such as invoicing, petty cash management, expense claims and posting to the cashbook.   

Good communication and excellent ICT skills are also essential for this post.  

To apply, please email info@cemvoscotland.org.uk for an application pack 

Or visit https://www.cemvoscotland.org.uk/job/finance-officer/?doing_wp_cron=1629448540.7706830501556396484375

Please note that although we are still working from home, we pick up calls daily   

Closing Date for Applications: Monday 6th September 2021 

Interview Date: Wednesday 8th September 2021 

Vountary board member (finance sub committee) 
 
Hours: 1-2  hours per month
Salary: £0

  

Positive Action in Housing is a grassroots, anti-racist homelessness and human rights charity (SC027577) dedicated to supporting women, children and men from refugee and migrant backgrounds to rebuild their lives. We believe in a society where everyone has the right to live safe and dignified lives, free from poverty, homelessness or inequality.
 
We are seeking a finance professional with at least 3 years'  experience to join our finance sub committee.  As a member, you will assist theTreasurer, a Chartered Accountant, in managing and monitoring the organisation's finances and contribute your expertise. A knowledge of Scottish charity regulations is an advantage. This is an opportunity to meet others in the non profit sector and learn about the practicalities of charity finance. 
  
For a conversation about this, please send your CV to home@positiveactionh.org 
 
Closing Date for Applications: Monday 20th September 2021 

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Wednesday, 18 August 2021

The Afghan Crisis

 
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Call to Action: Put pressure on the government to deal with the humanitarian crisis emerging from Afghanistan.

 The U.K. Defence Secretary Ben Wallace has said that the U.K. will waive border rules to allow Afghan asylum seekers to enter the U.K. without a passport. While this is to be welcomed, it is the bare minimum that the UK and the US should do after a war on terror that cost over 70,000 civilian lives, lasted 20 years and took a week to disintegrate. But we aren't being told the specifics of numbers and timescales.

Put pressure on the government 

Please contact your MP with specific demands:

1. Suspend refugee removals to Afghanistan. We need to be getting people to safety, not putting them back in danger. 
2. Grant asylum now to Afghan refugees already here, many of whom have been left waiting years for an asylum decision and unable to start their life.
3. The U.K. government has announced it will resettle 20,000 Afghan civilians "in the coming years". When will that resettlement programme begin? How many civilians will be resettled each year? 
4. To work with other governments to create a coalition that will provide safe routes to sanctuary, funding and homes for people from Afghanistan. 
5. To put in place humanitarian visas. People should not have to make dangerous, life-threatening journeys in order to Avoid staying in a country that is dangerous and life-threatening.
6. To increase UK humanitarian support to Afghanistan and Afghan civil society, reversing the recent UK aid cuts, and mobilising the funding necessary to meet our responsibilities towards the Afghan people
 

Donate

Positive Action in Housing has been supporting Afghan refugees since 2001. We assist asylum seeking families with pre-legal advice, casework, shelter, food, crisis support and practical help. It's an important step to helping families to resettle and begin to rebuild their lives.

In 2021, Afghanistan is on track to see a record number of civilian casualties, with the worst hit being women and children. We expect to see an upsurge in the numbers of Afghan refugees needing our support.

Your regular financial donation will help us delivery key humanitarian projects providing direct support to those seeking asylum in the U.K. 

  • Housing & Homelessness Project (Assisting asylum seekers and refugees with housing and homelessness problems) 
  • Refugee Resettlement Project (helping new refugees to resettle) 
  • Emergency Relief Fund (crisis grants, bus passes and food vouchers) 
  • Room for Refugees (Scotland, England and US refugee hosting network) 
  • Humans of Glasgow (Volunteer network directly supporting asylum seekers in need)


We welcome your feedback and look forward to continued engagement with you during this critical time.
 
Finally, donate to our humanitarian work at this CAF link . See our latest annual report here.

Best wishes and kind regards,
 
Robina Qureshi
Director
Positive Action in Housing

Donate safely and securely here or via JustGiving or PayPal. 
 
Post a cheque (made payable to Positive Action in Housing Ltd) to:
Positive Action in Housing
98 West George St, Glasgow G2 1PJ

Set up a monthly donation here 

Donate via internet banking:
Account name: Positive Action in Housing
Sort Code: 82 20 00 Account: 00447398

 
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Help someone from a refugee background get back on their feet by offering a temporary self contained accommodation or a room (all guests are screened)
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About this appeal

Positive Action in Housing's Lifeline Service provides a breathing space so that people can decide their options and create a forward plan with their lawyer and caseworker. This approach has produced life transforming outcomes, putting autonomy back into peoples' lives.

We focus resources on those at risk of exploitation: unaccompanied children, families, pregnant woman, the elderly and sick, and lone individuals living in poverty and people with health problems/disabilities. 

As well as arranging shelter, our Winter Surgery provides bus tokens, food vouchers and hygiene packs, with books and art materials for children. We will also provide crisis grants to ensure people in these vulnerable and at-risk groups do not go hungry, cold, or forced to live on the street.

In 2018/19, Positive Action in Housing assisted 1,501 destitute refugees & asylum seekers from Syria, Afghanistan, Iran, Palestine and Yemen with advice, legal representation, shelter, and crisis funds at crucial stages in their settlement. We provided 48K nights of shelter (www.roomforrefugees.com) and distributed £60K from our Emergency Relief Fund – providing a genuine lifeline. We work to resolve a crisis and rebuild lives.
See our latest impact report

Thank you for supporting this appeal.

 
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Working together to rebuild lives
 
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www.positiveactionh.org 
www.roomforrefugees.com
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