Scots Syrian Roses
Outside the Box began to work with the New Scots women’s group, Scots Syrian Roses, of Spike Wheat Scots in May 2023. Spike Wheat Scots are a community group of Syrian New Scots who have resettled in North Ayrshire.
What we're doing
From May 2023 to May 2024 we worked alongside the women from the group to explore meaningful integration, their valuable contributions to community life, shared learning, networking and more!
The impact it's having so far
We have facilitated creative visual arts workshops and nature activities for the women. The women have hosted a traditional Syrian breakfast and award ceremony for the wider Spike Wheat Scot Group. In the summer the women hosted a Syrian barbeque in Eglinton Park and brought together over 50 women from across North Ayrshire.
In the winter the women had a workshop on immigration and family reunion as part of the Public Legal Education sessions offered by Strathclyde University Law Clinic. The women also worked with Heriot Watt PhD student Leri Price on her research project focusing on what ‘home’ means to New Scots Syrian women.
Over the length of the project we have worked with the women to increase their community connections, access to services and enhance their women’s group activities.