A Glasgow charity is looking to promote public safety and wellbeing following the riots that took place in England this summer.

Glasgow North West Voluntary Sector claims that ethnic minorities living in and around the West End are afraid to get involved with their local community as a result of the incidents that happened south of the border.

An update from the voluntary sector was presented to members of the Hillhead Area Partnership yesterday and confirmed that while no large scale incidents had occurred in Scotland, members and the people they work with from the BAME, asylum seeker, refugee and non-white Scots communities have experienced a feeling of unease and in some cases fear locally. 

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They have met as a network to discuss the issues, share practical advice and information about keeping the people they serve as well as staff safe. 

It is not the first time staff at the Integration networks have experienced threats, or harassment so the network wants to highlight that it stands in solidarity with its fellow citizens.

Anna Dyer, Glasgow Third Sector Interface Network, said: “Hillhead ethnic minorities are not coming out into the community following the events at Plymouth as they are afraid and we are now trying to encourage them to come back.

“There will be a meeting on the safety of staff and taking care of them. The threat of that [riots] happening is not so great in Glasgow but we should look out for our own protection.

“We are already looking at upgrading our own safety measures and the safety of our users. 

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“Since taking over the Woodside Hall we have started to roll out a number of programmes for staff. There are people working at night in both our buildings. We have CCTV in Maryhill Road but it needs to be upgraded.

“Woodside Hall also needs to have CCTV footage. We hope this will help keep users and our staff safe.”

More information on safety can be found at https://hopenothate.org.uk/