THE BRILLIANT WAY FORWARD
Beyond community
At African Challenge Scotland, we make the community better, more connected and more sustainable.What makes us different is the way we work and how we engage with Black community and other ethnic minority groups in our community.
Our history
As a Scottish-leading community professional services to Black and ethnic minorities, our heritage of delivering excellence stretches back in 2013.
About us
AFRICAN CHALLENGE SCOTLAND (ACS) is a voluntary organisation which is Scotland wide and based in Glasgow it helps build more successful integrated communities, relieve poverty, advance education and promote cultural and sporting links between African’s and Scottish population.
African Challenge Scotland (ACS) was founded in 2013 to address challenges and barriers for young people, through the creation of opportunities for the black, minority ethnic communities in Glasgow.
- To promote African Culture, Education and relieve poverty.
- To promote Sport and Healthy Living among its members and supporters.
- To provide an educational, supportive environment for its members and supporters.
- To organise educational, social, recreational and sporting events for its members and supporters.
African Challenge Scotland service
- We offered employment advice, social services support and women support groups. We have also protected families in relocation to another area if they have been victims of racist incidents in their area and work directly with social services on other issues that affect African communities more generally. We have worked with local elected members to push on social equality and advancing justice in our city.
- African Challenge Scotland short and long-term projects during this cost of living crisis including:
- Homework clubs with mentors
- Participatory budgeting leading to entrepreneurship
- Support with CV’s, college and university applications for STEM subjects
- COVID-19 resilience and cost of living crisis Response Programme
- Free Homework Help Classes for children and young people
- Women Support Group
- Mental Health support
- Asylum seekers and refugees support
Services provided by African Challenge Scotland are:
- Advancement of public participation in sport
- Advancement of Citizenship/community development
- Advancement of the arts, heritage, culture and science
- Advancement of education for children and youth
- Outreach/befriending service – This is crucial to ACS work overall. It provides a great deal of support to African and ethnic minorities who are very isolated and lack confidence for various reasons in Glasgow wide area.
- Family Support Work to deal with the social welfare problems of African and ethnic minorities’ families helped in several ways.
African Challenge Scotland provides services to:
- Children and young people
- People of particular ethnic or racial origin
- African and ethnic minorities families/groups
- Partners agencies to support engagement/integration with hard to reach communities
- Promote community integration
- People of white origin