Refuweegee Social Impact Days 

Throughout June and July, colleagues from across Amey South-West Trunk Roads volunteered with Refuweegee, a community-led charity that welcomes and embraces Glasgow’s newest residents. They strive to ensure that people who have been forced to flee their homes arrive in Scotland to a warm welcome and provide items and support that will help them to feel more at home here.  

Our team were given a tour of the huge space they have in Glasgow, which includes a kids room, a quiet room, and a kitchen. They have a fully stocked food and clothes bank, both of which are set up like shops. The team were educated on the refugee and asylum seeker process in the UK and learnt just how challenging it is for those who have fled from persecution to the UK.  

Amey teams supported Refuweegee by sorting through the huge amounts of baby clothes that were donated by the people of Glasgow and beyond. The team then helped set up the stalls for a baby clothes market that the charity was hosting at their second Glasgow office space. Eighty families were invited to attend the upcoming event and take much needed items. With this office space now being cleared, Refuweegee have big plans to transform it into a large shop that will be open 5 days a week, allowing them to help even more people. 

Jessica Masterton, Community and Communications Manager said ‘I am in absolute awe of the work that Refuweegee do to support the Refugee population in Scotland. The level of support that they provide to people and their families is truly incomparable. It is very heart-warming to hear the stories of the Scottish community rallying behind Refuweegee when they were in desperate need of donations, with the charity going from only one pot noodle in their shop to then having over £30,000 in their bank account overnight! I hope that Amey can continue their support of Refuweegee as they are such a fantastic charity.’