GLASGOW JEWISH REPRESENTATIVE COUNCIL

The Council was founded in 1914 to speak on behalf of the Jewish community of Glasgow and West of Scotland.
It fosters good relations between the community and other local religious and civic bodies, sending delegates to
these as appropriate. The Council provides a democratic forum for synagogues and welfare, educational, social
and cultural organisations, while liaising with them to ensure that the community operates effectively.

The Council represents the community on a variety of non-Governmental and voluntary bodies, including ...

• West of Scotland Community Relations Council

• West of Scotland Racial Equality Council

• Ethnic Minorities Law Centre 

• NHS South Glasgow University Trust Multicultural Advisory Committee

• Multi Agency Racial Incident Monitoring Group (MARIM)     

• East Renfrewshire Minorities Ethnic Community Forum

• Greater Glasgow and Clyde Health Board's Ethnic Minority Health Advisory Committee

• Crown Office & Procurator Fiscal Service Area Diversity Team (Glasgow) 

• East Renfrewshire Council Education Committee

• Scottish Interfaith Council

• East Renfrewshire Faith Forum           

• Glasgow Forum of Faiths                           

• Sharing of Faiths Committee       

• East Renfrewshire Area Committees: Giffnock and Newton Mearns

• East Renfrewshire Safety Strategy Committee

• Age Concern: Spiritual Care Group                                             

• Glasgow Jewish Community Trust 

• Glasgow Jewish Youth Fund                                                  

Some of the Council's other responsibilities include ...

• working closely with, and helping to fund, the Scottish Council of Jewish Communities (SCJC), which
  represents the Jewish Community in Scotland to Government and other statutory and official bodies.
  The SCJC monitors the Scottish Parliament, and liaises with MSPs and others on matters affecting the community.

• working closely with the Board of Deputies and sending a delegate to its meetings in London.

• liaising with and meeting other Representative Councils in the Northern Region of the UK.

• supporting and liaising with the Community Security Trust (CST) in the physical defence of the community.

• maintaining a community emergency plan in cooperation with local authorities.

• responding promptly to any situation that arises which may affect the wellbeing of the community,
  e.g. the appearance of antisemitic material in the public domain.

• meeting with local MPs, MSPs, councillors, council officers, and trade union leaders.

• meeting with local editors and journalists in furtherance of the community's interest.

• ensuring that discrimination against Jews does not occur in the workplace.

• supporting the Glasgow and West of Scotland Branch of the Council of Christians and Jews (CCJ),
  which it helped to establish in the 1980s.

• organising the Annual Holocaust Memorial Meeting , which is consistently attended by 250 to 300 people.

• advising educational bodies on Holocaust matters and on Judaism

• setting up school visits to synagogues and providing speakers to other organisations on request

• maintaining a diary of community events.

The charitable arm of the Council is recognised by the Inland Revenue as a Charity, no. SCO16626.

 

Constitution:
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