28 March 2011 ISSUE 256 Minority Ethnic Matters Overview MEMO is produced by the Scottish Council of Jewish Communities in partnership with BEMIS - empowering Scotland's ethnic and cultural Supported b y minority communities . It provides an overview of information of interest to minority ethnic communities in Scotland, including parliamentary Activity at Holyrood and Westminster, new publications, consultations, forthcoming conferences and news reports. Contents Immigration and Asylum Bills in Progress Race Relations Consultations Equality Job Opportunities Racism and Religious Hatred Funding Opportunities Other Holyrood Events/Conferences/Training Other Westminster Useful Links Note that some weblinks, particularly of newspaper articles, are only valid for a short period of time, usually around a month. Please send information for inclusion in MEMO to
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[email protected] The Scottish Parliament is now in dissolution until after the elections which will take place on 5 May 2011. During dissolution there are no MSPs and therefore no parliamentary business takes place. If you have not already done so, please remember to complete and post your census form this week, or fill it in online at https://questionnaire.scotlandscensus.gov.uk/2011/lang_en/start To find out more about the census see http://www.scojec.org/memo+/2011/11iii_census.pdf For help to fill in your census form see http://www.scotlandscensus.gov.uk/en/help/ or telephone 0300 123 1702 1 Immigration and Asylum Holyrood