Promoting Inclusive Pathways in Glasgow
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Building Bridges: Promoting Inclusive Education Across Glasgow’s South Asian Communities
Education is one of the most powerful tools for creating opportunity, independence and social mobility. Yet for some members of the disabled South Asian community, barriers to accessing and progressing through education can still be significant—particularly for disabled people and those who may not have access to the right information, guidance or support.
As part of our commitment to advancing inclusion, Ghluam Baig, Chair of Goodwill International (SCIO), has been engaging with community organisations across Glasgow to explore how we can work together to promote educational inclusion.
These conversations have included meetings with representatives from the Glasgow Central Mosque, Om Hindu Mandir in Glasgow, and Central Gurdwara Singh Sabha in Glasgow.
The purpose of these engagements is simple but important: to build stronger connections between community organisations and educational opportunities, ensuring that people are aware of the pathways available to them and that nobody is left behind.
Working Together for Inclusive Education
Faith and community organisations play a vital role in bringing people together. They are trusted spaces where families, young people and community members can access information, support and opportunities.
By working alongside these organisations, Goodwill International hopes to make conversations around further and higher education more accessible within South Asian communities.
This work is particularly important when we consider the additional barriers that disabled South Asian students may experience. Inclusion is not simply about opening the door to education—it is about ensuring that people have the information, encouragement, accessibility and support needed to walk through it.
Goodwill International’s wider mission is centred on empowering disabled communities and promoting equality and inclusion.
Inclusive Pathways
This community engagement forms part of a wider ambition to promote Inclusive Pathways for South Asian students in Glasgow and Edinburgh.
The initiative seeks to increase participation in further and higher education while ensuring that disability and accessibility remain part of the conversation. Goodwill International has recently announced that the National Lottery Community Fund has approved funding for the Inclusive Pathways project, describing it as an important first step towards inclusive education for disabled Scottish South Asians in the FE and HE sectors.
For us, inclusion means recognising that every individual should have the opportunity to learn, develop their skills and fulfil their potential—regardless of disability, background or circumstances.
Community Partnerships Matter
The meetings with Glasgow’s diverse faith communities demonstrate the importance of partnership.
Whether through a mosque, mandir, gurdwara, educational institution or community organisation, reaching people where they already connect and feel comfortable can make a meaningful difference.
We are grateful to the organisations that have welcomed these conversations and supported efforts to raise awareness.
We also encourage community members to look out for our flyers at these locations. They contain further information about the opportunities and support available through our work.
Ultimately, creating a more inclusive education system cannot be achieved by one organisation alone. It requires collaboration, trust and a shared commitment to ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to participate and succeed.
Together, we can help build a Glasgow where educational opportunity truly belongs to everyone.
People make Glasgow. Inclusion makes communities stronger.
