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Scottish Detainee Visitor’s Mission Statement
Core Aim: To provide practical, social and
emotional support to individuals being held in Dungavel Immigration Removal Centre as a way of alleviating feelings of isolation
and stress.
Specific Aims: To improve detainees’ access to the world outside of detention
To improve detainees’
sense of well-being (both physical and mental)
To make detention more manageable for detainees
To increase detainees’ ability
to change their own circumstances
To raise public awareness
about the circumstances of people held in detention
SDV’s Objectives: To reach and support as many individuals in Dungavel as possible
To provide friendly, non-judgemental support during twice-weekly visits to individuals being held in Dungavel Immigration
Removal Centre
To provide phone cards, clothing and any other practical support to detainees where possible
To refer individuals on to other organisations in the sector or inform individuals where they can access additional support,
where we cannot provide the appropriate services
To provide regular training and support
for our Visitors
To facilitate a positive and enriching volunteer experience for all SDV members
To collect and collate information
about the details of the experience of detention as a way of feeding into anti-detention literature and to assist research
and lobbying organisations.
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SDV Statistics
SDV visitors compile a confidential report of each visit. This report allows us to monitor what we do and to produce
statistics
SDV Visit Statistics for 2010
SDV Visit Statistics for 2009
SDV Visit statistics for 2008
SDV Visit statistics for 2007
SDV Visit statistics for 2006
SDV Visit statistics for 2005
SDV Management Committee:
Kate Alexander (Treasurer)
treasurer@sdv.org.uk
Claire Malloy (Secretary)
Giovanna Fassetta
Marion Fairweather
Kavitha Ratnam
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SDV Coordinator Anna Beesley
The Coordinator works
18 hours per week and is based at the address below on Tuesdays and Fridays. The Coordinator can be contacted by
email, phone or post at the addresses and phone number below. If you phone the Coordinator outside of working
hours please leave a voice mail.
SDV visitors
SDV has around 30 active visitors
at any one time. Visits are organised by rota and most visitors make between two and four visits to Dungavel per month. If
you would like to become a visitor, please click on the "Get involved" link on the left of this page
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Scottish Detainee Visitors, c/o SRC, 5 Cadogan
Square, (170 Blythswood Court), Glasgow, G2 7PH. 0141 248 9799 coordinator@sdv.org.uk Scottish Charity Number SC033781
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