“I frequently wander around the Southside of Glasgow and try to imagine it without the South Asian communities and it is impossible to do so. The nature, the feel and the identity of this city would just be radically different, and let me say hugely inferior, without their contribution. Therefore, to be able to celebrate it in the way that this GlaswegAsian exhibition does, is so hugely important”

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon

“I’m delighted to endorse and support the Colourful Heritage Project. I think it’s fantastic for somebody who was born and bred in Glasgow but the stock of immigrant parents. For me it’s important not just to know who I am but to know where I have come from, what my heritage is, what my values are and that helps to shape where I want to go in the future.”
Humza Yousaf – SNP MSP

“It is important that we undertake this project whilst the older generation are still alive because they are part of Scotland and we should hear their stories.”
Lord Sheikh, Chairman of the Conservative Muslim Forum

“I think it’s a wonderful Idea. Every community, Jewish community, Irish community and Italian community, everybody has its archives. It was only we who were missing. I wish Colourful Heritage all the support and my cooperation and I wish them well.”
Bashir Maan – UK’s First elected Muslim Councillor

“Very proud and happy to be supporting the Colourful Heritage Project. It’s a project we knew from the start was a very important project and a timely project. It’s something we knew would have a lasting impact in Scotland. Its telling a story that often doesn’t get told and it’s a story that has relevance not just to the Muslim community but to the wider community in Scotland.”
Tom Lea – Alwaleed Centre, Edinburgh University

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1. Identifying and interviewing individuals who migrated to Scotland between 1940s and 1960s to record and preserve their stories
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