Charities joining efforts to help Govanhill’s Roma

are being backed Govanhill primary and the restrictions needed to protect the community, will hit those with the least hardest, we are doing whatever we can to alleviate the situation.”

At Community Renewal staff are working to get information out to the Roma community on a Facebook site where translated information has been shared.

Ann Hyde, project lead at Community Renewal, said the service had posted information videos in Romanian, Romanes – Romanian and Slovak versions – and Slovakian. These include what to do during the current lockdown.

Advisers Ioana Di Mambro, Emilia Gaziova and Sabrina Janicka are running an online help service, which has received more than 200 enquiries.

The charity is also running online activities for the young people who usually attend its youth groups.

Official information has been translated into Slovakian and Romanian and can be printed off as a flyer to give to any neighbours people might be worried about.

On Allison Street, the Govanhill Housing Association satellite office has been posting information signs in various languages on its front doors.

Glasgow City Council’s “community connector” is in the process of connecting local organisations to make an accessible directory of service providers.

Police Scotland has an officer from the Czech Republic deployed in the area who is directly engaging with the Roma community.

The schools in Govanhill are also open with volunteer teachers providing education and childcare for families of key workers and vulnerable families.