Homelessness

Plans have been unveiled to transform former council office accommodation in Dalkeith into emergency temporary accommodation for the homeless. Midlothian Council is proposing to develop 20 individual rooms with shared facilities at Jarnac Court in the town, consisting of single person households wit

Six prominent Scottish homelessness charities have agreed to come together for the first time for a pioneering fundraising campaign. The charities – Bethany Christian Trust, Glasgow City Mission, Street Soccer Scotland, Rock Trust and Simon Community Scotland/Streetwork – have agreed a formal co

(from left) Fraser Nicol (Scott-Moncrieff), William Mcpherson (Re-Tek), Ewain Black (Social Bite) Social Bite’s Digital Inclusion Project has just received a huge boost in the form of 25 laptops and 4PCs.

Scots have raised over £15,000 for people affected by homelessness a Big Sleep Out for national homeless charity Bethany Christian Trust. The Big Sleep Out, which was held on Friday at two locations in Edinburgh (outside the City Chambers) and Glasgow (City Chambers in George Square), attracted doz

Councillor Richard Moore A councillor in Angus has launched a scathing attack on people who he believes present themselves as homeless to receive a council house and then leave to another local authority without paying rent.

Jon Sparkes Jon Sparkes on the latest news from the Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Action Group, transforming temporary accommodation and gathering the views of hundreds of people with experience of homelessness.

Emily Wang and Sophie Rowan unveiling their winning design A unique creative partnership between The Glasgow School of Art (the GSA) and Shelter Scotland was officially launched yesterday to mark the charity's 50th anniversary in Scotland.

Brian Birt A volunteer with Shelter Scotland's Prestwick charity shop has helped to save £3,000 for the cause in just six months by passing an electrical safety course.

New recommendations to ensure the commitment to eradicate rough sleeping in Scotland have been accepted in principle by the Scottish Government. Set out by the government’s Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Action Group, the full recommendations cover actions to prevent rough sleeping; empower front

Gilven House Fife Council is to step in to protect homeless services at Gilven House in Glenrothes after a charity revealed that it is to withdraw from providing funding to the project.

Perth & Kinross Council’s Homeless Housing Support Service has been graded as ‘excellent following an audit by the Care Inspectorate. An unannounced inspection of the service was carried out by the watchdog on January 23 and 24 as inspectors focused on two themes - Quality of Care and Suppor

Research is underway to find out if people with spare rooms could host homeless young people if there was a project to offer them payment, training and support in Scotland. More than 7,000 people aged between 16 and 24 years old applied for help with homelessness from Scottish local authorities in 2

A major Hackathon will take place in Glasgow across the weekend of April 13-15 designed to find practical ways of tackling the homeless situation in Scotland’s major cities. The event will aim to be a spark for innovative solutions including apps, websites and other digital platforms.

Josh Littlejohn MBE launching the sleep out event Around 600 of Scotland’s most vulnerable rough sleepers are to be provided with homes and continuing support to sustain their tenancies under an imitative launched by social enterprise Social Bite.

Rough sleepers in Glasgow are being handed portable mobile phone battery chargers to help ensure their phone is sufficiently powered up for what could be a lifesaving call to a support service. Glasgow-based homelessness charity Simon Community Scotland has identified a relatively high level of mobi