Bethany Christian Trust

Men and women enter the Care Shelter on a cold winter’s night A Winter Care Shelter run by Bethany Christian Trust was used by 722 men and women this winter, the homelessness charity has revealed.

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

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

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

Bethany’s fundraising team celebrate ‘Suzanne’s night’ at the Edinburgh Care Shelter in Meadowbank The fundraising team from national homelessness charity Bethany Christian Trust has paid tribute to local charity advocate Suzanne O’Brien, who passed away in August 2015 after collapsing on

Crowds gather for festive celebrations under a Caring Christmas Tree on Main Street in Balerno Thousands of Christmas trees were purchased by festive shoppers in November and December for homeless people after an annual fundraiser encouraged Scots to purchase with purpose.

(from left) Retail manager Ann Hay with staff Liz Veitch and Susie Manson in the Gullane shop The Bethany shop in Gullane, one of several retail shops run by homelessness charity Bethany Christian Trust, will celebrate 20 years on January 17.

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon during a visit to Streetwork in November Additional capacity for night shelters and extra staff to help get more people into accommodation are among the actions being taken to tackle rough sleeping this winter.

A sculpture depicting Jesus as a homeless person sleeping on a bench has been installed at Nelson Mandela Place in Glasgow. Homelessness charity Bethany Christian Trust joined Glasgow City Mission for the unveiling of ‘Homeless Jesus’ outside St George's Tron Church.

National homelessness charity Bethany Christian Trust is giving festive shoppers the opportunity to buy a bed for people who are homeless this Christmas by purchasing a voucher for its Edinburgh-based Winter Care Shelter.

Money raised from the Sleep in the Park charity sleep-out next month is to go towards ensuring no one has to sleep rough in Edinburgh over the winter, according to organisers. Event organiser Social Bite has donated £25,000 of the funds already accumulated to Bethany Christian Trust's winter care s

Edinburgh-based homelessness charity Bethany Christian Trust has been awarded over £43k by the Aspiring Communities Fund towards community support and development work across East Scotland. The announcement was made by the cabinet secretary for communities, social security and equalities, Angela Co

Festive shoppers are being given the chance to ‘purchase with purpose’ this winter through a new initiative from Edinburgh-based homelessness charity Bethany Christian Trust. By purchasing a Caring Christmas Tree, the charity said shoppers could save a life.

In an open letter in The Herald, written to coincide with Mediation Awareness Week, a number of Scottish charities have stressed the importance of early intervention in reducing the number of people presenting as homeless and have urged the Scottish Government to take note. There are two sides to ev

Mark Giles, personnel manager of Waitrose Morningside, awarding the £19k cheque to Isobel Alford, community development worker from Bethany Christian Trust Grocery store chain Waitrose has awarded over £19,000 to Edinburgh-based homeless charity Bethany Christian Trust in an effort to prevent and