Covid-19

Age Scotland is calling for more investment in social care staff and resources, as well as support for unpaid carers, in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak.

The Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE) has today announced a new initiative aimed at supporting the future of Scotland beyond the coronavirus crisis, with the setting up of the Post-COVID-19 Futures Commission to support Scotland in emerging as positively as it can from the current pandemic. Bringing

The Scottish Government has published new guidance on Allocations, Advice and Information to help local authorities, social landlords and private rented sector landlords meet duties and legal requirements during the coronavirus pandemic.

The Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA) has published its tenth COVID-19 briefing note which focuses on housing association finance. The series of briefing notes have been produced to help housing associations and co-operatives through the current pandemic.

The UK Government has announced that small businesses will benefit from a new fast-track finance scheme providing loans with a 100% government-backed guarantee for lenders. Under the new initiative, businesses will be able to borrow between £2,000 and £50,000 and access the cash within d

At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, homelessness charity Cyrenians launched an emergency appeal to enable the charity to respond effectively to the crisis. Image credit: Cyrenians

Applications for community benefit funds generated by wind farms in South Lanarkshire are to be fast-tracked to support local groups and organisations during the coronavirus pandemic.

The Parish Church of St Cuthbert in Edinburgh has ensured that homeless people in the city still have at least one hot meal a week by distributing takeaway dinners at the foot of Edinburgh Castle.

Age Scotland is asking people across the country to hold a virtual tea party to raise vital funds to support older people in need during COVID-19 and beyond. Since the outbreak of the pandemic, the charity's national helpline has received record numbers of calls from older people and their

Maggie Brünjes, Homeless Network Scotland’s chief executive, looks at an unfair pandemic and the reasons why they are today publishing a new framework* to help redress this across homelessness policy and services. Already we know that the risk and impact of COVID-19 is not distributed equ

The detrimental impact of COVID-19 and the lockdown measures imposed on people across Scotland is to be investigated by MSPs. 

ng homes is working hard to support vulnerable tenants and families in North Glasgow during these unprecedented times. With the UK under extended lockdown orders and with many people receiving letters instructing them to ‘shield’ themselves for a period of months, ng homes said it unders

Those who want to be ‘in the know’ with the latest information and intelligence on the homelessness sector’s response to COVID-19 can access a new chat room available from today. The resource is open to both members and non-members and will focus on homelessness and related issues,

The Social Housing Resilience Group (SHRG) was joined by housing minister Kevin Stewart last week as it continued to deal with the challenges caused by the coronavirus outbreak. Convened by the Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA) in response to the pandemic, t

Local authorities and registered social landlords in Scotland are being urged to take advice now on how to tackle a backlog of building and maintenance works once the current ban on non-essential construction activity is eased. Public sector procurement specialist SPA is providing information to all