Homelessness workers in frontline roles have been recognised for the critical jobs they do with the announcement of access to a leading discount scheme.
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A major new test of change has been launched to explore how to break down barriers to support faced by tens of thousands of people in Scotland who face multiple disadvantages – with their experience made worse by unequal access to help. No Wrong Door Scotland will draw on a wide range of profe
A new report that aims to understand what the national housing emergency looks like on the ground has been published.
An innovative project which will involve people with lived experience of homelessness to help shape the support they receive has started in Inverclyde. The council’s Health and Social Care Partnership (HSCP) is one of the first in Scotland to work with the charity Homeless Network Scotland on
Homeless Network Scotland (HNS) has appointed Mhairi Snowden who will take up the post of head of policy and programmes in September. Mhairi joins HNS from the Human Rights Consortium Scotland, where she was eirector, and has a distinguished record of work across public life in Scotland and across t
Being able to control where we live, seen as a key factor in our personal wellbeing and in living our life the way we want to, is being compromised by the housing emergency, especially for those in temporary and shared forms of accommodation, experts have warned.
Families are increasingly benefiting from the positive impact of Housing First Scotland, figures highlighted in a new report suggest.
A team of experts with personal and professional experience of homelessness is touring Scotland to find out what’s happening in services against a backdrop of unprecedented housing pressures. The All in For Change team will hold free events in Aberdeen, Greenock, Falkirk, Kirkcaldy and Clydeba
Glasgow City Health and Social Care Partnership has appointed Homeless Network Scotland to support the progression of its homelessness services against the backdrop of a housing emergency.
Hazel MacIver, Homeless Network Scotland’s new programme advisor shares her initial impressions of the Fair Way Scotland partnership and sets out how the determination and positivity of its partners, allied to the programme’s evidence-based approach, is achieving tangible results. Fair W
Maggie Brünjes, chief executive of Homeless Network Scotland, on the long-term impacts of short-term decisions on housing and what needs to happen now to make 2024 count. Imagine there was enough decent and affordable housing for everyone in Scotland in the places we want to build and live our
The Scottish Government's plan to cut its housing budget by around £200 million next year will have "devastating" consequences for social housing supply and homelessness support, ministers have been warned.
A coalition of experts has called on local and national government to adopt a groundbreaking new tool created to measure progress being made towards ending homelessness in Scotland.
It is difficult to remember a time when global, UK and national events have aligned so acutely to heap even more pressure on Scotland's local housing systems. Committed professional sectors from across the housing, homelessness and refugee sectors gathered at Scotland's Annual Homelessness Conferenc
Homeless Network Scotland (HNS) has made three key appointments ahead of its annual conference to drive its ambitious and collaboration-led mission to end homelessness. Ed Pybus has joined the team as policy advisor and Jamie Milne is the new communications lead, while Hazel MacIver will take up her