Homelessness

Wheatley Group has helped almost 2,500 homeless people across Scotland put a roof over their heads in the last 12 months. The group has been working with the Scottish Government, local authorities and other support agencies to help tackle homelessness.

Colleagues across contractor Balfour Beatty in Scotland have teamed up with addiction and homelessness charity Steps for Hope to raise more than £140,000 to support people in need in Edinburgh through a variety of activities and initiatives. The most recent fundraising initiative, supported by

Aberdeen Cyrenians, a local charity that cares for and supports vulnerable people in the North East, has been successful in its bid to become a charity partner for professional services firm Deloitte. Having been selected by Deloitte’s people based out of the firm’s Aberdeen office, the

A team of former Scotland internationals and Glasgow Warriors rugby stars will be donning lycra this summer as they take on the ‘Break the Cycle’ challenge for homelessness charity Social Bite. The team, led by ex-Scotland captain and current Warriors managing director, Al Kellock, and i

Juliet Mountford is to take up the role of director of services at Crisis from September, the charity announced today. Juliet started her career in housing and has worked for over a decade as a senior civil servant in five Government Departments including the Cabinet Office and No.10.

Glasgow City Mission has revealed that four men involved with the charity have started new jobs. Two of the organisation's interns finished in June and they are both now employed. Anthony is working in the Recovery Unit at the Mungo Foundation in Glasgow and James is a Homeless Support Worker with A

Universities should do more to track and prevent homelessness among their students and could play a wider role in supporting efforts to end all forms of homelessness, according to a new report from the Higher Education Policy Institute. In Could universities do more to end homelessness?, G

Lucie Dunn introduces a new guide to homelessness prevention published yesterday by Crisis which includes a compendium of projects, services and approaches with practical examples of homelessness prevention from Scotland and beyond. Yesterday Crisis published 75 Ways to Prevent Homelessnes

Aberdeen City Council has become the first local authority in Scotland to adopt a new technology-led approach to tackling homelessness. The council has partnered with an online fundraising platform and social enterprise, Beam, which helps homeless people and council tenants at risk of homelessness t

Aberdeen Cyrenians has celebrated the recognition of its work after being honoured by the Queen’s Award for Voluntary Services.

Investment in social housing targets poverty, homelessness, net-zero and education and employment, argues Homeless Action Scotland (HAS) CEO Gavin Yates. The Scottish Government’s Resource Spending Review has been well picked over. Launched on June 1, it attempted to square the circle of keepi

Simon Community Scotland's Megan Thomson details the sad loss of someone the charity's Intensive Outreach Support Team had been supporting for more than 10 years. We are always looking for good news stories and good outcomes to highlight the amazing work we do. Sadly today was not the day for t

Proposals to help tackle the climate and biodiversity crisis by supporting Scotland’s transition to a zero waste and circular economy have been launched. The measures, designed to significantly increase reuse and recycling rates, and modernise and improve waste and recycling services, are set

Simon Community Scotland (SCS) has teamed up with tech consultancy AND Digital to provide easy-to-access evidence-based harm reduction support, advice and resources to people using the charity’s services, through their first ever digital app called ‘By My Side.’

Scotland’s youth homelessness charity Rock Trust is teaming up with a team of Scottish writers with the launch of a new book. ‘All the Way Home’ is a new anthology featuring original pieces by iconic Scottish writers such as Val McDermid, Scabby Queen author Kirstin Innes, and Jame