Homelessness

A new report has outlined how Edinburgh homelessness charity Rowan Alba is providing homes for life whilst saving the public purse hundreds of thousands of pounds. Published yesterday, ‘From the Pits to the Ritz’ shows not just the positive transformation of people’s lives at the c

Shelter Scotland has called for more social housing to be built after new figures revealed that a child has been made homeless every 37 minutes in Scotland over the past year.

Christmas gifts that might help people who are homeless are being requested by one of Scotland’s leading homelessness charities. Simon Community Scotland is inviting people who shop via the Amazon website to pick a Christmas gift from a wishlist that can be found online.

The Scottish Housing Regulator has published a summary of the risks it will focus on in its annual risk assessment. 

The vital role dogs can play in the lives of people who are homeless – including providing companionship and a reason to exercise – is being recognised in new guidance on how landlords and local authority offices respond to homeless people and their pets.

Homeless Action Scotland is conducting a survey to find out more about the workforce providing services to people experiencing homelessness. As the pressures and expectations involved in providing services to people experiencing homelessness increase, the charity wants to know more about the pr

Almost 100 people are set to walk through Glasgow during the night in support of housing charity Shelter Scotland.  

Glasgow City Council should be “bold” and do more to aid the plight of the asylum seekers facing lock-change evictions by Serco, according to Govan Law Centre solicitor advocate Mike Dailly. Mr Dailly brought the case against the Home Office contractor and the Home Secretary as well

Shelter Scotland has unveiled the appointment of Jackie Killeen as a trustee member of its committee. Jackie, who is currently the Scotland director of the British Council having held the same position at the Big Lottery Fund, brings a wealth of high-level experience in social policy and funding in

Glasgow City Mission has revealed it will open the city’s Winter Night Shelter three days early.

Aberdeenshire Council has missed another deadline for meeting the Scottish Government’s minimum standards at one of its sites for Gypsy/Travellers but has delivered service improvements for people who are homeless.

Glasgow City Mission has confirmed it is continuing to plan for the opening of the city’s Winter Night Shelter on December 1 after politely declining an offer for funding to open a week early.

Scotland has seen a 57% reduction in homelessness applications from under-25s over the last ten years, including a 68% reduction in applications from 16-17-year-olds, compared to a reduction of 37% in all homelessness applications.

Parliamentary candidate Ian Murray helped sell ethical Christmas presents at his local Bethany Christian Trust shop in Morningside yesterday to help end homelessness in Edinburgh. The Buy a Bed Christmas gifts, which cost £21 each, are available to purchase online and will sponsor a bed,

Scotland’s Housing First Pathfinder has reached another milestone with the creation of more than 150 tenancies, a monitoring report released today has revealed. Housing First provides ordinary, settled housing as a first response for people whose homelessness is compounded by other disadvantag