Homelessness

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To mark Alcohol Awareness Week (November 13-19), Edinburgh homelessness and inclusion charity Cyrenians highlights its work to alleviate the detrimental footprint that the misuse of alcohol leaves across communities. It has been well documented by health and social care professionals, as well as deb

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Stirling-based insulation manufacturer Superglass has donated over £3,000 worth of thermal clothing to housing and homelessness charity Shelter Scotland. The donation included a range of thermal undergarments, padded jackets and body warmers.

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Shelter and Shelter Scotland have launched an urgent appeal after new analysis revealed the number of people recorded as homeless in Britain has reached a staggering 307,000 – more than half the population of Glasgow and the equivalent to one in every 200. In the most extensive review of its kind,

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The Weslo team (from left) Marion Reynolds, Lynn Close, Arthur Davren, Evelyn Hope and Liz Jarvis (who will be replaced by Jennifer Main) A hardy team from Weslo Housing Management aims to make a difference by taking part in the world’s biggest sleep out on December 9 in West Princes Street Garden

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Social Bite has published a new study focussed on eradicating homelessness in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen and Dundee. The report by researchers at Heriot-Watt University gives a detailed breakdown of homelessness statistics in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen and Dundee and a clear roadmap of how to co

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Refugee homelessness charity Positive Action in Housing has launched its Winter Crisis Appeal to help hundreds of destitute families, men and women approaching the charity’s Lifeline Service. According to the charity, the harsh effects of the UK asylum process and lengthy administrative delays in

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News that a project supporting prisoners before they’re released, including offering housing advice, has cut re-offending emphasises the difference a home can make to us all. The report from Throughcare shows that of the prisoners who got advice, 78% didn’t go back to prison within two years of

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East Lothian churches have supported a call to help homeless people in the county during a meeting in Musselburgh this week. Around 40 people from all parts of the region agreed a plan to set up a starter pack project to provide basic household essentials to people as they settle in the community fo

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