Simon Community Scotland

Lorraine McGrath, CEO of homelessness charity Simon Community Scotland, responds to today's latest Scottish Drug Death figures, which found that 1,051 people died due to drug misuse in 2022, a decrease of 279 deaths (21%) compared with 2021 and the lowest annual total since 2017. The annual announce

Simon Community Scotland deputy CEO Hugh Hill charts the rise in rough sleeping in Scotland.

Public sector building materials supplier Jewson Partnership Solutions (JPS) has donated £10,000 towards the development of a brand new support centre for women in Glasgow which opens later this year. The Connect Hub from Simon Community, based in Glasgow, will serve as a unique and groundbrea

Housing and homelessness charity Shelter Scotland, alongside six sector partners, have co-produced a report that sets out the key findings of The Homeless Rights Advocacy Project’s Practitioner Forum.

Simon Community Scotland's CEO Lorraine McGrath has written an open letter to everyone who supported the organisation's Winter Crisis Appeal. The letter reads:

Janine Aitken, service lead for one of Simon Community Scotland's Men's Supported Accommodation Services in Glasgow, shares what she has learned in her first five months in the post. I have recently (approximately 5 months ago) taken up the post of Service Lead at Simon Community Scotland’s Me

Specialist homelessness services provider Simon Community Scotland has launched its emergency Winter Crisis Appeal 2022 to help them provide support following a huge increase in demand for its services. In addition to ensuring they have the resource in their Street Teams, Hubs and Helpline, Simon Co

Charities and third sector organisations working with some of the most vulnerable people in the community can now access a multi-million-pound fund backed by the Scottish National Investment Bank (SNIB). Social and Sustainable Capital (SASC) provides finance for improving lives by backing organisati

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

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.’

Scottish homelessness charities have joined a host of third sector organisations across the country to declare their opposition to the UK Government’s Nationality and Borders Bill.

TSB has extended its pilot scheme that offers bank accounts to homeless people.

Hugh Hill, director of services at Simon Community Scotland, discusses the importance of reading, as the organisation opened a library for people experiencing homelessness in Edinburgh earlier this week. Stories connect us, it's a simple truth. We all share stories, about our daily life, our holida

Simon Community Scotland, a charity that helps people experiencing homelessness or at risk of homelessness in Glasgow, Edinburgh and Central Scotland, has received £5 million of social investment from Social and Sustainable Capital (SASC) to purchase homes to help vulnerable people move away f

Scottish councils doubled their use of bed and breakfast accommodation for people experiencing homelessness during the first few months of lockdown last year as part of the measures taken to protect people during the coronavirus pandemic, new official statistics have revealed.