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The Salvation Army is one of more than 50 organisations getting behind a national strategic framework to improve support for people in Scotland experiencing tough times, to be launched during a major event in Perth this week. In pledging support to the annual Scottish Homelessness Conference for the

A national summit will demand an end to the deepening harm caused by public services that fail to properly support people in Scotland facing severe and multiple disadvantage (SMD) – a term understood by experts to include overlapping ‘core’ experiences of homelessness, addiction a

The University of Stirling has published a new paper which has highlighted the stress, grief and burnout faced by frontline workers as they deal with growing numbers of people experiencing homelessness.

The world leaders of The Salvation Army will visit Glasgow from today to help its Govan church celebrate 145 years at the heart of the community. General Lyndon and Commissioner Bronwyn Buckingham will take part in a civic reception at Glasgow City Chambers before visiting The Salvation Army church

Homelessness charity Social Bite has reopened its flagship Edinburgh Village, which was first set up by the charity in 2018 in Granton, as reported by The Scotsman and The Herald.

Scotland’s newest homelessness village has now officially opened.

The Salvation Army is calling on political parties in Scotland to identify clear priorities for reducing drug deaths after newly released figures revealed an 8% increase in suspected deaths during 2025. According to the quarterly report for October to December 2025, there were 1,146 suspected drug d

The Salvation Army's Jeremy Bushnell looks ahead to the publication of new homelessness statistics and what they could signal as Scotland moves towards another election. This week, data published by the Scottish Government will set out how many people received support for homelessness from their cou

At least one person each day in Scotland is potentially released from hospital into street homelessness, new data obtained by The Salvation Army has revealed. Freedom of Information (FOI) requests returned to the charity by all health boards in Scotland found that patients were discharged from hospi

The first life-changing homes have landed at Harriet Gardens, the newest purpose-built supported accommodation village by Social Bite, in partnership with South Lanarkshire Council and Salvation Army.

The impact and dedication of people working to prevent and address homelessness will be acknowledged at this week's Scottish Homelessness Conference, taking place at Perth Concert Hall. The Salvation Army is official conference partner for the annual event, run by Homeless Network Scotland.  

The Salvation Army is pioneering Menopause Awareness sessions aimed at women experiencing homelessness or living with addiction, warning ahead of World Menopause Day (Sat 18 October) that this group of women are often not receiving the level of care they deserve. Reproductive health is recognised as

When residents of The Salvation Army’s Strathmore Lodge Lifehouse in Dundee took to the streets in 2024 with cameras, they revealed hidden talent and hidden places.

Work has officially begun on an innovative, purpose-built supported accommodation project in Rutherglen, with The Salvation Army now brought on board the project.

The Salvation Army has urged all political parties in Scotland to make preventing and ending homelessness a central pledge in their manifestos for next year’s election campaigns after new figures painted a mixed picture of progress and growing pressures on housing and support services. The lat