Homelessness

An innovative project which will involve people with lived experience of homelessness to help shape the support they receive has started in Inverclyde. The council’s Health and Social Care Partnership (HSCP) is one of the first in Scotland to work with the charity Homeless Network Scotland on

Homeless Network Scotland (HNS) has appointed Mhairi Snowden who will take up the post of head of policy and programmes in September. Mhairi joins HNS from the Human Rights Consortium Scotland, where she was eirector, and has a distinguished record of work across public life in Scotland and across t

Support for homeless people and those at risk of becoming homeless in West Dunbartonshire has been praised by inspectors. An unannounced inspection of the West Dunbartonshire Council’s Supported Housing Service - which helps vulnerable people over the age of 16 to develop skills to maintain te

The Allied Vehicles Charitable Trust (AVCT) has donated £3,000 to Rock Trust, Scotland’s dedicated youth homelessness charity.

In line with its commitment to improving the lives of people worldwide through football, FIFA has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to support the Homeless World Cup Foundation (HWCF), which organises the annual Homeless World Cup women’s and men’s tournaments which are aimed to

Work is set to start on pulling down a former homeless unit in East Kilbride village.

Homelessness charity Social Bite is set to make its first move into the UK education sector in a pioneering coffee shop partnership with Matthew Algie. The milestone move launches for the 2024/25 academic year, and will see new cafes open in universities and colleges across the UK, with around 10% o

National homelessness charity Bethany Christian Trust has announced its latest Investing in Volunteers Award from Volunteer Scotland on Tuesday 2nd July at its Edinburgh office in Leith. Investing in Volunteers is the UK quality standard for all organisations involving volunteers. This award recogni

Govan Law Centre (GLC) has published its annual report to the year 31 March 2024.

Bethany Christian Trust has been nominated by the Souter Charitable Trust for The Christian Funders’ Forum Showcase Award. The showcase will be held at the House of Lords in London on 10 October 2024. The Connect to Community service has been nominated as one of the most pioneering and impactf

The University of Edinburgh has announced it is investing a further £1 million in charities and social enterprises which support people at risk of homelessness.

A new free eye care clinic for people experiencing homelessness opened this week at Crisis Skylight Centre in Edinburgh, the first such clinic outside of England. The clinic, run by eye health charity Vision Care for Homeless People (VCHP), will operate from the new Wellness Floor at the Skylight in

Housing minister Paul McLennan will today outline measures in the Housing Bill aimed at preventing domestic abuse survivors from becoming homeless. He will tell the Scottish Parliament’s Social Justice and Social Security committee that the legislation, if passed, would require all social land

A coalition of housing and anti-poverty organisations has criticised Housing Minister Paul McLennan's statement, delivered at Holyrood. Yesterday the coalition, which includes members of the Scottish Government’s own Housing to 2040 strategic board, warned that it had no confidence existing st

ESPC has announced that it will dedicate its charity fundraising efforts to the Scottish youth homelessness charity Rock Trust for its 2024/25 business year. Rock Trust aims to end youth homelessness in Scotland by ensuring that every young person can access specific services to assist them in avoid