Homelessness

Josh Littlejohn MBE launching last year's sleep out event Five projects that will aim to help hundreds of homeless people across five cities in Scotland off the streets and into a secure tenancy with support have been awarded the first wave of support from the Housing First Scotland Fund.

Last year’s participants abseiling down Barns Ness Lighthouse in East Dunbar Supporters of homelessness charity Bethany Christian Trust will put themselves to the test next month by abseiling down Barns Ness Lighthouse in Dunbar to raise support for people who are homeless in Scotland.

Benson celebrates his 70th birthday Kenyan-born Benson is a member of Lost and Found Choir, an Edinburgh-based men’s choir run by homelessness charity Bethany Christian Trust.

Lisa Glass Lisa Glass on Shelter Scotland’s new report which found that 38 children were made homeless every day in Scotland last year.

The true scale of child homelessness in Scotland, the increased length of time spent in temporary accommodation limbo and the health impact of homelessness has been revealed in new analysis from Shelter Scotland. According to the figures, around 38 children a day were made homeless in Scotland in 20

Around 300 refugees in Glasgow could be made homeless from today when a private company begins a programme of changing locks to emergency accommodation. Serco will issue a first six ‘lock change’ notices today at refugee accommodation housing asylum seeker families and lone men and women, many o

With the heatwave and the high temperatures set to continue across the UK, a charity has warned that people sleeping rough on the street are at a high risk of life-threatening dehydration and serious sunstroke. London-based The Connection at St Martin's said that being homeless in this extreme weath

The Trident walk began along Birmingham's canals. Image credit: Trident Building Consultancy It’s not quite 500 miles, but Trident Building Consultancy is walking 150 miles to help end youth homelessness.

Kevin Stewart MSP (right) with Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham Housing minister Kevin Stewart on his time spent in Liverpool and Manchester last week.

Rough sleepers in Edinburgh are being handed portable mobile phone battery chargers to help ensure their phone is sufficiently powered up for what could be a lifesaving call to a support service. Edinburgh-based homelessness charity Streetwork has identified a relatively high level of mobile phone o

Lady Paton Lady Paton has granted permission for a petition to proceed for judicial review of a homelessness decision against the Glasgow City Integration Joint Board (GCIJB).

Shelter Scotland has unveiled an international line-up of comedians for this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe fundraiser – which is part of a series of events and activities being held to mark the housing and homelessness charity’s 50th anniversary. Among those ready to Stand Up For Shelter wi

A total of 45 different homeless charities throughout Scotland are to share £100,000 of funding thanks to a number of donations made by Social Bite. In order to decide which organisations to give to, the social enterprise held a series of focus groups in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen and Dundee with

Monique Campbell looks back on last week when Shelter Scotland took to the streets to highlight Glasgow City Council’s failings to provide support to homeless people. Glasgow City Council’s own figures show that it unlawfully failed to offer temporary accommodation to homeless people 3,025 times

Refugees seeking safety in Britain are being left homeless and destitute due to continuing Home Office failures, a charity has warned. Refugee Action said it had to step in to prevent a woman, who was six-months pregnant, becoming street homeless after she waited more than three months for a respons