Homelessness

The City of Edinburgh Council breached housing legislation 466 times in the last year by placing homeless families in bed and breakfast (B&B) accommodation for more than the seven-day legal limit, it has been revealed. Current laws dictate that local authorities should only place homeless famili

National homelessness charity Bethany Christian Trust is giving festive shoppers the opportunity to buy a bed for people who are homeless this winter by purchasing a Christmas Gift Voucher for its Edinburgh-based Winter Care Shelter. The Care Shelter Christmas Gift Vouchers, which cost £21 each, ar

A household lost their home every 18 minutes in Scotland last year and homelessness applications rose for the first time in nine years, a new report has found. New analysis from Shelter Scotland revealed that around 43,000 people, including children, became homeless in the last year.

Lorraine McGrath, Simon Community Scotland and Streetwork CEO, with housing minister Kevin Stewart MSP and British Transport Police officers Homelessness charity Simon Community Scotland and Streetwork launched a hypothermia awareness campaign yesterday with the help of housing minister Kevin Stewar

Cllr Louise Laing Actions to end homelessness and rough sleeping in Moray have been agreed.

Simon Community Scotland staff and volunteers Brian Gallacher and Jamie Hughes A homelessness charity is asking the Scottish public to help its staff and volunteers save lives this winter, by looking out for the symptoms of hypothermia in rough sleepers and people on the street.

Angus Council has approved a new plan which will ensure people who experience homelessness can access housing quickly and with the right level of support. The Rapid Rehousing Transition Plan (RRTP) is a five-year plan which aims to address homelessness more proactively by focusing on prevention, mov

The Social Bite Village in Granton is to provide a blueprint for helping to tackle homelessness in major cities across the UK. The development, which provides homes to people while they await permanent accommodation, officially launched in May this year and is already almost at capacity, with 17 hom

Members of DGHP’s ‘Sleep in the Park’ team with some of their supplies ready for the big event: (from left) Rebecca Callander, Johanne Wilson, Lesley Micallef, Daniel Stewart, Anne Davies, Evie Copland and Nicola Nicolson. Not pictured: Emma O’Hare, Kirsty Lund, and Jill McGregor Staff from

Churches Action for the Homeless (CATH) is holding its third annual Sleep Out in Perth this month to raise awareness of homelessness and raise much needed money for the charity. CATH supports, encourages and promotes the development and delivery of projects to relieve homelessness and poor housing,

The Scottish Government’s Housing and Social Justice Homelessness Team provides an update on the progress it’s making with partners to prevent, tackle and end homelessness. On behalf of the Homelessness Prevention and Strategy Group, the Scottish Government will publish a high-level Ending Homel

The complexities of the homelessness system across Scotland and the multiple issues that people who are homeless face have been outlined in a new report published today. Housing and homelessness charity Shelter Scotland’s publication Getting Behind the Homelessness Statistics - Update for 2017/18

Jessica Husbands Homelessness is back on the rise - with the number of children in temporary accommodation rising for the fourth year running, writes Shelter Scotland’s Jessica Husbands.

Social Bite co-founder Josh Littlejohn and HFS chief executive Nicola Barclay announce a new charity partnership which will see members of the HFS team sleep out in Princes Street Gardens Industry body Homes for Scotland (HFS) has announced its support of the work undertaken to end homelessness thro

Homelessness charity Bethany Christian Trust is giving festive shoppers the opportunity to help save a life this winter by purchasing ethical Christmas trees. Sustainably grown in Scotland, shoppers can buy a Grade One Nordman fir tree, and the funds raised will directly support the charity’s Care