Wear your slippers to work to help homeless children this Christmas

Shelter is calling on the British public to take part a slippers campaign in an effort to help the 100,000 children in Britain who will wake up homeless this Christmas.

Published 25 November 2015

Homeless campaigner sleeping rough around UK

A Scottish homeless campaigner who is sleeping rough  on the streets of major UK cities for a month to raise money for charity is returning to the north-east for the final leg of his tour.

Published 17 November 2015

George Clooney backs Edinburgh homeless charity

Hollywood icon and humanitarian George Clooney arrived in Scotland today and visited a social enterprise sandwich shop that trains, employs and feeds local homeless people.

Published 13 November 2015

Almost 5,000 Scots children will be homeless this Christmas

More than 100,000 children in Britain will wake up homeless on Christmas Day with almost 5,000 of them in Scotland, housing and homelessness charity Shelter Scotland has warned today.

Published 2 November 2015

Volunteers needed to give Christmas lifeline to homeless people in Edinburgh

From hairdressers to caterers, performers to podiatrists, dedicated volunteers are needed to help bring Crisis’ temporary centre in Edinburgh for homeless people to life this Christmas.

Published 30 October 2015

Homelessness campaigner unveiled as Church of Scotland moderator

The Church of Scotland has named the founder of a homeless charity as the next Moderator of the General Assembly.

Published 29 October 2015

Blog: Help spread some festive cheer

Amanda Collins from Shelter Scotland on this year’s Social Media Santa campaign

Published 27 October 2015

Homeless charity welcomes housing announcement ahead of Sleep Out

The Rock Trust has hailed the Scottish Government’s plans to invest an additional £55 million into affordable housing as a “step in the right direction”.

Published 21 October 2015

Mystery as over £5,000 worth of new designer clothes donated to charity shop

An Aberdeen charity shop has joined the ranks of high-fashion retailers in the city after a generous mystery donor handed over designer clothes worth thousands of pounds.

Published 20 October 2015

Supported accommodation project proving a real success

A unique West Dunbartonshire homeless project has supported more than 100 people since it was opened less than two years ago.

Published 15 October 2015

Forth Housing Association staff walk on fire for homeless charity

Staff from Forth Housing Association took part in a charity firewalk by walking barefoot across a bed of burning coals (600-800 degrees fahrenheit) and managed to raise over a £1000 in the process.

Published 12 October 2015

Social Bite launches loyalty card to benefit homeless people

Not-for-profit sandwich shop chain Social Bite has launched what is thought to be the first “selfless” loyalty card which will see homeless people given free food.

Published 2 October 2015

Homelessness down but children in temporary accommodation up 15 per cent

The number of children in temporary accommodation in Scotland has increased by 626 in a year, official figures have shown.

Published 30 September 2015

Lady Provost’s zoo snooze raises more than £24,000 for homelessness

Published 28 September 2015

England: Five per cent jump in homelessness ‘extremely worrying’

The number of households accepted as homeless across England has increased by five per cent, according to official figures.

Published 24 September 2015