Homelessness

A groundbreaking Perth & Kinross Council programme to assist homeless households and avoid the use of temporary accommodation is going from strength to strength, councillors have been told. Home First was introduced in 2017 and aims to assist as many homeless households as possible to move strai

Today marks the launch of the annual Social Media Santa campaign, giving people the chance to send a gift to a child who is homeless this Christmas. Now in its seventh year, the campaign run by housing and homelessness charity Shelter Scotland has ensured the hundreds of presents donated every Chris

An Edinburgh man details how a Winter Care Shelter, run by homelessness charity Bethany Christian Trust, helped him break out the cycle of homelessness and saved his life from last year’s winter weather.

Getting into the spirit of the event are Unite union student accommodation officers (clockwise from bottom) Libby Stephenson, Kerry Watson, Jennifer Finley and Sophie Bayliss One hundred supporters of homelessness charity the Rock Trust slept out in Edinburgh’s St Andrew Square Gardens with nothin

Eric Cantona (left) with Street Soccer founder and CEO David Duke Football legend and actor Eric Cantona provided his support and inspiration to socially disadvantaged adults and young people across Scotland as the VIP guest at a major fundraising event in Glasgow.

Sean Tompkins RICS chief executive, Sean Tompkins, and incoming RICS president, Chris Brooke FRICS, will take part in Social Bite’s Sleep in the Park as part of RICS’ Pledge 150 campaign.

Court of Session Assuming a person is intentionally homeless because they were evicted for rent arrears is lawfully wrong, the Court of Session has ruled.

(from left) Nicola King (Bawbags), Holly Edwards (Cyrenians) and Willie MacDonald (bawbags) Scottish underwear brand Bawbags has partnered with homelessness charity Cyrenians to provide an often-overlooked necessity for people struggling with homelessness.

Homelessness charity Crisis has called for a seven-day limit on the use of temporary accommodation in Scotland after new research revealed the detrimental impact it can have on the lives of homeless people. The charity’s report charts the experience of 74 people living in B&Bs, hotels or unsup

Rock Trust property officer Tammy Reilly details a new Rent Deposit Scheme project which aims to help young people secure tenancies in the private sector. What are the causes of homelessness? We ask again and again. We share evidence. We share reports. Some of the answers change, some stay the same.

Jim Barclay Following on from last week’s Annual Homelessness Conference, Glasgow Homeless Network’s Jim Barclay issues a challenge to the sector to work closer together to end homelessness in Scotland.

(from left) Ewan Sinclair of WorkingRite and the Langstane social justice team: Susan Penley, Monica Aires and Billy Gilles (David Campbell not pictured) Staff from Langstane Housing Association’s social justice team, together with a like-minded colleague from WorkingRite, will join 12,000 other p

Andrew Whitley and Scott Callender from Scotland the Bread alongside Midlothian Community Hospital Garden volunteers Jane Gale and Ian Gilchrist. Image credit Cyrenians Edinburgh-based homelessness charity Cyrenians hosted a number of local growers at its threshing event at Midlothian Community Hosp

Glasgow Libraries has been recognised with a prestigious Libraries Change Lives Award for its inspirational work supporting people experiencing homelessness in Glasgow. The award, presented by co-chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group for Libraries, Lord Graham Tope CBE at a ceremony in London d

The Scottish Liberal Democrats have called for throughcare support to be expanded after it was revealed that thousands of people leaving prison have nowhere to live and are having to register with councils as homeless. Freedom of information requests by the party revealed that local authorities rece