Last week, the Scottish Government published its third report into the impact of welfare reform, which confirms worries that the private rented sector is increasingly unaffordable for many...
Building stronger foundations: the impact of good housing and community groups in tackling social isolation
“If you think about it isolation is used as torture…if you’ve gone a week and you’ve not spoken to another human being, it’s pretty desperate.” The quote above says it best: feeling lonely...
How we teamed up with Glasgow School of Art to show homelessness in a new light
If you receive our emails*, or follow us on social media, you’ll probably have heard that this year is Shelter Scotland’s 50th year of fighting for a home for everyone. We...
“Opportunity days” and volunteer outreach
I’ve written before that a big part of what we do as Community Shop Managers (CSMs) is taking a step outside of the traditional charity shop environment to reach out to our local community...
How we created the 50th logo – Glasgow School of Art
Hi there, we are Sophie and Emily from the Glasgow School of Art, where we study illustration and graphic design respectively. We have recently created the Shelter Scotland 50th anniversary...
Generation Rent Hackathon
Our 2nd hackathon was held at CodeBase Edinburgh over the weekend 22nd/25th March. We were once again helped along the road by Product Forge and they brought on an additional partner, Safe...