Last week’s publication of the report and recommendations from the Crisis-led Scotland Prevention Review Group (PRG) puts the need for every part of the public sector to take...
This isn’t just a job for me: My commitment to ending homelessness
I approached Shelter Scotland during COVID-19 lockdown back in April 2020. I had approached numerous organisations and noticed that many of these felt like job interviews, wanting to know...
Legal and debt advice for those struggling with rent or mortgage arrears
Shelter Scotland’s Housing Law & Debt Advice Service provides specialist legal advice and representation to anyone in the Alloa, Dundee, Falkirk, Forfar, Jedburgh, Selkirk and Stirling...
It’s definitely time to address inequality in Scotland
The report ‘If Not Now, When?’ from the Scottish-Government-convened Social Renewal Advisory Board published last week starts with a very appropriate analogy: We may all be in the same...
Working together to tell individual stories of homelessness
Shelter Scotland partnered with photographer Margaret Mitchell to work with people with lived experience of homelessness through our Time for Change group in Edinburgh. We share our methods...
Discrimination in Housing – ‘No DSS’
Foreword by Chris Ryan, Strategic Litigation Solicitor, Shelter ScotlandIn May 2018, Shelter Scotland hosted Scotland’s Equality Law and Housing Conference to develop an understanding of...