Guest blog by Niki This year I marked my 25th birthday by staying up all night, but it wasn’t a party. I was sat on a pile of furniture I was using to block the open entrance to my home...
Author: Shelter Scotland
Reflecting on one year of active anti-racism at Shelter Scotland
This June marked one year since Shelter and Shelter Scotland made the commitment to become an anti-racist organisation. For over 12 months now we’ve been actively working on anti...
Are university students inherently housing insecure?
Guest contributor – Alan McCaskell, Postgraduate researcher in Social Policy at the University of Stirling The COVID-19 pandemic continues to cause turmoil and is set to have...
PARTY MANIFESTOS PUT SOCIAL HOUSING AT HEART OF OUR RECOVERY
ANOTHER SHELTER SCOTLAND CAMPAIGN WIN With polls closed and election results coming over the next 36 hours, now is as good a time as any to take stock and reflect on how, with our...
Do we risk diluting the rights of homeless people?
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...