It’s Volunteers’ Week 2025 and as part of that, we’re celebrating some of our fantastic Shelter Scotland volunteers who selflessly give their time, expertise and experience to furthering...
Author: Katie Williams
Volunteers’ Week 2025 – Meet Rowan
It’s Volunteers’ Week 2025 and as part of that, we’re celebrating some of our fantastic Shelter Scotland volunteers. They selflessly give their time, expertise and experience to...
Volunteers’ Week 2025 – Meet Penny
At Shelter Scotland, volunteers represent a substantial part of our charity, and they are fully integrated into all aspects of what we do. Volunteering, it could be said, is part of our...
I’ve been in temporary accommodation for five years next March. There was no other choice – Zoe’s story
Zoe Ross, 43, and her five children have been trapped in temporary accommodation in the north of Edinburgh for five years. She admitted to Shelter Scotland that as each year goes by, she is...
Family placed in ‘disgraceful’ conditions while being homeless for nine years
A mum from Edinburgh has spoken out of the ‘disgraceful’ conditions her and her son were placed in when she became homeless 10 years ago. Stacey Grieve, 32 and son Archie, now seven, were...