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...
Category: News
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...
Volunteers’ Week Blog 2021
Volunteering from Home: Connection, Support and Innovation This Volunteers’ Week, 1-7 June, we are celebrating the determination, adaptability and patience of Shelter Scotland volunteers in...
Scottish Government must strengthen the rights for people who are homeless
Before the pandemic we were already in a housing emergency with a household becoming homeless every 17 minutes, and 43 children becoming homeless in Scotland every day[1]. The homelessness...
How to support renters out of the pandemic
The pandemic has highlighted the importance of home, throughout it we have been told to “stay home, stay safe”. However, as it drags on many renters are building up debt putting them at...