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...
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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...
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...
Housing is a human right
“They treated me as if it was my fault for being homeless. They didn’t treat me with any kind of respect. They treated me like scum to be honest.” Sarah’s words, speaking to my...