“If you think about it isolation is used as torture…if you’ve gone a week and you’ve not spoken to another human being, it’s pretty desperate.” The quote above says it best: feeling lonely...
Category: Policy
Shelter Scotland is turning 50 this year, but we’re not celebrating
When Shelter Scotland was formed in 1968, it harnessed both the anger and the compassion people felt about the appalling conditions many families were living in. Images by the photographer...
The uncomfortable truth: unaffordable housing is pushing an extra 50,000 children into poverty
Today, 1 million people are in poverty in Scotland, including 230,000 children. Last Thursday, the Scottish Government released the most recent poverty and inequality statistics, which...
Why your support matters
How many charity emails do you receive every month? If you’re anything like me, it’s… quite a few. They’re causes I have signed up to because I care passionately about them, and have...
The key to unlocking our empty homes
Data collated in December 2017 shows we have approximately 37,135 long-term, private sector empty homes in Scotland. These are figures obtained from all 32 Scottish local authorities and...