Category: Stories

A housing crisis with a human cost

Last week, we had a lunchtime screening at Shelter Scotland’s Edinburgh hub, of Ken Loach’s ‘Cathy Come Home’ film, from 1966.  In 1968, shortly after this film was aired for the first...

Never an empty moment

Restoring empty homes is one of the best ways of ensuring the best use of Scotland’s housing stock. Frances Snee gives a day in the life of an Empty Homes Adviser.

Going live with digital advice

My time as a Shelter Scotland volunteer began in 2013, half way through my studies in Politics and Public Policy at the University of Glasgow; a four year degree programme dominated by...

Reaching out online

I became involved with Shelter Scotland in early 2014. I wanted to help people who are less fortunate than me and to give time to volunteering as I stepped back from a long business career...