Imogen has been volunteering with Shelter Scotland since May last year. She studies English and Politics and enjoys skateboarding and photography in her spare time. She wanted to volunteer...
Category: Stories
My landlord took my front door to force me to leave
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...
Your housing or your health? Your health or your housing?
Scottish Government’s announcement last Thursday was a very welcome one. A £5 million “recovery and rehabilitation fund” to provide additional residential rehabilitation capacity and to...
This isn’t just a job for me: My commitment to ending homelessness
I approached Shelter Scotland during COVID-19 lockdown back in April 2020. I had approached numerous organisations and noticed that many of these felt like job interviews, wanting to know...
Working together to tell individual stories of homelessness
Shelter Scotland partnered with photographer Margaret Mitchell to work with people with lived experience of homelessness through our Time for Change group in Edinburgh. We share our methods...