If you receive our emails*, or follow us on social media, you’ll probably have heard that this year is Shelter Scotland’s 50th year of fighting for a home for everyone. We...
Category - Stories
Personal accounts from those who’ve fought – or experienced – bad housing or homelessness
“Opportunity days” and volunteer outreach
I’ve written before that a big part of what we do as Community Shop Managers (CSMs) is taking a step outside of the traditional charity shop environment to reach out to our local community...
How we created the 50th logo – Glasgow School of Art
Hi there, we are Sophie and Emily from the Glasgow School of Art, where we study illustration and graphic design respectively. We have recently created the Shelter Scotland 50th anniversary...
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...
An earful of altruism; influencing charity shoppers with music!
Over the course of three weeks our Forrest Road charity shop, along with its volunteer team and shop manager Alaric, played host to a music study run by Marianna, an undergraduate student...