Maggie Brünjes, chief executive of Homeless Network Scotland, on how new UK funding for homelessness can be used to add the right kind of housing. A distraught man stood up at a meeting in Glasgow more than twenty years ago, during the hostel closure programme. “It’s too late,” he said,…

THIS week’s Budget will be the first test of the Prime Minister’s pledge to end homelessness, a coalition of nearly 40 Scottish charities and academics has warned. The coalition, convened by Homeless Network Scotland, has written to the Chancellor urging him to scrap the benefit cap and bedroom tax and…

Latest statistics on drug-related deaths paint a stark picture of the harm that people experience through disadvantage. Homeless Network Scotland Impact Lead James Stampfer says better joined-up working – especially for those at the hard edges – and scaling up proven interventions like Housing First can reduce the tragic effects…

Housing First Scotland and All in for Change are joining forces to open doors for housing, homelessness and related sectors at free day-long events in three cities. The Change Team are coming to Glasgow, Edinburgh and Inverness for morning sessions to hear about homelessness prevention across Scotland. The focus is…

Raising the Level: from hard edges to whole lives shone a light on the hard edges of multiple disadvantage in Scotland to expose the human harm and economic cost of fragmented services – and plot how we fix the broken system that is failing people, communities and society. The landmark…