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How can we help? Covid-19 and our member organisations
Dear Member We wanted to let you know that, in line with Scottish Government advice, the Homeless Network Scotland team are changing the way we work from this week. We have a busy events calendar and will postpone or cancel some dates that you may have in your diary. Some…
Covid-19: Leading homelessness charities call on national and UK Governments to protect people sleeping rough
Dear Prime Minister, As Chief Executives of leading homelessness charities, we appreciate the significant pressure the Government is facing in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and stand ready to lend our support as you set out plans to help protect the most vulnerable in our society, including people who…
‘Beginning of the end for old way of doing this’, hears Minister
Members of Scotland’s new team to tackle homelessness and its causes updated the Minister for Local Government, Housing and Planning, Kevin Stewart MSP, this week on their work so far, signalling the beginning of the end for traditional responses to homelessness in Scotland. Titled All In For Change, the team…
Coronavirus: special considerations for people without their own home
Communication from Scottish Government Homeless Team, 12 March 2020 Over the past week the Scottish Government Homelessness Team has been working with teams across Government, considering our business continuity plans, building on existing work for pandemic flu in preparedness for an outbreak of the Coronavirus COVID 19. In the same…