A coalition of experts has called on local and national government to adopt a groundbreaking new tool created to measure progress being made towards ending homelessness in Scotland. The Ending Homelessness Together Monitor is designed to report on indicators that reflect the entwined and predictable causes of homelessness including poverty,…
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Everyone Home urges budget focus on homelessness and housing
A coalition of organisations including the Everyone Home collective has urged the Scottish Government to use the budget to address a growing housing and homelessness emergency. Forty organisations wrote an open letter to Finance Secretary Shona Robison calling for urgent support to address an “escalating homelessness crisis”. They warn that…
‘You need to have that know-how if you want to make changes for the people it affects’
All in For Change members with personal and professional experience of homelessness have been talking about their work on the team and explaining the benefits a co-production ethos brings to the table. The Change Team works with decision makers to develop homelessness policy and has had a significant influence in…
#AllIn for CoPro: ‘To see our concept drafted into legislation was special’
Since 2019 the All In For Change team has been using its wide-ranging expertise to help achieve objectives set out in the Scottish Government-COSLA Ending Homelessness Together Action Plan. The team works with decision makers in local and national government to develop policy, and one of its biggest successes to…
#AllIn for CoPro: ‘We can make better policy with people’
All In For Change provides a platform for people with experience of homelessness and frontline staff to connect with decision makers and contribute to the development and implementation of homelessness policy. To mark Scottish Co-Production Week, Louise Thompson from the Scottish Government’s Homelessness Unit shares her experiences of working with…