Michelle Major, Improvement Lead with Homeless Network Scotland summarises new data on early mortality among people experiencing multiple disadvantage, the latest data on drug related deaths in Scotland and the solutions put forward by the Scottish Drug Deaths Taskforce. Every day in Scotland, three people suffer a drug-related death. Each…

Book review by David Pentland, Homeless Network Scotland In the introduction of the book, Darren outlines the political landscape in the UK. He sets the scene well, with some reflections of the social distance between the Conservative government’s policies and legislation, and the aspirational needs of working-class people. He also…

On Tuesday 26 July, representatives from across Scottish Government joined Homeless Network Scotland to discover and define what a practical, joined up system response should look like for people facing severe and multiple disadvantage – people having a really tough time. We were excited to meet colleagues from across the…

Public Health Scotland selected organisations to take part in an explorative session on the 21st of July 2022. Derek Holliday, Involvement Lead with Homeless Network Scotland, provides an outline of the session. Last week Public Health Scotland held an event with housing and homelessness organisations to consult on how to…

After such a momentous period, it is our special pleasure to host Scotland’s annual homelessness conference and to warmly invite you to join us on 4 October 2022 at the waterfront Crowne Plaza, Glasgow. A day of inspring speakers, focused breakout sessions – plenty of debate and discussion, and hopefully…