The Social Renewal Advisory Board was set up by Scottish Ministers to set out proposals aimed at renewing and reinvigorating the country after the pandemic. Their detailed and far-reaching report has now been published, 10 years on from the Christie Commission. The final report titled If not now, when? sets…

In a Ministerial statement on drugs policy to the Scottish Parliament at the end of January the First Minister announced additional funding over the next five years to address drug-related deaths in Scotland. The funding consists of an extra £5 million that will be delivered in what remains of this…

The Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA) are hosting an online event Housing Now, Housing’s Future which takes place between 18 February and 4 March in four packed events spread over four half-days. In summer 2020, SFHA and Homeless Network Scotland formed a strategic partnership, with the aim of strengthening…

The following training courses are running in February and March 2021. Co-Production in Commissioning and Procurement of Services (for local authority staff): 22 and 24 February from 10am until 1pm delivered over two, three-hour sessions. This course is for commissioning and procurement teams, grant making organisations and those in the voluntary…

During November 2,727 households made a statutory homelessness application to local authorities across Scotland, with 3,083 household accepting an offer of temporary accommodation. Local authorities and housing associations continued to support people out of homelessness by making a combined total of 1,986 permanent lets to homeless households.  At the end…