Homeless Network Scotland, in partnership with Wheatley Group, are proud to present Scotland’s Annual Homelessness Conference and the release today of a packed programme and the first look at a line-up of pitch perfect speakers. Fine-Tuned: striking the right chord on homelessness is taking place on Tuesday 31 October 2023…
About the conference Everything rests on housing. Our wellbeing and how we experience equality and opportunity. And the happiness and success of our communities and wider society rests on housing too. But it is difficult to remember a time when global, UK and national events have aligned so acutely and…
Read our report from the day [pdf] A musical theme ran through Fine Tined: striking the right chord on homelessness – and the message that rang loud and clear throughout the day at Perth Concert Hall was that creativity and collaboration across sectors and organisations has never been more important….
Remembering Marion Gibbs who died on 7 December 2022 Marion was at the very centre of Scotland’s housing sector. For over 30 years, her life’s work was focused on those in the most housing need; people affected by homelessness, overcrowding and those in unsuitable, unsafe or temporary accommodation. Marion…
Leilani Farha, former UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Housing, will visit Scotland in autumn to provide a keynote at Scotland’s annual homelessness conference. Ms Farha is Global Director of The Shift, an international movement to secure the right to housing which works with multi-level stakeholders around the world…