Additional capacity for night shelters and extra staff to help get more people into accommodation are among the actions being taken to tackle rough sleeping this winter. Continue reading All I want for Christmas? A safe and warm place to sleep
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RICS: Join campaign to give young homeless people in Scotland a home in winter
Help transform young people’s lives and give them the chance of a brighter future. Continue reading RICS: Join campaign to give young homeless people in Scotland a home in winter
Homeless people allocated empty homes
Around 275 permanent housing association and council homes are to be provided to homeless people living in Edinburgh. This is in addition to over a thousand social lets already provided to homeless people each year.
Government moves to tackle rough sleeping
New actions are to be put in place to further tackle rough sleeping this Winter, as recommended by the Scottish Government’s Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Action Group. Continue reading Government moves to tackle rough sleeping
“An opportunity to make history”: Cyrenians appoint Manager for Social Bite Village
Homelessness and inclusion charity Cyrenians have appointed a Manager for the Social Bite Village. Kathy Hoyle says she is ‘thrilled to be managing such an exciting and innovative project’. Continue reading “An opportunity to make history”: Cyrenians appoint Manager for Social Bite Village
Sit Down for Change: charity art auction supports campaign to end homelessness
BoConcept Scotland are proud to host a unique ‘Sit Down for Change’ charity art auction in aid of Social Bite and the Scottish Government’s mission to eradicate homelessness within the next five years. Continue reading Sit Down for Change: charity art auction supports campaign to end homelessness
City council sets up homelessness taskforce
New group aims to end use of B & B accommodation
The city council has created a new homelessness task force to investigate the growing problem in the city. Chaired by the ‘Homelessness Champion’, Councillor Kate Campbell, the task force will review the use of bed and breakfast accommodation and explore alternatives that could better meet the needs of individuals and families, with an aim to end the use of bed and breakfast accommodation. Continue reading City council sets up homelessness taskforce
Social Bite’s Sleep in the Park raises £500,000 in only three weeks
Social Bite’s Sleep in the Park initiative has raised over £500,000 in only three weeks. The social business is on an ambitious mission to work with others to end homelessness in Scotland within five years (see below), and more than 2,000 people have already pledged to sleep out at the Sleep in the Park event in Princes Street Gardens on December 9th.
Fifteen families have also signed up to offer a spare room and 28 companies are offering job opportunities to homeless people.
Up to ten thousand people are expected to ‘sleep rough’at the event, which has been billed ‘Live Aid for Scottish Homelessness’. Attractions include:
- Live concert featuring ‘buskers’ Liam Gallagher, Deacon Blue, Amy Macdonald and Frightened Rabbit. all playing rare stripped back acoustic sets.
- Sir Bob Geldof will be sleeping out and supporting the event
- Comedy legend John Cleese to tell a bedtime story to top fundraisers
Social Bite has set a fundraising target of £4m and is looking to generate 1,000 employment offers and 1,000 ‘spare room’ supported lodging pledges.
To register to participate, go to sleepinthepark.co.uk
Cyrenians launch Homeless Navigator Project
The Homeless Navigator Project is a new Comic Relief and Essential Edinburgh funded service within Cyrenians that seeks to address a visible problem with rough sleeping in Edinburgh. The project aims to offer an alternative opportunity for people who are experiencing homelessness and cannot, for whatever reason, make use of the current support services that exist in Edinburgh. Continue reading Cyrenians launch Homeless Navigator Project
One hundred families lose their homes EVERY DAY
More than 100 families a day lost their homes last year, after the number of renters evicted from their properties reached a record high. Continue reading One hundred families lose their homes EVERY DAY