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Written 18 posts
Guest Blog: Alasdair Bennett, Bethany Christian Trust
29th March 2019
Bethany Care Shelter fixed venue New raised beds and comfy mattresses! New fixed 32 week venue! We are so thankful to be at Diadem, part of Gorgie Dalry Stenhouse Church in Edinburgh. Our larger single venue also has laundry, showers and new toilet facilities. This is desperately needed with over 70 people a night given…
Sharing views to tackle hate crime
22nd February 2019
Our public consultation on hate crime legislation is closing this week (Sunday 24 February). We’re looking for your views on a number of issues including how best to tackle gender based prejudice and misogyny. Over the past few months, we’ve also been running a series of roadshows across the country and we’d like to thank…
Guest blog: Ann Loughrey, Chair of the Independent Fuel Poverty Advisory Panel
20th February 2019
In this day and age, it is unacceptable that people in Scotland can’t heat their homes properly or pay for the energy to cook their food. I am proud that as a nation we are tackling this issue. It is a challenging but exciting time because today the Fuel Poverty (Target, Definition and Strategy) (Scotland)…
Guest blog: Phil Wray, Head of Projects at Glasgow City Mission
5th February 2019
Working together to tackle rough sleeping Most of us have had the heart-rending experience of walking through a city on a cold winter morning past a figure in a sleeping bag tucked into a doorway. None of us wants a Scotland where this happens. In 2010, Glasgow City Mission established the Glasgow Winter Night Shelter,…
World Homeless Day – Jon Sparkes
10th October 2018
A guest blog from Jon Sparkes, CEO of Crisis. Ending Homelessness Together The Homelessness & Rough Sleeping Action Group completed its work in June 2018 after nine months of intense activity to answer four key questions: What could be done to reduce the number of people rough sleeping in the winter of 2017/18 How can…
100,000 thank yous! Celebrating our young volunteers
8th June 2017
Guest blog from Elaine Gibb, Development Manager at Voluntary Action Scotland The past week has been full of inspiring stories about volunteers and the difference they make to communities across Scotland. As we reach the end of Volunteers’ Week 2017, Voluntary Action Scotland and the Third Sector Interface (TSI) Network are delighted to celebrate a…
50/50 on public boards
21st April 2017
Guest blog from Hala Ousta, a recent apppointment to the sportscotland board which has now achieved 50/50 gender representation.
This year’s priorities
21st January 2017
Communities, Social Security and Equalities Secretary Angela Constance looks ahead to the rest of 2017: January is a time for reflection on the milestones that we’ve met in the year past and renewed action towards the goals we will achieve in the year ahead. From the outset this government has been clear that we want…