👩👧 Our latest Impact Report shares how with the right support, single parents can build brighter futures for their children knowing their journey into and through employment is supported.
Read the full report⬇️
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#ImpactReport #SingleParents #FamilySupport #Scotland #OPFS
Graphic explains that people seeking asylum receive very little money from the government. UK asylum system support covers £9.95 weekly in hotels or £49.18 in self-catered housing.
An asylum seeker is someone who has asked for protection in the UK and is waiting for the Home Office to make a decision on their claim. A refugee is someone whose claim has been accepted because they have proven they’re at risk of serious harm in their home country.
Less than 7,000 people are seeking asylum in Scotland. People seeking asylum do not get priority access to housing or healthcare. People seeking asylum do not live in luxury hotels, they live in cramped hotel rooms with strangers.
Infographic explaining why most refugees stay in neighboring countries and the UK hosts less than 1% of the world’s refugees due to connections and language.
We've seen a lot of divisive language and misinformation about people seeking safety lately.
This is the reality of claiming asylum and being a refugee in Scotland 👇
📰Great to see our work on the front page of @heraldscotland.bsky.social - finely reported by @andrewlearmonth.bsky.social ⤵️
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2598166...
🎧️NEW PODCAST EPISODE 🎧️
Join us as we discuss the launch of our podcast series for the Senedd and Scottish Parliament elections. We discuss the main outputs from the project, the topics that will dominate the campaign and the fiscal context for the incoming governments.
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💰 Getting tailored, holistic support can change everything for single parents.
Read the full report⬇️
opfs.org.uk/policy-and-c...
#ImpactReport #EmploymentSupport #SingleParents #OPFS
📊 The Scottish government has published its latest quarterly house building and affordable supply statistics, showing a continued decline in housebuilding across the country.
Read CIH Scotland's response in full ➡️ buff.ly/wr5ITU3
No political party has a credible plan to deliver the homes needed.
Change is only possible if people demand it.
👉 shelterscotland.org/MSPEmail-BS
New figures from the Scottish Gov't shows they are on course to break their promise of building 110,000 affordable homes by 2032.
Our next Parliament must deliver more social homes, urgently, at the scale needed to end the #HousingEmergency or homelessness will rise. shelterscotland.org/MAR26Supply
To every People's Postcode Lottery player, thank you for helping us fight the #HousingEmergency. 💛
Thanks to players of People’s Postcode Lottery, we’ve been able to offer solicitor‑supported appointments through our helpline. And they’re changing lives.
This year, 48 people with critical housing issues attended specialist appointments, and all of them avoided eviction or secured accommodation.
In the final session in Parliament last week, Willie Rennie MSP put it simply: In the last 5 years, thousands of kids in Scotland have grown up, trapped in temporary accommodation.
Whoever is elected in May must commit for that never to be repeated, for so many children to suffer for so long.
We’re calling on the next Scottish Government and all political parties to protect childhood for children and young people seeking safety. They should ensure that the rights of refugee and asylum-seeking childern are upheld, regardless of where they were born.
Read more: https://ow.ly/b6fh50Ywrun
🗳️ When your polling card comes through the door.
Scotland faces a simple choice: Build the social homes it needs and end the #HousingEmergency, or let homelessness get worse.
Demand our politicians make the right choice.
👉 shelterscotland.org/BuildSH-b
☝️ Clip credit and attribution: Contains information licensed under the Scottish Parliament Copyright Licence.
‘More Homes Scotland’ could shape the future of social housebuilding in Scotland. But clarity matters.
❤️ We’re grateful to @elenawhitham.bsky.social MSP who has kept housing & homelessness on the agenda up to the very last day, by asking key questions in Parliament about the agencies core mission.
⚠️ Unaffordable rents. Soaring house prices. 125,000 households waiting for a social home.
This is the #HousingEmergency. And it affects us all.
Join the Grans and demand the social homes Scotland needs.
👉 shelterscotland.org/BuildSH-b
Cover of Poverty Alliance report called From Rights to Realisation. Disabled people and carers navigating the asylum system. There is a graphic illustration showing a woman in a wheelchair, with another woman standing next to her with a hand on her shoulder. There is a care professional in green scrubs looking at them, and all of them are surrounded by question marks and twisty arrow, representing uncertainty and barriers.
📖 Weekend reading!
As part of our #RightsInAction project, we worked with people who are carers, or who are sick or disabled, and who have experience of the asylum system. This report uncovers the extra barriers they face to get health and social care.
www.povertyalliance.org/research-fro...
‘Public opinion in Scotland is not the barrier to action on wealth inequality... the political excuse no longer holds.’ Sharing our Wealth report quote. Wellbeing Economy Alliance Scotland logo.
An important report from our friends at WeAll Scotland today. Inequality robs people of what they need to build a good life - and we all suffer as a result. 85% of people want urgent action for an equal society. Our next MSPs have a duty to act.
www.weallscotland.org/post/sharing...
Scottish Parliament elections are coming up on May 7th, and refugees have the right to take part and cast their vote for the next Scottish Government.
We've answered some frequently asked questions about elections and how to register on our website.
Find out more: https://ow.ly/XZ1550YwVvi
Powerful speech by @talatyaqoob.bsky.social at the anti racism march in Edinburgh yesterday.
www.instagram.com/reel/DWMBjI8...
‘We are many many more than them. We will win’
Homelessness isn’t just rough sleeping. It can mean sofa surfing, staying in a hotel, B&B or refuge, and more.
But one thing stays the same: you have rights, and support is there to help you find a safe place to stay.
Know your rights.
👉 shelterscotland.org/advice
Find your nearest Shelter Scotland shop to donate to, here
👉 shelterscotland.org/ShopFinder
Be honest… that impulse clothing purchase you instantly regretted could be someone else’s perfect weekend glam-up.
♻️ From your home to helping someone find theirs, donating your unwanted items to our shops helps us fight the #HousingEmergency.
Spring it on! 🌱
🥜 The #HousingEmergency in a nutshell: Buying a home is too expensive and private rent is becoming increasingly unaffordable. Social housing, then, is the answer - except Scotland doesn't have enough of them.
Stand with us and demand the social housing Scotland needs.
👉 shelterscotland.org/Act
If you have any issues with the link in the above post, here's an alternative link for the same roles from @goodmovesjobs.bsky.social
👉 goodmoves.org/vacancy/a4sP...
Do you have the leadership, experience and ambition to help end Scotland’s #HousingEmergency?
We have two key Trustee roles to help drive real change.
📅 Closes 6 April
👉 Info & apply: shelterscotland.org/HR03Mar
Turning textile waste into runway fashion while supporting people facing homelessness. ♻️👗
That's what you get when sustainable fashion brand House of Black collabs with us.
House of Black will donate all ticket proceeds to our Stockwell St. shop. 🖤
🔗 Tickets & Info: shelterscotland.org/HoBPPSS26
📈 This graph shows the number of children living in temporary accommodation over the past five years. And it keeps climbing.
Should ANY child in Scotland be homeless?
If you answered no, help us fight for a future where every child has a safe place to call home. 🏠
👉 shelterscotland.org/ActCH
RE: Our Glasgow Union St. shop:
Everyone's safe and being supported, but our shop, part of the community for 9 years, has been destroyed.
We thank emergency services for their tireless work.
You can support us by visiting our other shops or donating. ❤️
Full statement: shelterscotland.org/GUSShop
Scotland's housing system is broken and biased, caused by decades of underinvestment and political choices across successive governments.
Stand with us and demand the social homes our nation needs to end the #HousingEmergency once and for all.
✊ shelterscotland.org/GetBuilding
