Shelter has launched a new initiative, in partnership with the Scottish Electoral Commission, to encourage homeless people to put themselves on the electoral roll. Those who wish to vote in the up-coming local elections can either declare a local connection, telling the nearest office where they spend the majority of their time, or register a [...]
A Scottish charity is feeling prepared for the coming winter after recently publishing their Annual Report for the year 2009/10, showing promising results. As many homeless people in the city prepare for the oncoming winter nights, so too does Edinburgh based charity, the Bethany Christian Trust. Encouraged by the positive results published in their report, [...]
A string of pages on social networking sites have emerged paying tribute to some of the Capital’s most recognizable homeless men. Facebook has two pages dedicated to ‘Rastatramp’ – the Leith local whose nickname stems from his long gray dreadlocks and dark skin. Some of the posts left by ‘fans’ seem to be poking fun [...]
By Laura McLean Charities providing homeless services in Edinburgh have been forced to close as Edinburgh City Council launches a new ‘robust tendering’ process in which they must compete for funding. Following London Mayor Boris Johnson’s bid to end homelessness in London by 2012 The City of Edinburgh Council has recommended that Charities in the [...]
By Edwin Mashonganyika The Edinburgh City Council will provide temporary accommodation to anyone at risk of having to sleep rough, the Housing leader Paul Edie said today. The Housing leader was reacting after Cowgate Centre, a Homeless service in the City, announced that it would close at night sparking fears that up to 40 would [...]
by Otis Shaw As I sat in the Senso-ji Temple gardens in Tokyo, desperately trying to find a plausible connection between the colonial adventures of Lord Jim and the `inconvenience` of Japan`s homeless. I was startled by the sounds of reindeer bells. I closed the chapter on Lord Jim and looked up to see a [...]
By Nicol J. Craig The Scottish Government will now not meet its target of ceasing the practice of local authorities placing homeless in private accommodation by 2012, according to local councillor Gordon Munro. Leith councillor Gordon Munro, who wants more social housing, said: “We’re at the end of 2008 now so we have three years to [...]
Over 5,000 people, 500 of these registered as homeless, are currently on waiting lists for housing. With property prices within the Scottish Borders increasing rapidly. Housing within the Borders has recently become very difficult to purchase with the ever inflating prices rocketing, otherwise known as the ‘property boom’. This means it is close to impossible [...]
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