No Room For Homelessness

Charities and community groups supporting people in poverty in these very difficult times can find official up-to-date information and details of emergency funding at the SCVO Coronavirus Third Sector Information Hub. You can also report the challenges you are facing...

Due to Government guidelines SCHA staff will all be working from home, until further notice. We are still available should you need us, please email: info@churches-housing.org We will respond to individual emails as quickly as we can, we appreciate the information and...

We're noting all the Government advice about keeping people well in these times. As a result we are cutting back significantly on staffing the office, and will mostly be working from home. For the time being the office is still open but will only have one staff member...

Scottish Churches Housing Action's recent partnership agreement with Women's Aid South Lanarkshire and East Renfrewshire (WASLER) is highlighted amongst news items in the Church of Scotland magazine's February edition. Life & Work gives details of the partnership,...

Plans for a possible Befriending Project in Paisley for people at risk of or experiencing homelessness have attracted a lot of local interest. The plans are a joint venture between Paisley Abbey and Scottish Churches Housing Action. SCHA Development Manager, Heather...

We bid a warm welcome to new Finance Manager, Paul Bannon, following the retirement of Graham Jaques. Paul brings varied experience to the role, having worked in Local Government for 19 years and the charity sector for the last 20. He previously worked with Age...

Our Annual Review 2019 is now available - we hope you find it both interesting and informative, with details of our work and events over the year, along with a 2018-19 income and expenditure summary. You can find the report...

Today is World Homeless Day - so much remains to be done, to see a Scotland free of homelessness. Please join us in marking Homeless Sunday this coming Sunday, 13 October. Churches and other groups can help by raising awareness, encouraging action, and continuing in...

We move premises tomorrow, 24 September! Our server will go down fairly soon today, we will access e-mails remotely but please forgive any delay, We will lose phone contact while the server is down and will let you know when that's back. We're finishing the packing...

On 24 September we are moving to 25 Nicolson Square, Edinburgh EH8 9BX. Our phone number will stay the same: 0131 477 4500. Please update your records and keep in touch! All the details are in our September E-news, out today, which includes items on the Starter Packs...

There was a great atmosphere at our 4th Starter Packs conference, co-hosted with CRNS (Community Resources Network Scotland). Over 50 delegates from 30 organisations attended this year, at the same venue which proved so popular in 2018, Falkirk Trinity Church. Our...

SCHA has responded to the Scottish Government consultation on short-term letting. This is another consulation arising from the HARSAG recommendations (Homelessness & Rough Sleeping Action Group) - you can find our response...

Registration is open for our 4th Starter Packs National Conference on 29 August at Falkirk Trinity Church. The theme this year is “Community resilience in times of need”. We run this popular event jointly with CRNS (Community Resources Network Scotland), and it...

SCHA is seeking a new Finance Manager, due to the retirement of the current post-holder - full details of the post and how to apply can be found in the job description and person specification. Completed applications must be received by 24 June 2019 and addressed to:...

Scottish Churches Housing Action has encouraged the Scottish Government to act fast in changing long-standing homelessness rules on local connection and intentionality. ‘Local connection’ is the test that says a homeless applicant must have a connection with the...

Scottish Churches Housing Action has announced the appointment of Richard Howat as Chief Executive, to take up the role on 20 May 2019. “Richard has a significant track record in working in the field of homelessness and in campaigning to tackle the causes of...

We're calling on walkers to join us in Edinburgh on Friday 7 June! We are holding a Walk of Unity to highlight the way we bring the churches together to act against homelessness, and to raise awareness of homelessness and its issues. Any sponsorship raised will go...

We are looking for walkers to nominate SCHA as their chosen charity for the sponsored Kiltwalk. The good news is that with this event SCHA will receive 140% of what you raise, thanks to the Hunter Foundation. This walking challenge takes place in 4 cities across...