Thank you for your thoughts and for visiting our Union Street shop in the past. We've issued a statement about our shop here - but the good news is all our staff are safe and being supported.
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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
@shelterscotland.bsky.social director Alison Watson: "The housing emergency is still here and it continues to get worse...We have built a system that costs a fortune but which fails people every day."
#ScotlandsHousingFestival
The #HousingEmergency has consequences we can’t ignore.
Devastating new figures show 231 people experiencing homelessness in Scotland died in 2024.
We can't end homelessness without social homes. The next parliament must deliver 15,693+ new social homes each year to tackle the housing emergency.
@shelterscotland.bsky.social are looking for people with a range of professional and personal experiences, who are passionate about their cause to join their Board as #Trustees
📍Edinburgh/hybrid
✋Voluntary
tinyurl.com/24drspax
#EndHomelessness
We have two opportunities to join our Board as Trustees.
If you have experience in public affairs, social policy, anti-racism or fundraising in Scotland, and you want to help end the housing emergency, we want to hear from you.
Apply now. Closing date: 6 April 2026.
📝 shelterscotland.org/HR03Mar
📣 Dundee City Council has declared a #HousingEmergency, recognising what people already know: their housing system isn’t working.
We look forward to working alongside the council to tackle homelessness and fix the broken and biased housing system across Dundee.
ℹ️ shelterscotland.org/DCCHE
News this morning suggests Dundee City Council may declare a #HousingEmergency later today. We'll be watching closely, but this could be the news people of Dundee have been waiting for, and the outcome the Dundee Coalition has been fighting for.
More info 👉 shelterscotland.org/DHEDTC
Want to make rent more affordable again?
More social housing means less pressure on the private rented sector. Lower demand = lower rents.
Tell our politicians to build social homes to combat the #HousingEmergency.
👉 shelterscotland.org/GetBuilding
A background photo of Dundee City, with text saying "Dundee City Council must declare a housing emergency, yours sincerely" - and then a collection of over a dozen logos for various organisations and charities that signed an open letter, urging Dundee City Council to make the declaration.
📣 Live in Dundee? Your voice matters.
Over a dozen housing, homelessness and social justice organisations have urged Dundee City Council to declare a #HousingEmergency. Now it’s over to local people.
Email your councillors today 👇
shelterscotland.org/DundeeEmail
Some of our Gran Squad is in Glasgow today and they want to speak to people about the #HousingEmergency and how it impacts them. If you're nearby, our Gran would love a chat.
📍 Find us at the Concert Hall steps, outside Buchanan Galleries
PS. We have shelter from the rain if that tempts you 😜
We support @shelterscotland.bsky.social call urging Dundee City Council to declare a #HousingEmergency.
15 organisations join forces to demand Dundee declares a housing emergency
If you live in Dundee, don't sit back and wait for politicians to step up – join the call and demand Dundee City councillors support the declaration of a housing emergency and adopt the housing emergency action plan.
🔗 shelterscotland.org/DundeeEmail
🚨🏠 People in Dundee are being failed.
We stand with 15 other frontline housing, homelessness and social justice orgs urging Dundee City Council to declare a #HousingEmergency and adopt the community-led Housing Emergency Action Plan (HEAP).
✉️ Open Letter: shelterscotland.org/DundeeOLPR
Any number of children without a home in Scotland is too many, but this number has increased nearly every year since 2014 and we're now at a record high 10,480.
We cannot accept this as the new normal. Add your name if you agree and together, let's say enough is enough!
👉 shelterscotland.org/ActCH
🚫🏠 With demand exceeding supply since 2021, this has been a lost parliament for our nation's housing needs.
If we're serious about tackling the #HousingEmergency, Scotland's next parliament must deliver at least 15,693 social homes each year.
Sign if you agree.
✍️ shelterscotland.org/Act
Awaab’s Law is vital for safer homes in Scotland, but current proposals risk excluding some temporary accommodation.
People can be stuck in unsafe “temporary” homes for years so it's important that Awaab's Law ensures everyone deserves the right to safe housing.
📖 shelterscotland.org/AwaabBriefing
How do we confront systemic racism in housing?
Our own @gmacrae.bsky.social is joined by Dr Nadia Ayed on the latest @scottishhousingnews.com podcast where they explore the issues driving it, ways to combat it, and what an anti-racist approach to housing looks like.
🔗 shelterscotland.org/SHN78TS
Homelessness in Scotland is rising, with a record high number of children stuck in potentially unsafe, unsuitable temporary accommodation.
Politicians need to fix the #HousingEmergency, so email them today and demand they build the social homes Scotland needs.
✉️👉 shelterscotland.org/EmailLeaders
Scotland’s #HousingEmergency has been driven by decades of underinvestment.
Add your name today to demand the social homes Scotland needs, and help end it.
✍️ shelterscotland.org/Act
5️⃣ What would you say to the Cabinet Secretary for Housing and decision makers?
4️⃣ How important was it for you to know your rights?
3️⃣ How did you feel when you got your permanent home?
2️⃣ What was the impact on you and your daughter?
1️⃣ What was your experience like in temporary accommodation?
This is Mary. She and her daughter spent 5 years in temp accommodation, experiencing stress, uncertainty & fear, but they finally secured a permanent home through knowing their rights. 💪
👇 Scroll down to watch some questions we asked about her experience, and the impact of getting a social home.
A simple graphic saying "The Housing System Is Broken" with the word broken visually looking split up and splintered. Underneath is a banner saying "Demand Change" along with a call to action, to sign your name to be part of it.
With a broken housing system, it’s people who pay the price.
💔 Children trapped in temporary accommodation.
💔 Families stuck in unsuitable accommodation.
💔 People priced out of their communities.
Add your name to demand the social housing Scotland needs #HousingEmergency
👉 shelterscotland.org/Act
🏠 Dundee’s #HousingEmergency can’t wait.
What is the Housing Emergency Action Plan (HEAP) that the Dundee Housing Emergency Coalition has proposed, and what difference would adopting the HEAP make to the city?
👀 Watch, ❤️ Like and 🔁 Share. Demand that Dundee City Council makes the right choice.
