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🏠 Every 15 minutes a household in Scotland loses their home.
No family should face homelessness alone this Christmas. With your support, we can fight the devastating impact the #HousingEmergency is having on families across Scotland.
💝 Donate today shelterscotland.org/Winter25-BS
No family should face homelessness alone this Christmas. With your support, we can fight the devastating impact the #HousingEmergency is having on families across Scotland.
💝 Donate today shelterscotland.org/Winter25-BS
😱 After six years in "temporary" accommodation, Alicia & her son feel forgotten. No family should be trapped in the housing system waiting for a place to call home.
This is the reality of the #HousingEmergency. We need more social homes, and you can help.
Sign up 👉 shelterscotland.org/GetBuilding
This is the reality of the #HousingEmergency. We need more social homes, and you can help.
Sign up 👉 shelterscotland.org/GetBuilding
November 28, 2025 at 8:00 AM
😱 After six years in "temporary" accommodation, Alicia & her son feel forgotten. No family should be trapped in the housing system waiting for a place to call home.
This is the reality of the #HousingEmergency. We need more social homes, and you can help.
Sign up 👉 shelterscotland.org/GetBuilding
This is the reality of the #HousingEmergency. We need more social homes, and you can help.
Sign up 👉 shelterscotland.org/GetBuilding
Get your Christmas cards sorted ☃️
Our Value Bundle is just £3 for 30 cards, featuring three beautiful Scottish designs. Get a bargain, tick off your list, and help us support those hit by the #HousingEmergency.
🎄 Bundle: shelterscotland.org/XmasBundle
🎁 More cards: shelterscotland.org/XmasGifting
Our Value Bundle is just £3 for 30 cards, featuring three beautiful Scottish designs. Get a bargain, tick off your list, and help us support those hit by the #HousingEmergency.
🎄 Bundle: shelterscotland.org/XmasBundle
🎁 More cards: shelterscotland.org/XmasGifting
Scotland Christmas Card Value Bundle (3 Packs)
Share some Scottish festive charm with this Scotland Christmas card value bundle. Includes 30 cards featuring three unique designs inspired by snowy Edinburgh scenes and traditional pipers. Perfect fo...
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November 27, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Get your Christmas cards sorted ☃️
Our Value Bundle is just £3 for 30 cards, featuring three beautiful Scottish designs. Get a bargain, tick off your list, and help us support those hit by the #HousingEmergency.
🎄 Bundle: shelterscotland.org/XmasBundle
🎁 More cards: shelterscotland.org/XmasGifting
Our Value Bundle is just £3 for 30 cards, featuring three beautiful Scottish designs. Get a bargain, tick off your list, and help us support those hit by the #HousingEmergency.
🎄 Bundle: shelterscotland.org/XmasBundle
🎁 More cards: shelterscotland.org/XmasGifting
Together with IKEA, we invited three mums to share their experiences of parenting while homeless in temporary accommodation.
Being a parent while homeless can be next-level difficult, but with your donation, you can help us support families like these. 💝
To donate 👉 shelterscotland.org/Winter25-BS
Being a parent while homeless can be next-level difficult, but with your donation, you can help us support families like these. 💝
To donate 👉 shelterscotland.org/Winter25-BS
November 26, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Together with IKEA, we invited three mums to share their experiences of parenting while homeless in temporary accommodation.
Being a parent while homeless can be next-level difficult, but with your donation, you can help us support families like these. 💝
To donate 👉 shelterscotland.org/Winter25-BS
Being a parent while homeless can be next-level difficult, but with your donation, you can help us support families like these. 💝
To donate 👉 shelterscotland.org/Winter25-BS
A Night at the Trades Hall is here! Music, fashion, a pop-up shop of our best fashion pieces, and a live vote to pick the 'Fashion for Social Change' winner; eveningwear created entirely from our rag stock.
📸 Behind the scenes sneak peak from an entrant
✨ Get tickets: shelterscotland.org/THFashion
📸 Behind the scenes sneak peak from an entrant
✨ Get tickets: shelterscotland.org/THFashion
November 24, 2025 at 4:08 PM
A Night at the Trades Hall is here! Music, fashion, a pop-up shop of our best fashion pieces, and a live vote to pick the 'Fashion for Social Change' winner; eveningwear created entirely from our rag stock.
📸 Behind the scenes sneak peak from an entrant
✨ Get tickets: shelterscotland.org/THFashion
📸 Behind the scenes sneak peak from an entrant
✨ Get tickets: shelterscotland.org/THFashion
Our #BlackFriday offers are live until Monday 1 December at midnight. Every purchase helps towards ending the #HousingEmergency.
✉️ 3 for £10 on Xmas Cards
🎁 3 for £10 on Wrapping Paper
🎄 2 for £15 on Xmas Crackers
👗 25% off Pre-Loved Items
Shop deals that do good.
➡️ shelterscotland.org/BlackFriday
✉️ 3 for £10 on Xmas Cards
🎁 3 for £10 on Wrapping Paper
🎄 2 for £15 on Xmas Crackers
👗 25% off Pre-Loved Items
Shop deals that do good.
➡️ shelterscotland.org/BlackFriday
November 21, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Our #BlackFriday offers are live until Monday 1 December at midnight. Every purchase helps towards ending the #HousingEmergency.
✉️ 3 for £10 on Xmas Cards
🎁 3 for £10 on Wrapping Paper
🎄 2 for £15 on Xmas Crackers
👗 25% off Pre-Loved Items
Shop deals that do good.
➡️ shelterscotland.org/BlackFriday
✉️ 3 for £10 on Xmas Cards
🎁 3 for £10 on Wrapping Paper
🎄 2 for £15 on Xmas Crackers
👗 25% off Pre-Loved Items
Shop deals that do good.
➡️ shelterscotland.org/BlackFriday
🗨️ Alison Hammond chats with Alicia about life in temporary accommodation, with a son who has never spent Christmas in his own home.
🫶 Your donation could help us fight for a future where everyone in Scotland has access to a safe, secure & affordable home.
🎁 Donate: shelterscotland.org/Winter25-BS
🫶 Your donation could help us fight for a future where everyone in Scotland has access to a safe, secure & affordable home.
🎁 Donate: shelterscotland.org/Winter25-BS
November 20, 2025 at 5:22 PM
🗨️ Alison Hammond chats with Alicia about life in temporary accommodation, with a son who has never spent Christmas in his own home.
🫶 Your donation could help us fight for a future where everyone in Scotland has access to a safe, secure & affordable home.
🎁 Donate: shelterscotland.org/Winter25-BS
🫶 Your donation could help us fight for a future where everyone in Scotland has access to a safe, secure & affordable home.
🎁 Donate: shelterscotland.org/Winter25-BS
⚠️ Every day we delay, more children in Scotland will grow up in temporary accommodation, more families will be pushed into poverty, and more people will be locked out of safe, secure & affordable housing.
We need to build Scotland, build hope & build more social homes
shelterscotland.org/FinSecN25
We need to build Scotland, build hope & build more social homes
shelterscotland.org/FinSecN25
November 19, 2025 at 4:30 PM
⚠️ Every day we delay, more children in Scotland will grow up in temporary accommodation, more families will be pushed into poverty, and more people will be locked out of safe, secure & affordable housing.
We need to build Scotland, build hope & build more social homes
shelterscotland.org/FinSecN25
We need to build Scotland, build hope & build more social homes
shelterscotland.org/FinSecN25
🕐 Lunch time never tasted so good.
🥪 5% from every item sold from the M&S Christmas Food on the Move range is donated to us, helping ensure we can continue supporting families across Scotland that are impacted by the #HousingEmergency.
Enjoy your break while helping someone else catch theirs.
🥪 5% from every item sold from the M&S Christmas Food on the Move range is donated to us, helping ensure we can continue supporting families across Scotland that are impacted by the #HousingEmergency.
Enjoy your break while helping someone else catch theirs.
November 19, 2025 at 12:41 PM
🕐 Lunch time never tasted so good.
🥪 5% from every item sold from the M&S Christmas Food on the Move range is donated to us, helping ensure we can continue supporting families across Scotland that are impacted by the #HousingEmergency.
Enjoy your break while helping someone else catch theirs.
🥪 5% from every item sold from the M&S Christmas Food on the Move range is donated to us, helping ensure we can continue supporting families across Scotland that are impacted by the #HousingEmergency.
Enjoy your break while helping someone else catch theirs.
📈 Scotland needs at least 15,693 social homes per year for the next 5 years to stop homelessness from rising. #HousingEmergency
📉 And yet, only 4,841 were built in the 2024 calendar year.
👇 Add your name and together, we can build Scotland.
shelterscotland.org/GetBuilding
📉 And yet, only 4,841 were built in the 2024 calendar year.
👇 Add your name and together, we can build Scotland.
shelterscotland.org/GetBuilding
November 18, 2025 at 2:25 PM
📈 Scotland needs at least 15,693 social homes per year for the next 5 years to stop homelessness from rising. #HousingEmergency
📉 And yet, only 4,841 were built in the 2024 calendar year.
👇 Add your name and together, we can build Scotland.
shelterscotland.org/GetBuilding
📉 And yet, only 4,841 were built in the 2024 calendar year.
👇 Add your name and together, we can build Scotland.
shelterscotland.org/GetBuilding
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Communications Manager @shelterscotland.bsky.social - translate their bold strategy into compelling narratives that provoke action, shape public conversation, & make the housing emergency impossible to ignore.
🕔Full time
💵£43,338
📌Edinburgh
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#Comms #Manager #Hybrid
🕔Full time
💵£43,338
📌Edinburgh
tinyurl.com/3m5452y4
#Comms #Manager #Hybrid
Communications Manager with Shelter Scotland – Goodmoves
Are you a strategic and creative communicator with a passion for storytelling that drives change? Then join Shelter Scotland as our Communications Manager, where you’ll lead the developm...
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November 17, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Communications Manager @shelterscotland.bsky.social - translate their bold strategy into compelling narratives that provoke action, shape public conversation, & make the housing emergency impossible to ignore.
🕔Full time
💵£43,338
📌Edinburgh
tinyurl.com/3m5452y4
#Comms #Manager #Hybrid
🕔Full time
💵£43,338
📌Edinburgh
tinyurl.com/3m5452y4
#Comms #Manager #Hybrid
Every 15 minutes a family in Scotland loses their home. #HousingEmergency
🏠 Why? Decades of under-investment in social housing has created a shortage of truly affordable homes.
✨ The solution? Build more social homes. Now.
Help us make our politicians take notice
👉 shelterscotland.org/GetBuilding
🏠 Why? Decades of under-investment in social housing has created a shortage of truly affordable homes.
✨ The solution? Build more social homes. Now.
Help us make our politicians take notice
👉 shelterscotland.org/GetBuilding
November 13, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Every 15 minutes a family in Scotland loses their home. #HousingEmergency
🏠 Why? Decades of under-investment in social housing has created a shortage of truly affordable homes.
✨ The solution? Build more social homes. Now.
Help us make our politicians take notice
👉 shelterscotland.org/GetBuilding
🏠 Why? Decades of under-investment in social housing has created a shortage of truly affordable homes.
✨ The solution? Build more social homes. Now.
Help us make our politicians take notice
👉 shelterscotland.org/GetBuilding
We've got your Christmas gifting essentials all wrapped up 👇
💌 Cards
🎁 Wrapping Paper
🎉 Crackers
💻 eCards
Wrap your presents while helping to end the #HousingEmergency. That’s a festive win-win. 🎄
Shop now 🛍️ shelterscotland.org/XmasGifting
💌 Cards
🎁 Wrapping Paper
🎉 Crackers
💻 eCards
Wrap your presents while helping to end the #HousingEmergency. That’s a festive win-win. 🎄
Shop now 🛍️ shelterscotland.org/XmasGifting
November 11, 2025 at 3:23 PM
We've got your Christmas gifting essentials all wrapped up 👇
💌 Cards
🎁 Wrapping Paper
🎉 Crackers
💻 eCards
Wrap your presents while helping to end the #HousingEmergency. That’s a festive win-win. 🎄
Shop now 🛍️ shelterscotland.org/XmasGifting
💌 Cards
🎁 Wrapping Paper
🎉 Crackers
💻 eCards
Wrap your presents while helping to end the #HousingEmergency. That’s a festive win-win. 🎄
Shop now 🛍️ shelterscotland.org/XmasGifting
📣 Calling all art lovers.
An extremely generous customer has donated a collection of original artwork from renowned local artist, Stephen French, to our shop in Dundee.
Each piece has been personally valued & priced by Stephen to help support the fight against the local #HousingEmergency.
1️⃣ of 2️⃣
An extremely generous customer has donated a collection of original artwork from renowned local artist, Stephen French, to our shop in Dundee.
Each piece has been personally valued & priced by Stephen to help support the fight against the local #HousingEmergency.
1️⃣ of 2️⃣
November 11, 2025 at 11:09 AM
📣 Calling all art lovers.
An extremely generous customer has donated a collection of original artwork from renowned local artist, Stephen French, to our shop in Dundee.
Each piece has been personally valued & priced by Stephen to help support the fight against the local #HousingEmergency.
1️⃣ of 2️⃣
An extremely generous customer has donated a collection of original artwork from renowned local artist, Stephen French, to our shop in Dundee.
Each piece has been personally valued & priced by Stephen to help support the fight against the local #HousingEmergency.
1️⃣ of 2️⃣
💸 Rent too high?
📉 Wish mortgage rates were lower?
🔑 No place to call home?
💡 The Gran Squad has the solution: Build Scotland. Build hope. Build social housing. Stand with the Grans and tell our party leaders they've got work to do. #HousingEmergency
✍️ shelterscotland.org/EmailLeaders
📉 Wish mortgage rates were lower?
🔑 No place to call home?
💡 The Gran Squad has the solution: Build Scotland. Build hope. Build social housing. Stand with the Grans and tell our party leaders they've got work to do. #HousingEmergency
✍️ shelterscotland.org/EmailLeaders
November 10, 2025 at 4:53 PM
💸 Rent too high?
📉 Wish mortgage rates were lower?
🔑 No place to call home?
💡 The Gran Squad has the solution: Build Scotland. Build hope. Build social housing. Stand with the Grans and tell our party leaders they've got work to do. #HousingEmergency
✍️ shelterscotland.org/EmailLeaders
📉 Wish mortgage rates were lower?
🔑 No place to call home?
💡 The Gran Squad has the solution: Build Scotland. Build hope. Build social housing. Stand with the Grans and tell our party leaders they've got work to do. #HousingEmergency
✍️ shelterscotland.org/EmailLeaders
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Shelter: Debates around refugees and homelessness have turned toxic, and people are paying the price
@shelterscotland.bsky.social
www.rightsnet.org.uk/now/post/68797
@shelterscotland.bsky.social
www.rightsnet.org.uk/now/post/68797
November 7, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Shelter: Debates around refugees and homelessness have turned toxic, and people are paying the price
@shelterscotland.bsky.social
www.rightsnet.org.uk/now/post/68797
@shelterscotland.bsky.social
www.rightsnet.org.uk/now/post/68797
Debates around refugees and homelessness have turned toxic, and people are paying the price.
We’re calling on ministers to protect rights, lead with compassion, and work with those on the frontline to find real solutions. #HousingEmergency
📢 Read our joint open letter
🔗 shelterscotland.org/OLRH
We’re calling on ministers to protect rights, lead with compassion, and work with those on the frontline to find real solutions. #HousingEmergency
📢 Read our joint open letter
🔗 shelterscotland.org/OLRH
Open Letter to Scottish and UK Govts - Refugee Homelessness - Shelter Scotland
A joint open letter, signed by over 30 housing, refugee rights and equalities organisations in Scotland.
shelterscotland.org
November 7, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Debates around refugees and homelessness have turned toxic, and people are paying the price.
We’re calling on ministers to protect rights, lead with compassion, and work with those on the frontline to find real solutions. #HousingEmergency
📢 Read our joint open letter
🔗 shelterscotland.org/OLRH
We’re calling on ministers to protect rights, lead with compassion, and work with those on the frontline to find real solutions. #HousingEmergency
📢 Read our joint open letter
🔗 shelterscotland.org/OLRH
❌ 10,180 = The number of children in Scotland without a permanent home.
✔️ 0 = The number of homeless children if the Scottish Government commits to building at least 15,693 social homes per year for the next five years.
🫵 You can help end the #HousingEmergency.
👉 shelterscotland.org/ActCH
✔️ 0 = The number of homeless children if the Scottish Government commits to building at least 15,693 social homes per year for the next five years.
🫵 You can help end the #HousingEmergency.
👉 shelterscotland.org/ActCH
November 6, 2025 at 4:26 PM
❌ 10,180 = The number of children in Scotland without a permanent home.
✔️ 0 = The number of homeless children if the Scottish Government commits to building at least 15,693 social homes per year for the next five years.
🫵 You can help end the #HousingEmergency.
👉 shelterscotland.org/ActCH
✔️ 0 = The number of homeless children if the Scottish Government commits to building at least 15,693 social homes per year for the next five years.
🫵 You can help end the #HousingEmergency.
👉 shelterscotland.org/ActCH
The Gran Squad's 'Granifesto' is simple: Build Scotland. Build hope. Build social housing. 🔨
Meanwhile, party leaders are drafting their manifesto's right now. Tell them Scotland can't wait any longer for the social homes we need. #HousingEmergency
Get them told! 👉 shelterscotland.org/GetBuilding
Meanwhile, party leaders are drafting their manifesto's right now. Tell them Scotland can't wait any longer for the social homes we need. #HousingEmergency
Get them told! 👉 shelterscotland.org/GetBuilding
November 5, 2025 at 4:29 PM
The Gran Squad's 'Granifesto' is simple: Build Scotland. Build hope. Build social housing. 🔨
Meanwhile, party leaders are drafting their manifesto's right now. Tell them Scotland can't wait any longer for the social homes we need. #HousingEmergency
Get them told! 👉 shelterscotland.org/GetBuilding
Meanwhile, party leaders are drafting their manifesto's right now. Tell them Scotland can't wait any longer for the social homes we need. #HousingEmergency
Get them told! 👉 shelterscotland.org/GetBuilding
⏳ 28 years.
That’s how long it will take, at the Scottish Government’s current rate of housebuilding, to reduce the number of children living in temporary accommodation in Scotland from 10,180 to 0. #HousingEmergency
Add your name if you agree this is far too long.
✍️ shelterscotland.org/ActCH
That’s how long it will take, at the Scottish Government’s current rate of housebuilding, to reduce the number of children living in temporary accommodation in Scotland from 10,180 to 0. #HousingEmergency
Add your name if you agree this is far too long.
✍️ shelterscotland.org/ActCH
November 4, 2025 at 5:45 PM
⏳ 28 years.
That’s how long it will take, at the Scottish Government’s current rate of housebuilding, to reduce the number of children living in temporary accommodation in Scotland from 10,180 to 0. #HousingEmergency
Add your name if you agree this is far too long.
✍️ shelterscotland.org/ActCH
That’s how long it will take, at the Scottish Government’s current rate of housebuilding, to reduce the number of children living in temporary accommodation in Scotland from 10,180 to 0. #HousingEmergency
Add your name if you agree this is far too long.
✍️ shelterscotland.org/ActCH
🏠 Every 15 minutes a household in Scotland loses their home.
No family should face homelessness alone this Christmas. With your support, we can fight the devastating impact the #HousingEmergency is having on families across Scotland.
💝 Donate today shelterscotland.org/Winter25-BS
No family should face homelessness alone this Christmas. With your support, we can fight the devastating impact the #HousingEmergency is having on families across Scotland.
💝 Donate today shelterscotland.org/Winter25-BS
November 3, 2025 at 1:42 PM
🏠 Every 15 minutes a household in Scotland loses their home.
No family should face homelessness alone this Christmas. With your support, we can fight the devastating impact the #HousingEmergency is having on families across Scotland.
💝 Donate today shelterscotland.org/Winter25-BS
No family should face homelessness alone this Christmas. With your support, we can fight the devastating impact the #HousingEmergency is having on families across Scotland.
💝 Donate today shelterscotland.org/Winter25-BS
Your gran remembers when Scotland built the social housing our country needed, and we can do it again. 💪
Together, let's build a fairer Scotland that works for everybody. Add your name and show your gran we've still got what it takes. #HousingEmergency
👉 shelterscotland.org/GetBuilding
Together, let's build a fairer Scotland that works for everybody. Add your name and show your gran we've still got what it takes. #HousingEmergency
👉 shelterscotland.org/GetBuilding
October 31, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Your gran remembers when Scotland built the social housing our country needed, and we can do it again. 💪
Together, let's build a fairer Scotland that works for everybody. Add your name and show your gran we've still got what it takes. #HousingEmergency
👉 shelterscotland.org/GetBuilding
Together, let's build a fairer Scotland that works for everybody. Add your name and show your gran we've still got what it takes. #HousingEmergency
👉 shelterscotland.org/GetBuilding
✨ Build hope.
🌱 Build opportunity.
🏡 Build social homes.
❤️ Build Scotland.
Email Scotland's party leaders now and demand the social housing our country needs. Together we can build a Scotland where every household can thrive. #HousingEmergency
🔗 shelterscotland.org/EmailLeaders
🌱 Build opportunity.
🏡 Build social homes.
❤️ Build Scotland.
Email Scotland's party leaders now and demand the social housing our country needs. Together we can build a Scotland where every household can thrive. #HousingEmergency
🔗 shelterscotland.org/EmailLeaders
October 30, 2025 at 4:44 PM
✨ Build hope.
🌱 Build opportunity.
🏡 Build social homes.
❤️ Build Scotland.
Email Scotland's party leaders now and demand the social housing our country needs. Together we can build a Scotland where every household can thrive. #HousingEmergency
🔗 shelterscotland.org/EmailLeaders
🌱 Build opportunity.
🏡 Build social homes.
❤️ Build Scotland.
Email Scotland's party leaders now and demand the social housing our country needs. Together we can build a Scotland where every household can thrive. #HousingEmergency
🔗 shelterscotland.org/EmailLeaders
There's 10,180 children trapped in temporary accommodation in Scotland, with their safety, health, education and future development being compromised. #HousingEmergency
This is NOT normal and with your help we can ensure it never becomes "normal".
shelterscotland.org/ActCH
This is NOT normal and with your help we can ensure it never becomes "normal".
shelterscotland.org/ActCH
October 29, 2025 at 12:45 PM
There's 10,180 children trapped in temporary accommodation in Scotland, with their safety, health, education and future development being compromised. #HousingEmergency
This is NOT normal and with your help we can ensure it never becomes "normal".
shelterscotland.org/ActCH
This is NOT normal and with your help we can ensure it never becomes "normal".
shelterscotland.org/ActCH
To tackle the #HousingEmergency, Scotland needs at least 15,693 social homes every year for the next 5 years, delivered at the heart of vibrant, accessible communities and in areas of the greatest need.
👇 Add your name to help build Scotland
🔗 shelterscotland.org/GetBuilding
👇 Add your name to help build Scotland
🔗 shelterscotland.org/GetBuilding
October 28, 2025 at 5:07 PM
To tackle the #HousingEmergency, Scotland needs at least 15,693 social homes every year for the next 5 years, delivered at the heart of vibrant, accessible communities and in areas of the greatest need.
👇 Add your name to help build Scotland
🔗 shelterscotland.org/GetBuilding
👇 Add your name to help build Scotland
🔗 shelterscotland.org/GetBuilding
Thousands marched through Edinburgh on Saturday to demand better. Better homes. Better services. Better futures.
Let’s keep the pressure on. Email your MP or MSP and demand action for a Scotland where every household can thrive.
#ScotlandDemandsBetter
🔗 shelterscotland.org/SDB
Let’s keep the pressure on. Email your MP or MSP and demand action for a Scotland where every household can thrive.
#ScotlandDemandsBetter
🔗 shelterscotland.org/SDB
October 27, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Thousands marched through Edinburgh on Saturday to demand better. Better homes. Better services. Better futures.
Let’s keep the pressure on. Email your MP or MSP and demand action for a Scotland where every household can thrive.
#ScotlandDemandsBetter
🔗 shelterscotland.org/SDB
Let’s keep the pressure on. Email your MP or MSP and demand action for a Scotland where every household can thrive.
#ScotlandDemandsBetter
🔗 shelterscotland.org/SDB