Lulu sings the praises of Prince's Trust Young Achiever Jack Smyth at our people's Oscars Unsung heroes Jack Smyth and Lifetime Achievement winner Jean Cumming are honoured at the Pride of Scotland awards Daily Record · Jul 14, 2022
Tens of thousands face ‘devastation’ if government fails to tackle rogue housing providers, charity warns Ministers urged to act to stop ‘eye-watering’ sums of public money going to unscrupulous providers The Independent UK · Jun 30, 2022
‘Raped by the landlord’: Grim reality of housing for the most vulnerable Investigation: May Bulman and Simon Murphy find widespread concern about a sector that’s supposed to help those with nowhere to go The Independent UK · Jun 29, 2022
Post-Hardcore Kings Alexisonfire Dropped Their First Album In 13 Years It’s A Mammoth Listen Otherness is out now wherever you get your music. Pedestrian.tv · Jun 24, 2022
Celebrities out in force for Daily Record Pride of Scotland Awards as winners hailed real stars Well-kent faces from the worlds of music, sport and TV gathered at the Assembly Rooms in Edinburgh to celebrate our inspirational unsung heroes Daily Record · Jun 22, 2022
Renfrewshire stalwart to be recognised at Pride of Scotland Awards Jean Cumming started early intervention counselling charity ‘Crisis’ in March 1996, with just £100 Daily Record · Jun 21, 2022
Pride of Scotland unsung heroes - the ordinary men, women and children who have achieved the extraordinary We reveal the 10 Pride of Scotland winners who will be honoured at tonight's glittering ceremony Daily Record · Jun 21, 2022
From Cathy Come Home to Shameless: how UK TV explains the cost of living crisis Whether it’s provocative plays and astute sitcoms, or property porn and undercover docs, the small screen has never shied away from showing life at the sharp end – even if it doesn’t always get it right The Guardian - UK · Jun 17, 2022
Man sleeping rough to prepare for 'inevitable' eviction due to cost of living crisis More than 66,000 extra people will become homeless by 2024 as a result of the rise in living costs and frozen benefits, according to a study commissioned by housing charity Crisis Wales Online · Jun 14, 2022
Cost of living crisis: what research says about the potential psychological impact Over two thirds – 69% – of low-income private renters in England will be unable to eat and heat their homes at least one day per week because of rising living costs, the UK charity Crisis recently warned. The Conversation · Jun 8, 2022
More renters risk eviction as court claims to remove them gather pace Campaigners say the spiralling costs of energy, rent and food are pushing more families into crisis Wales Online · Jun 2, 2022
Homeless ‘trapped’ in situation by ‘crippling’ shortage of affordable homes Councils are increasingly having to rely on expensive temporary accommodation or direct people towards the private rented sector, Crisis said. The Independent UK · May 29, 2022
Who’s to blame for the US baby milk crisis? Not mothers who can’t be bothered to breastfeed The simple answer to why the world’s richest country is suffering a nationwide infant formula shortage is corporate greed, writes Arwa Mahdawi The Guardian - UK · May 24, 2022
‘No fault’ evictions rise by 63% as private renters hit by cost of living crisis Eviction action higher than before pandemic, as growing number of tenants ‘sucked’ into trouble The Independent UK · May 20, 2022
The National (Scotland) · May 1, 2022 Councils spent almost £300m on private firms ‘profiting from misery’ of homeless COUNCILS have been accused of a “moral failure” to provide decent housing to homeless people and of overseeing a “fiscal disaster” as new…
The Guardian - UK · Mar 31, 2022 Homeless deaths in the UK have increased by 80% since 2019. But we had a solution Two years ago a government scheme solved Britain’s street homelessness crisis. What went wrong, ask Simon Hattenstone and Daniel Lavelle
Daily Record · Mar 31, 2022 Scots facing homelessness could be given 'six months of support' before eviction The Scottish Government is currently weighing up new laws to reduce the number of people facing homelessness.
The Guardian - UK · Mar 19, 2022 So much has changed since 1938, but not the very British way of coping with crisis People knew the news was grave before the second world war. They feel that now. In both eras, we have developed strategies to get by, says Ian Jack
Daily Mirror · Feb 22, 2022 Government finally agrees to scrap 'cruel and archaic' Vagrancy Act after almost 200 years The law criminalises rough sleeping and campaigners have long argued it forces homeless people away from help and into the criminal justice system
The Guardian - UK · Feb 22, 2022 Homelessness set to soar in England amid cost of living crisis Rise in number of sofa surfers expected to drive the increase as councils warn of ‘tidal wave’ of need
Chronicle Live · Jan 25, 2022 'I was in a bad state': Crisis helps Walker woman transform her life after homelessness - and now she helps others Billie Jo Mann spent three weeks sleeping rough in 2019 - since then, thanks to the help of a series of local charities, she's turned her life around and now she works for the charity Crisis herself.