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Simon Community Scotland today announced it will be using free connectivity, via Vodafone’s charities.connected initiative, to tackle digital exclusion in Scotland. Simon Community Scotland will use the connectivity to: maintain the sustainability of the Get Connected 500 project, which helps tackle digital exclusion for those experiencing or at risk of homelessness. The connectivity is set to benefit 500 people in Scotland.

Harm reduction is central to our approach within Simon Community Scotland. Claire Longmuir, Head of Policy & Practice - Harm Reduction, takes some time to reflect on 2022 and to look ahead to the new year.

One day, at the start of October, 160 people walked through our Glasgow Access Hub door to look for our support. We usually ‘average’ 80-100 supports a day.

We were delighted to welcome our supporter Ricky Ross into our Glasgow Access Hub recently. Ricky kindly wrote a guest blog afterwards.

An update from Hugh Hill, Director of Services

17 staff and volunteers from Simon Community Scotland and 20 volunteers from a variety of partners across Glasgow took part in our latest rough sleepers count.

Simon Community Scotland have saved my life twice. Literally. I’ve been suicidal a number of times. Their Street Team saved me. One time someone held me, to stop me from jumping into the Clyde.

What I can say, hand on heart, to people considering supporting our Winter Crisis Appeal 2022 is that your support could save a life this winter.

This year, a number of our team have decided that they wanted to run the Glasgow Santa Dash to support our Winter Crisis Appeal. We thought we’d share information about how you could join them;